Chai and I continue to visit the dog park a couple of times a week, where Chai gets a little bit of exercise. She has started to get quite demanding with the toys there. Throwing the ball once or twice is not enough - she will bark and bark until I throw it again. One of the other dog parkers is a woman in a wheelchair, without use of her legs, and she says that Chai is bored and is barking for exercise. She really relates to Chai, and I learn from both of them.Just decided that I can't follow up on the opportunity for a free place to stay on Kuaui. The stress of me being gone for a week or two could actually make Chai's DM worse. You know, after becoming an EMT so that I could go out on fires in that role, I prayed hard for balance- between my need for money and adventure, and Chai's need for my care. Perhaps her needs have won out and that's why I haven't been out as an EMT in the last 2 summers...hmmm, food for thought.
I know my time for adventuring will come again, and too soon, if you know what I mean. This is my time for taking care of my fur child, to the very end.
