Being a teacher is truly beautiful...working with God's littlest children, positive and encouraging environment, and 2 whole months off each year!! My summer break has been so relaxing and yes, very lazy! I love sleeping in...for those of you teachers out there sleeping in means past 8am. It feels so great. I wake up in the morning, speed time with my animals, clean the apartment and get ready for the daily drive to Tampa. Without school, the drive has been no problem. I am finally getting enough sleep.
This past weekend the Tampa Bay Hellenic had 2 away games in North Carolina. This was also the weekend that Mia, Timmy Joe and Julie went out of town leaving Brian to care for all of the animals. In case anyone was keeping count, that was a total of 5 animals for Brian to care for (Charlie was luckily staying with Grandma this weekend).
I left for North Carolina on Saturday morning. This was very hard to do because it was the first time I was going to leave my fiance for more than a day and also Layla was having some eye issues (more on that later).
As soon as we flew into North Carolina, we all prepared for the game at 5pm. We played the Charlotte Lady Eagles who had tied us 2 to 2 at home the weekend before. Mom, Dad, Nana and the girls all came to the game! We came back from down a goal to tie the game 1 to 1.
Sunday's game was in Cary, North Carolina against the Lady Clarette's (whatever that is...). It was blazing hot but we came together to win the game 2 to 0. My entire family came for that game as well! It was so hard saying goodbye at the end of the game : (
After the game on Sunday! All that is missing is Brian!
We traveled back to Tampa Monday morning. Brian picked me up from the airport and when I walked in the door, I came home to this...
Layla was STILL having eye trouble as you can see! Before I left, we were flushing her eye out with warm water per the Vet's directions. Obviously this was more than allergies! Something was wrong. After much speculation as to what happened, we finally concluded that she must have gotten scratched by Julie's new kitten. In the light you can actually see the scratch. Poor baby! (Background: Julie, my roommate, adopted a cute little kitty from the shelter. Let's just say he likes to attack all of his toys, your hand when you try to pet him, your feet when you walk by, and apparently eyes of much larger animals. He really is sweet-just a lot of energy!)
The Culprit: Mr. Cat
We took Layla to the vet immediately that same day. The Vet confirmed our suspicion. An animal of some kind (orange kitty) scratched Layla's cornea. If I would have waited another few days, she would have been in really bad shape as the scratch was very serious. She is doing much better now! She still has one more day of antibiotic ointment left but is sure to make a speedy recovery. God love her!
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