Mom goes on vacation and Ella goes swimming

Happy Independence Day! We are enjoying our day off by sleeping late and generally being lazy today. I just got back from a week-long vacation in Texas, so I'm still catching up on sleep and trying to relax before going back to work tomorrow. It's going to be rough! I had a wonderful time visiting my college girlfriends in Texas, but missed Ella dearly. She stayed with Neillee and Dustin and had a lovely time without me. She's feeling much better and finished taking her painkillers this morning. Hopefully the vet will have good news about her condition when we go for our appointment on Wednesday. Yesterday, Ella and I went to Neillee's house on the river, and Ella (sort of) went swimming. She gets in the water about chest high before she decides that she's had enough. She did enjoy sniffing, rolling in the sand, and digging some major holes on the beach, though. Overall, we've had a wonderful week of vacation in the water- I'm not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow morning. I hope all of you have a wonderful 4th of July- eat a hot dog for Ella :-)