Buddy is in the doggy hospital

Our dog Buddy somehow managed to give himself an inguinal hernia. We took him to the vet and he had surgery this morning. The vet called me a little while ago and said everything went really well. His hernia wasn't too bad and only some fatty tissue was popping through rather than intestine. The lucky dog also got fixed while he was there. He has spent 9 years of his life unfixed and now he is fixed so that will be interesting. So far all is well. He will stay there overnight so they can monitor him and make sure he is okay as well as use a laser on his incisions to help them heal a little better. I get to pick him up tomorrow and I am excited because I miss my pouch :(

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5 May 2014

El Día de la Batalla de Puebla

The French have an intimidating army. Napoleon III surely wanted what the original Napoleon wanted: world domination. Mexico was in deep financial trouble. We owned several countries money. Most countries worked out deals with us but France wanted to own us. They wanted a Latin regime that would help with French interests. The United States was tied up in civil war and Napoleon III used this to their advantage. I am sure he thought if he took Mexico then maybe he could work his way into the United States.

The problem with the French is that they are too smart. So smart that they make mistakes. They followed Commander General Zaragoza to Puebla thinking we were sympathetic to the French they waited to attack us until later in the day. They attacked from the north, first mistake. Zaragoza did not have as many men and our weapons were archaic but the French gave us the advantage of attacking us from the north. We flanked them on the left and the right of the road. Soon it began to rain. We were hunkered down in fight, the French were moving forward.

Because of the shooting and rain, the French were in a chaotic state. They could not sustain the fight and retreated. We had victory for Mexico in Puebla! The Mexican military and the people of Puebla celebrated. This was not the end of French intrusion. The French did eventually impose their own mock leader in our country but the Battle of Puebla served as inspiration to all of Mexico for fighting the French.

6 May 2014

The Magpie and the Mirror

Thaddeus the magpie was truly a beautiful bird but he simply knew that too well. He would strut around and tell everyone how handsome he was. One day, Thaddeus found a broken piece of a mirror and looked into. When he saw how truly beautiful he was he could not stop staring at himself. Oh the wonder! Oh the beauty! His eyes had never seen such beauty in his life! He carried his mirror everywhere he went, to the delight of the other birds and animals. They no longer got harassed by Thaddeus over his beauty.

He carried that mirror so often that he rarely paid attention to where he was going and never listened to warnings from friends. They all tried to stop him from walking right off a cliff but he would not listen. He walked off the cliff and never even noticed. He saw only his beautiful face and not his imminent end all the way down. Thaddeus only loved himself and carried the mirror to the end so he could love himself some more.