The Sucky Weekend Hall of Fame

I had very high hopes for this weekend and it has all fallen to shit.

This is what was supposed to happen:

Saturday I was going to do morning errands, then hang out with my friends Amy and Amanda. Sunday was family dinner night, which I was really looking forward to because I miss my brother and sister-in-law. My mom and I both took off on Monday. I had called the dog groomer last week to come cut Saffron's nails, my mom was having a repair person to her house in the morning and then we were going to have a nice day out.

Here's what happened:

I came home Saturday night to find my dog's foot stuck in her eye. Oh, yes, you read that correctly. One of the nails on her hind foot got caught in the rim of her eye while she scratched at her face. Needless-to-say I flipped the fuck out. I woke my mother out of a sound sleep and told her to come look at the dog. (Sidebar for those of you who don't know about my dog...she has anxiety siezures. Taking her to the emergency vet could very well kill this animal. Literally. I have a vet that comes to the house, but not in an emergency.)

So my mom and her dog come, she looks at Saffron and we agree that it isn't that bad. Her eye is very leaky, but she can see, she's not lethargic and she's wagging her tail and eating snacks like a porker. Mom and her dog spend the night and in the morning mom goes to two PetSmarts to get Saffron a cone for her head because her nails are still very long and we're afraid she'll scratch it again.

I spend four hours Sunday with a cone-head dog that won't stop barking.

I get four socks and medical tape. I put socks on my dog and wrap tape around her ankles to keep the socks on her. This keeps her nails from her face and I ditch the cone. However, every time she has to go to the bathroom, the socks have to come off and be put on again. I'm not sure if any of you have ever tried to put socks on a dog. It's not a simple task. I miss family dinner because I don't want the dog to be alone until her claws are chopped. I fall asleep on the floor during the Superbowl and miss the entire game.

Today the groomer couldn't come until between 2 and 4 and my mom's repair person called out sick and her appointment was cancelled. She did errands and stopped over for lunch.

Basically my weekend of fun was a tuna fish sandwich and a bowl of Italian wedding soup with my mother.

My life really sucks.