HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

It’s been a few days since I last wrote. I took Lucky to the vet last Thursday finally to get his teeth cleaned, and get the tumors in his ear and in his chest removed and sent to the lab. Luckily, the vet discovered that the one in his chest was just a lipoma, or fatty tumor, and didn’t send it in for biopsy. They didn’t know whether the growth in his ear was a tumor, or maybe just a cyst….but hopefully I’ll get good news on Thursday when they get the results back. He was so cute when they brought him out! He had just gotten up from anathesia so he was pretty loopy, totally happy but walking around like he was drunk! He didn’t seem to be tired when he got home though, and wanted to play with the other dogs. He seems a lot happier in the past few days. I”m guessing mostly due to his teeth finally being clean. They were pretty nasty for a minute there, and the vet even had to pull two of them during the procedure.  I”m sure he’s feeling a lot more comfortable, which makes me immensely happy!

Work has been pretty crappy for the past week, for me at least. Seems like a ton of girls have been coming in lately. It was pretty nice during the holidays when most of them were on vacation. I’m still waiting for all the conventions and sports events like the FBR open and the NBA all star game, when hopefully we”ll get business from all the out-of-towners. Everyone is terrified with the way the economy is going.

Today is also Chinese New Year….so HAPPY YEAR OF THE OX!

For all of you that don’t know, people born in the year of the ox are said to be:

Dependable, calm, methodical, patient, hardworking, ambitious, conventional, steady, modest, logical,

resolute, tenacious. And can be stubborn, narrow-minded, materialistic, rigid, and demanding.

Hmmm, sounds pretty similar to the traits for the Western sign of Taurus. 

When I was a kid, my parents would take me to China Town in Honolulu every Chinese New Year to see the dragon and lion dances. It was actually a pretty terrifying experience when I was very young, all the noise, crowds, and especially the menacing look of the lion…even if I knew there were people underneath. Then to top it all off, my mom would always hand me a dollar to offer to the mouth of the lion for good luck. My dad would carry me on his shoulders right up to the front of the crowd and I would throw the money at the person inside the lion’s head, rather than handing it to him, because I was so freaked out!!! I think I came home crying on a few Chinese New Years!!! I kinda wish I could go check out the festivites at the Chinese Cultural Center tonight, but I have a cam show this evening! Hope nobody misses it!