Nose trouble, restrained

I have had a little spot on my nose that I first thought was a black head.  I used a Biore a couple times and it still remained.  I even had Ali try her painful black head extraction technique, nope, no dice.  It actually was bleeding around it a little bit the other night.  That’s not good.  I have a dermatologist appointment next month and I have a bad feeling that when I point this out that my nose will be getting hacked into next.

So Ali works today and we are trying something different with Nicki, we are going to restrain her to the kitchen.  We will block off both sides, pull up the rugs and pull the ottoman and one of her dog beds in so she can lay on them.  This way, if another accident happens, clean up will be much less dramatic.  Although Nicki had the accident the other day, right after Ali took her out before leaving, she hasn’t done anything overnight since we started closing the bedroom door.  This sort of makes me think it is a behavioral thing instead of a medical thing.  Regardless, she is going to the vet tomorrow to get her poop checked.  A medical reason would be the most easy to fix.  A behavioral issue could take longer to straighten out. 

I made an appointment for the party van to get worked on.  I need to get it as sound as possible before asking it to haul us 4000 miles in a month or so.  The brakes that were totally redone are messed up even though less than 3000 miles have been put on them since the repair.  I also am having the mystery vibration checked out.  After I get it back from the shop, I will be taking it to the local Tire Choice store to possibly have all 4 tires replaced.  Right now it has 3 Michelins that aren’t in great shape as well as an oddball, mismatched generic 4th tire.

The other day Ali said she was catching up on my blog.  She said she was surprised that I hadn’t mentioned her stepped up fitness routine since she became a two day a week worker.  She really has stepped things up.  She genuinely enjoys the various fitness classes at the Wellness Center.  They are hard as hell.  I am very happy to see her actively working on her fitness level.  She said she has knocked off a few pounds already.  So far, I have liked the new working arrangement for her.  The only thing to be seen is if we keep things on a similar financial level.  She submitted her first invoice last week so we don’t know how fast or slow the turnaround will be. 

This week I only will have one 300 work out.  I’m not doing one tomorrow because I am playing in the volleyball tourney on Saturday.  We are dropping back down to BB.  My last experience in A was pretty miserable.  I want to practice my serving before the match.  That is the one part of my game that used to be a force that is now an after thought.  A hard serve makes a big difference.