Our Happy Little Vegemites

No, not the wrongly accused boxer from the 1960's, rather a very adorable 8 week old Chocolate Labrador named Hurricane!  It's no secret that I'm kind of a dog person. And the Awesome One is kind of a dog person too. And we've been thinking about a puppy for a while now but the timing wasn't really right. Miss Penelope was too little and we were focused on thinking we would just wait till Old Man Rex moved on to the giant doggy playground in the sky.  Then the Eldest One moved out and one of her housemates got a puppy. A Husky named Archie who is totally freaking adorable. And I just love puppies so much. And I've been really kind of down lately too. Not being able to leave the house and being sore and waiting for an appointment with a surgeon to fix the problem and it's really been tough.  So the Awesome One and I were having a drink the other night and decided we should just do it. Let's get a puppy now instead of waiting. So we start...

So, umm, I'm back?!  Well, actually I didn't really go anywhere, but it's been ages since I posted anything so I had to open with something, right?! Anyway, so as the title suggests, I have discovered that cabin fever is a real thing! Who knew?! Well, okay, probably lots of people knew, but I'm not sure if I really did or not. As I'm sure you all know, I have issues. And while there may be some, ahem, mental issues that should be addressed every now and then I am actually referring to the leg issues I have. You know..... hernia pressing on my Femoral nerve causing my right leg to be pretty much useless? * sigh *  It has its' moments, but basically we're still at the point where I can't drive because my foot doesn't work. As in, I can walk, usually with a crutch, sometimes without, but there isn't any resistance strength in my leg or foot. So things like pressing down on an accelerator pedal don't happen. You all know this, so why a...