How much can one dog pee?

I'm starting to think I'm either a bad pet owner or I'm just plain neurotic. I think Irie may be sick AGAIN. I'm not sure if the latest thing is just her being a dog or if it's an indication of a bladder infection, but lately when we go outside she pees once and then every couple of feet she tries to pee over and over again. Mostly to no avail.

At first I thought this was maybe just a "marking" activitity. I know Terra does the squat and pee quite often, but Irie wasn't doing this before this week so it seems a little odd. So, off to the vet we go again tomorrow morning to see what we can find out. I was going to try to wait it out and see if it resolved itself after a few more days, but last night she peed on my bed twice, which she's never done before. This could be unrelated all together, but I know it's also a possible sign.

So, tonight is all about washing the sheets and keeping her out of my room as much as possible.

In other news, we spend a few hours at the local dog park last night. Irie was mostly entertained but not so sure of all the big dogs running around - especially when they were chasing her. Whenever I would sit down, she'd jump up into my lap. Eventually most of the big dogs left though and then she played a little more with the smaller dogs. It was only the second time I've taken her, so I'm hoping she'll get more adjusted and play more while we're there. Either that or I'm going to have to find a small-dog park to take her to.

I'm off to the Florida keys this weekend for a little vacation time with Allyson. Probably not the best timed trip with all the other traveling that's coming up for me, but it was really the only time I could get down there before it gets too cold to really spend time in the water. Right now it's looking like it will likely be kind of rainy, but really I'm just looking forward to getting away for a few days, even if it doesn't turn out exactly as planned. (Though I really do hope we get to go snorkeling!)

I also think my karma may be a little out of whack these days. Maybe I've been watching My Name is Earl too much, but I'm starting to think that my avoidance of telling people I'm not into them and being more up front is resulting in bad relationship karma for me. Just feel like I'm getting a bit of a cold shoulder from certain people. I'm trying to ignore it mostly and just go with the flow. Not my strongest area unfortunately. But I have found that if I let it go for an hour or two I'm less upset by it.

Anyway, that's my life in a nutshell right now. I've been in a training for work the past two days and I'm SO ready to be done with it. Usually I'm all about learning new things, but this particular class has been about as boring as it gets. It's a pre-req for other classes that I could use more info in, but it's really not teaching me anything I need to know.

Oh well, back to the real job tomorrow. :-)