Thanks For The Kind Words

Thanks to all who have sent kind words and encouragement over the last week. I'll try to respond to each of you over the next few days.

As an update, the leg is getting better. It's still bleeding a little (2 weeks and a day now, but the doctor says it's ok), but the infection appears to be completely gone. Still have a couple of days of antibiotic to go, but it looks like it should be better soon. Still a little pain, but not as much as before.

As for the dog, that it still a real, real tough situation for me. I still feel like we made the wrong choice and that we should have kept him. I feel like I abandoned a friend when he needed defending more than ever. What he did was wrong and terrible, but I honestly don't believe that he intended to do it or that he would have done it to a person. I worry because he is a very vocal dog - he'll communicate by growling when you do something he doesn't like - and I'm afraid that someone will misunderstand that as aggression and will put him down. It is that reason that has been keeping me up at night ever since we gave him up.

I really am trying to make more of an effort at getting back to a regular posting schedule. I just have to ration my computing time a bit more than usual right now as I'm spending a fair amount of time trying to find a new job. This leg infection has shown me just how important it is to have a job that can provide for that health insurance stuff (as if I didn't already know it before).