u/xzkandykane

I am taking viennese waltz but we have not done the turn steps. Instead we did a move the teacher called a "roll out" where you go from closed to both face forward position. But I can't find any videos for this. Im trying to get the footwork correct.

The 2nd thing we did was where the lead and follow change positions by doing two spins but I forget the name of this also.

My dog has athritis. She has bad and worse when it comes to her legs. A "good" day she can walk maybe 5 - 10 feet without falling, but she will knuckle her feet.

She is already on adequan and librela. There is visible muscle atrophy on one side where her athritis started.

A bad day she can only take a few steps.

She just hangs out in her dog bed all day watching us and napping. She'll sniff when going outside but doesnt ask for walks like she used to.

I notice if she falls too much, her legs will be bad for awhile...

Do i risk her falling and her legs hurting to walk her so she will have some stimulation? I dont want her last few months to be boring. I can't give her shuffle mats because she keeps getting diarrhea if I give her too many treats.

We are planning to put her to sleep before winter comes...

There is a costume ball i want to go to in the fall and Id love to wear a hanfu. A qipao would be too restrictive. It is ballroom dancing so I think the big sleeves is going to slap someone in the face. Is there any hanfus that are short sleeves or sleeves that do not have volume? Or any ideas to pin them down?

If there is any cultural concerns, im chinese. Very little chance to wear ethnic clothing unless its for my wedding(already happened!)

Bought a Florida Rose blueberry from Berries Unlimited. Berry ripened to a dark blue/purple. Emailed customer service. Apparently their website says "pink or rose colored fruit", but "ripens in a wide range of color" means it can turn blue.

Their customer service very helpfully changed their website wording right after I emailed to clarify that it can turn blue.

I go to social dancing but I do not have much formal training. I've been taking lessons and I noticed how bad I am in class. Now I wonder if I'm just embarrassing myself when I go social dancing. Do people secretly judge?

I have two dogs, they are 16 and 17. A chi/jack russell and a border collie. The chi/js has dementia, deaf and blind. The BC has arthritis but her mind is all there. I am thinking about putting them down in September. I hope they can forgive me if it's too soon..

My BC is my soul dog. She was/is food motivated. But even with grippy socks/padding/carpet, she can't stand for more than a few minutes. Lately, she doesn't even try to get up to get to the food that is out of her reach, even if it's human food. She's also been falling asleep after half a meal, wakeup and then keep eating. I've started giving her salmon and green mussel. She'll get super excited when she hears me open the fridge... but doesn't seem to have the physical strength to go to her food if the bowl gets knocked out of her way.... She also falls down and can't get back up when she tries to stand/walk.

She also can't poop by herself. We need to do the "poop shake" where we pick her up and just let her hang to get her to poop. She's already on librela, carprofen and adequan. We started adequan back in October and she would noticably improve for two weeks with each shot... but now, the last few shots either has not shown improvement or she only walks better for a day. But when I look at her, I see HER, my dog. I still see her soul in her eyes.

The JS sometimes walks in circles and has a hard time settling down if someone is not holding him. He used to sleep with us and has a bed time. Now he won't settle even if we sleep with him. It takes him an hour, sometimes two hours before falling asleep. I've been giving him CBD and at least now when he goes to sleep, he mostly stays asleep.

I am so tired and sleep deprived. I don't sleep well because I have to get up and tuck the small dog in and sometimes he gets up and paces. Or the BC gets up, falls and I get up to pick her up. I also have to carry her up and down two flights of stairs to take her potty. My arms, back and hips hurt from carrying her up 2-3 times a day.(my husband carries her when he's home). She's only 32lbs but I'm so sore all the time.

I'm tentatively thinking of putting them both down in September. I keep feeling like it's too soon. What if the BC doesn't mind not being able to walk. What if she just wants to exists, and be here? What if I had caught the arthritis earlier, could I have kept her comfortable longer. We took her to the vet in early 2024 for her arthritis diagnosis and I thought, if the librela gives me one more year, I would be happy. Then late 2024, she had a tumor on her butt, got it taken out, doc couldnt tell if it's cancerous but it mostly likely good be. We chose not to do a full CT scan because what's the point, we wouldnt pursue chemo. We thought this is it, if its cancer, we'll have to just say bye. The tumor never came back. October last year, the librela stopped working. Doc said lets try adequan, gave us more time. I had 2 more years than I thought I would with her. It's not enough. I keep wishing she was still a puppy. I don't care about all the pee and poop(she was a IM MAD SO ILL POOP ON THE BED).

I don't care about the JS barking and being angry and annoying. I wish he still had his fire. Now he's just... sad. We thought we would have to put him down last year, he just started being soo quiet and docile, even at the vet. The vet diagnosed him with a heart murmur and kidney disease. The meds perked him right up, until about 6 months ago. We got another year with him. I don't care if he's was an asshole.

We got the dogs when we were 18/19. Some of our friends got dogs a few years after us. They're all gone(the dogs, not the friends)... Ours have lived the longest. It's also like saying goodbye a period of our life, of the time between being a kid and becoming a real adult.

Ive been going social dancing(waltz), and since technique isn't as big of a deal, I can follow easily. I just.. go. Im sure its not graceful, but I'm doing it!!!

But I am also taking lessons which teaches slow waltz and proper technique and positioning is important. I find that I have to stop and think.(especially when it comes to turns, its like my brain loses track of where I am, where I am facing. On the other hand, I also dont drive a car for similar reasons)

Do i... continously think things through and tell my feet what to do? Or should I just pratice the figure until it becomes muscle memory.

My husband and I worked at the same company for 8 years. He was the lead on his team and my team dispatches work to him. We left the company 3 years ago for government jobs (nothing to do with us being married and working together). I am going to put my old supervisor as a reference and I can put my other old coworkers but I dont want to be a bother to them, especially because I might not get to the final round when they will actually contact references.

On the other hand, I have a friend that I worked with at the same company for 2 years. But we worked together 6 years ago.

Also to note, the job is a county government job. My husband and I currently work for the county but different departments. I'm not sure if our employee records will show we're married.

Im trying to pratice at home what the instructor taught yesterday. I always have trouble with turns and their directions. Its like... once I turn, I cant mentally track how much/where I end up.

The women's part is basically step forward on left, turn/swivel outside, face 180, step forward side close, another 90 degrees and I think the last part is step forward then an inside turn. I do know somewhere along, you "pass" your partner. I want to watch a video and pratice until it becomes muscle memory.

I see baby aphids :( I also see quite a few ladybugs. Im hoping the availability of aphids will cause them to stay, eat and breed.

Is this plan going to be terrible??

Im trying to watch some videos and honestly they go too fast. Im trying to understand how wide each step is and how many steps for one rotation.