May 14th 2009 2:41 pm
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I am celebrating a special day today - altho I heard I was *not* going to be getting anything special to eat since I barfed up the babycake from Cupcake Royale last year.
I am in a unique situation. I get to go to work with my mom every day. I used to wonder what she did when she left. Now I know. Altho this is a different job than the other two she has had since I came to live here in West Seattle. The first year she was working part time and was gone about 6 hours - just perfect timing for a nice walk outside. Then for two and a half years she had work that I used to go to sometimes. I really loved working at SeaTac Airport. We were in an old portable building that used to be a school at one point and I loved running down the looooong hallway and visiting all the people there who loved me. Then they made a stupid rule that said I couldn't come anymore so I stayed home for about a year. But she still tried to make her days short or come home in the middle to give me abreak. Especially after we moved to the townhouse and I no longer had a yard.
Then suddenly she was home every day beginning September 2008. She spent the entire day in front of the computer, looking for a J-O-B. For a few weeks dad was home too but he got a new J-O-B working at Microsoft so it was just mom and I.
Mom has a real estate license and she loves green living and healthy homes. She moved her license to a company called GreenWorks Realty, the first green real estate company in the country. That was in November. She listed a house for sale in December and we did Sunday open houses together and I got to meet new people.
February is when my life *REALLY* changed. I heard mom say the company she worked for was having trouble and they had to layoff the office manager. For once mom got a break - her experience let her step in and fill that position on a contract basis, very part time and not much money, but it meant she was sitting in the real estate office every day. We've been coming here every day now for three months. I have finally settled into the routine and am not shaking in the car the whole way wondering if we are going to the emergency vet clinic in Wallingford. I settle down when crossing the Aurora Bridge and getting close to Greenlake.
Mom's talking about looking for a J-O-B again because she still is not selling enough houses, altho the market has finally picked up and she is on the phone a lot. Dad is on a contract at Microsoft and will not have work in October and mom is worried about keeping the house where we live. But she loves being with ME all day every day. I wouldn't want to change anything either. We shall see!
There have been a few big milestones. Aside from my pet therapy work at a local convalescent home that really got me socialized, my mom was also interviewed for a book (Dog Park Wisdom), and *I* am on the cover of the Spring 2009 CityDog Magazine "Dog in the West". Here is a link: http://tinyurl.com/qjpdfe
Celebrate with me today as I honor 4 years with my forever family.
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