Friday Favorites

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Some of the below items are not necessarily favorites, but happenings in our life right now. Let's just say that 2020 has really been a crazy start to the year and decade.

ONE. What a week it has been. Do you ever feel like you are just being swallowed up by life. Yep, that is me right now. I am stressed, tired, worried and just want things to normalize a bit in my life. Dramatic a bit? Probably, but life has just been kicking me. I know some of it is my doing, but wow, it just came on all at once. I can't wait for these renovations to be over with. They are kicking my butt. We spent last weekend moving everything out of our house into the kitchen (which was remodeled three years ago) and the garage. We also had to put plastic up over all of our belongings. 

Then we have moved into my in-laws house which has been amazing. We get home cooked meals every day, we get the support and help of my in-laws and get to be with our dog. But being with our dog has maybe caused him some unnecessary stress.

Tuesday when we got home from work, Walter was acting weird. He kept wanting to be let outside to go to the bathroom, he wouldn't sit still, he was pacing and just not himself. He did cuddle Sutton for awhile and we thought he was fine. Until he wasn't.

We were eating dinner and towards the end, I called Walter over to me and he got up from sitting on a door mat and there was a lot of blood and mucus. We quickly scooped him up and checked where the bleeding was. It was coming from his booty.

We cleaned him up, and I called my friend who is a vet surgeon. She didn't answer, so I turned to google. It was bright red blood, so that meant it was new and probably from his anus or rectum. We took him to the emergency vet to be seen. They examined him and said that he had a lot of blood in his rectum upon using the thermometer and doing a rectal exam. They recommended blood work, x-rays, an overnight IV and to go from there. We said let's start with the blood work and go from there. 

Walter's blood work came back normal except that he was dehydrated and his blood cell count was high, but the percentage of blood was normal for his size which means he had thicker blood since he was dehydrated. We went ahead with a 90 minute outpatient IV next.

He responded well to his IV, so we were able to take him home that evening. We were given antibiotics and probiotics, some bland wet food and care instructions. He was doing better that evening and was a bit restless between 2 am and 4 am, but he was very active and happy.

 From my story on IG.

Walter the next morning.

Walter is still on his bland diet, taking his meds and doing better. Thank goodness. I can't imagine anything happening to my little dude. 

TWO. We are currently shopping for dressers. Well, we have been shopping for them for about two months now, but I can't seem to get these babies on sale. During Black Friday and Cyber Monday, they had a sale on these dressers, but since then it has only been about $80 off each item and that is just a special. Does anyone know when Pottery Barn will be having a furniture sale?

These are the two dressers we are looking to buy.

 Brookdale Tall Dresser

Brookdale Extra Wide Dresser

THREE. I love a good pair of leggings and I usually wear leggings from VS Pink, Prana or Lululemon, but after so many people raved about these Reflex leggings, I decided to give them a try. The reviews said that you can't see through them, they are high waisted and suck everything in, the don't dig in, cause chaffing and are comfy. I thought since they were $27.99 per pair, I would try them out. Verdict: they are pretty amazing. I have worn them a few times and washed them and they are still pretty amazing. They will definitely be worn when I travel and on the weekends. Do yourself a favor and try these out. For reference, I bought these in a size small. 

Reflex 90 Degree Leggings

FOUR. Weekly Funnies.

I am linking up with April, A Little Bit of Everything, Meet @ the Barre and Becky.

Have a great weekend!