Uncontrollable Sobbing

I made a fool of myself today.

A big fool.

Jamie and I have to walk out of our apartment around 4:15 in the morning to head for the airport. We are going up to Hanover, MA to see my brother in law, Kirby, play football at Dartmouth. For some strange reason, Leia was not invited on this trip. As I've mention earlier this week, we found her a fabulous place for her to stay!

• Private potty area that she has access to all day
• Large themed room (I requested that she stay in the Disney princess room)
• Her own bed
• Her own daggum TV
• And we also signed her up for doggy camp on Friday, so she'll spend all day (from 7-5) with the other doggy day care dogs!)

What a pampered princess.

I know she'll be fine, but I've been a mess ALL day. I cried a few times this morning just thinking about leaving her.

They closed at 5:30 this evening and I knew I wanted to get her there early enough to get to know some of the workers before they left for the day. So I set my alarm for 4:30 to remind me to take her. That alarm went off and I immediately sobbed. I wept like a child.

But before that, I made sure we had PLENTY of cuddle time so that I could soak up as much of my baby girl as possible!

Oh. And I took a bit of a photo shoot because I knew I'd miss her face. (You know you're going to miss seeing her too this weekend.)

Right when I sat in one of our "cock pit" chairs, she jumped up and was ready for some lovin's:

Lovin's for mama:
Then she decided it was time to rest and stretch out our legs while mama watched "Revenge"...mama's new favorite show:
I'm gonna miss those stretched out little feets:
Then Lulu decided she was a bit hungro and grabbed her beef-flavored raw hide to chew on:
Hi there, mama:
Ooo the sun's coming in through the window. Gotta get my snooze on:
She is the sweetest cuddle bunny in the world:
An odd cuddle bunny as well:
This was taken right before my alarm went off and I went coo coo:
She was all warm and sweet and snuggly and that darn alarm had to go off and interrupt us!

So, I grabbed her blanket, her fox toy and her chew bone and we headed off. I tried my best to compose myself but I was inconsolable. While we drove to the vet, I tried to talk in a chipper voice to Leia, telling her how exciting her weekend was going to be!

We got there and I was fine.

But then I opened the door, and the sweet little girl working greeted me and I lost every bit of cool that I thought I had. I wept. I sobbed. I blubbered. I wailed. I lost my *you know what*.

The poor gal at the counter said, "Aww mom, it's going to be okay. We'll take great care of your baby!" She was so sweet. I kept apologizing for making such a total and complete fool of myself and she tried to convince me that it happens all the time.

So another boy came in and got Leia from me, and then the worst thing happened...

Leia whimpered and cried and came running back to me!! Oh sweet mercy!!! I bent down and hugged her like I'd never see her again!

I was wailing at this point and my embarrassment level was sky-rocketing!

Good gosh, what in the world am I going to do when I have a real baby?!?!

I signed my papers and went on my pathetic way.

My face was swollen. I was a mess:
The bug glasses are my poor attempt to hide my pitiful face.

She's a dog for goodness' sakes!

I figured the only thing that could make my day better was this:
Froyo always does the trick.

Here's a little video montage of Lulu being a goofball on the bed last week. I'm gonna miss that little stinker this weekend.

Love you guys. Thanks for still being my friend, despite my being an absolute looney!