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{March 28, 2017} It’s never easy to say goodbye.

My very dear friends lost a furry treasured member of their family.

I say friends, they’re my family and my heart hurts for them tonight. Divit was a very sweet dog, he came to A&L K’s family eleven years ago. I still remember the day he came home, he was small and brown and scared. But curious, loving and wanting to fit in to his new family.

He was joining Jazz, his new older sister, a very sweet black lab and three two legged sisters who adored him immediately. This dog could jump! He used to drive the family crazy, jumping over the fence, the fence being over six feet high! Think this made his new prayers nuts!?

But he settled in quite well and loved his new family, including yours truly, Auntie J. He would greet me when I came to the house, didn’t bark, would snuggle and even say for me when I had to help remove a tick!

He was a great comfort to his family when Jazz passed and welcomed his new sisters, Twinkie and Yoohoo a few years later.

A while ago, the family received some sad news about Divit, he had a tumor. He was given a few months to live and the family made the most of that time. Trips to the beach in Florida, walks as long as he could take it, ice cream and all the love he could handle.

When I was down in GA the last time, we snuggled, hung out and had long talks and I told him that the family would be ok, they had his sisters and I would keep an eye on them for him. I had a feeling that would be the last time I saw him and it was.

The other ready, LK texted me to let me know, I had asked her to. It was going to be at 4pm yesterday that he would cross over the Rainbow Bridge and when I texted a little while before then, she told me his last meal was French fries and ice cream and I’ll bet he was happy. He looked it in the pictures she sent.

The vet gave each family member a Hershey kiss to say goodbye.

And then he was gone. I’m glad I had the chance to say goodbye and give him some auntie love.

Divit will be missed, remembered and loved. Right now, he’s probably chasing Jazz around. Hugs to my family.

{March 27, 2017} A great day…swish, swoosh, no ouch!

My second day on Park City, Utah was a success!

I got up liesurely, wrapped my ankle, nice and snug, got some breakfast, requested a late checkout and headed back to the slopes.

It was great! The sun was shining, the powder packed in some places and off I went swishing and swooshing. I listened to Five Guys Named Moe, didn’t quite cut it, so Nickelback to the rescue, I needed the kick.

I took my time in some places, speed in others and I probably got in about 6 runs. Then I looked at the time, knew I needed to leave about 12pm, head back to shower, pack and head out. There wasn’t a slope that went directly to the base, so I took the connector chair, fun!

The signs for the slopes said No Easy Way Down, ok, here goes nothing.

About that time, I hit some slushy stuff and did the snowplow most of the way down until I got to the bottom where the snow was packed.

Got in the bucket back down, noticing all the green, you fluid possibly play golf while others skied! Back to the hotel, shower, pack and headed to a ski store for a better ski bag, this one has wheels! Much easier for travel, now I feel like I’m for real!

Looking forward to the next trip, who knows when!

{May 11, 2016} Taught my first class…killed it!

I think we talked about practicing with the cats over the weekend to teach a class.

Well, today was my first class and I…killed it. You knew that was coming! The day didn’t start as well as I had hoped though.

I got a taxi and gave him the address…what I forgot to give him was the city. He took me to the address in Chicago, we both thought it wasn’t quite right. An abandoned lot and building, yeah, no. I asked if this was Melrose Park and, guess what…nope, that’s in the suburbs, oh brother! Drive on…another 3o minutes. Let’s just say I was supposed be there about 8am, got there about 8:40am. I did make it!

We headed out and I was SO very lucky that LS was there early and was able to set the classroom up with everything we needed. She was also my co-trainer, she’s written most of the materials, so she’s pretty knowledgeable, you might say.

We were set and at 9am, we started. We stayed on track, kept everyone engaged, you know my teaching style and finished on time! There were spots where we were behind, once 8 minutes, another time 20 minutes, but made up for it here and there. There is A LOT of material to get through in six hours, we are there from 9 to 4:30, but you have two 15 minute breaks and one hour for lunch.

We felt great when we were done and there were some great questions asked during training. We had some folks in the class who could answer questions, which was incredibly helpful.

But…in the end, it was a great experience. I got through my first class, tomorrow and Thursday are the next class and then next week I do it all again and then the next week and the next. But, I’ve got my first class under my belt and I’m excited about that.

Can’t wait for tomorrow!

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