Barefoot Village bound...

LaVaughn and I had to go to Fredericktown today, despite wanting to stay in bed ALL day today and never drive again. Since we'll be baking all day tomorrow and doing 4th prep, today was literally the only day we could have made it to Fredericktown.

We started by stopping off at the vet and picking up some more Baytril for Leo and Sookie. Did I mention that she has wet tail? Well she does and (thankfully) she's recovering from it. She's even up running in her wheel now! Anyways, we had to do that because we knew we wouldn't have a chance to until next week.

After that, we went to Barefoot Village and spend a staggering $135 on fireworks. It was a pretty good haul, but still... that's a lot of money for explosives. My aunt and Uncle spent $160 last week, so I think it's safe to say there's going to be a pretty good show this year.

We had to run to both stores after to stock up on last minute things for the BBQ Saturday. Other than that, the day was uneventful. And now I leave you with pictures...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Random pictures of the ratties:

Cas and Violet:

And Fiona.

The cats:

The fireworks:

No pets allowed!!

What a day, what a day! I kid you not, it has been one long and stressful day. Yesterday evening after I made the neuter appointments (for around 4 PM), I got a call from the secretary at the vets office asking if we could come a little earlier, around 3 or 3:30. I called back today a little after noon and said yes. Since LaVaughn and myself both got up fairly early, we were able to shower and leave the house just after one.

We get there at almost 2:30 on the dot and get seated. Not 10 minutes later we were told that they were able to find a 3:00 and that it would probably be closer to 3:30 before they could get to us. We weren't really in any rush, so it wasn't a big deal. When 3:45 rolled around and we STILL hadn't got called back, it started to be considered a big deal.

Since we love out vet so much, we didn't make a big deal out of it.

Neal got taken back at about 4:10, then Declan not 20 minutes later. Neal was being SO uncooperative and would not relent when it came to cleaning himself. He was mostly just trying to get all the gunk off from the operation, but it wasn't helping my nerves at all! I was breaking out in a thick sweat with worry, nothing was helping to calm me. Things were made worse when she got done with Declan. Just when I thought he was going to be good, he started doing the same thing, just not as aggressive.

By the time we got to Barefoot Village (fireworks place) the boys had calmed down... some. I had no intention on leaving them in the car, so I grabbed the pouch and headed inside. Right there on the front door in big bold letters read, "NO PETS ALLOWED!" Pretty much just like that, so back to the car I went. I don't think I've ever seen us firework shop so fast. We were both so worried about them, though. Luckily they were perfectly fine when we returned to the car.

After that is was off to the store to stock up on chips, soda, meat, and a few other BBQ necessities. The boys had calmed down significantly by then and were starting to go to sleep, which was a huge relief. After that we grabbed a bite to eat and headed home.

We already have a couple guest at the house that are planing on staying the weekend with us, so the festivities have already started in a way, haha. Oh what merriment will be had tomorrow!

Love & Peace

-Megan

Here are the boys before we left the house:

And Ms. Fiona in LaVaughn's bra:

A tour of the town...

We had SO much to do and see in Fredericktown today, I feel like there was no block left un-turned! We had to take Pip back to the vet today, which I was the most important thing on our list. We made it there nearly 30 minutes early and got taken back not 10 minutes later. We explained what was going on with him, that he had some type of builld-up on his teeth, and how he acted when he ate. We new he was getting sedated today, but it still wasn't easy to have him taken away from us, not knowing what was happening to him.

After they had been back there maybe 10 minutes or so, the vet came to the room and asked us to come back to the operating room. Low and behold, there was nothing there! She showed us his mouth and that there wasn't anything significantly wrong -- which was good, don't get me wrong -- I just hated that she didn't find the source of what was causing all of his problems. She said he had a mild case of gingivitis and a tiny cyst on his lip.

He's now on stronger antibiotics for another 2 weeks...

LaVaughn did pluck up the courage to ask the vet a very serious and interesting question before we left. Since we've been 'patients' there for quite a while now, we thought she might be okay with us standing in on a neuter, which she is! The real kicker... we get to record it!! I'm beyond stoked about this! We're probably going to do it with Declan and Neal, they're the most docile and (hopefully) will do the best.

Since we didn't (thankfully) break the bank at the vet, we decided to go spend the remainder of our money on fireworks!!! Not really of course, but we did spend a decent amount. It was the first time I had been in Barefoot Village since I was like 12 -- it was awesome! I seriously felt like a kid in a candy store, it was surreal.

While we were in the middle of checking out, the little check out girl was like, "What size shirt would you like?" In a shocked voice, I replied, "Oh, we get a shirt?" Apparently after you spend so much, you get a free shirt... obviously. She then added, "But you have to hold it up so I can get a picture of you with it!" Of course I had to have my picture taken when I was hot, disheveled, and looking a complete mess. And the cherry on top... it's on the wall of whatever down there.

I still want to strangle LaVaughn for tucking tails and leaving me.

After we finished up there, we went to the store to grab a few things. It's very rare that we make it to Fredericktown anymore, so if possible, we take advantage of the slighting larger markets they have to offer. Then after that, grabbed a bite to eat and headed home.

Now I'm exhausted and not looking forward to work tomorrow. Sigh...

Love & Peace

-Megan

The fireworks loot:

Una approves.

Here's everything. I feel as if we need a little more.

And now a couple pictures from today that I snagged from my Instagram:

Yes, we had a basket sitting inside our cart.

Poor Pip and Sadie at the vet.