We’re havin’ a party!
It is summer, the dog days of summer to be exact and we thought it would be a great time to have a celebration.
It was easy to find a reason to get together when we had a 5K in May. If a 5K is not enough, it was the 8th anniversary of moving into our new building. But it seemed like we should have a reason for a party.
Turns out, we have a lot of reasons to celebrate! Obviously, I was proud when M’Kinzy was the first to walk across the Paramount stage for Ashland Community and Technical College, but I was almost as proud of Lindsay when she walked across. Lindsay is a working, single mom and it is hard to carve out time for classes and homework. Maybe Lindsay wasn’t used to it, but she was a tad embarrassed when I insisted on multiple photos. M’Kinzy is used to it.
M’Kinzy is counting the days to go to college. Wooster seems a great fit for her. She will have to work, but the student body and faculty have an appropriate number of nerdy geeks. M’Kinzy insisted that she did not want a graduation party, but a College Send off seems like a good idea.
We could also celebrate the increasingly obvious fact that Carly is having a baby. The girl will be named Reagan and is due in October. Although, Carly is to the point of wanting her to come early. Of course, to be safe, but Carly is dreaming of being un-pregnant.
Meanwhile, M’Kinzy also skipped the Girl Scout Gold Award celebration. She has still continued to work on revamping the high school library at Holy Family Collegiate High School. Although she got certificates and congratulations from the First Lady, Armed Forces Chief, Head of NASA and many others. We did not do anything to celebrate. A grand (informal) celebration seemed a good way to tie up her scouting career.
Mind you, at no time is this a solicitation for presents. That is part of the reason we did not do a graduation party and only limited announcements. M’Kinzy has been looking forward to college and planning for a while. Her entire Christmas and birthday lists consisted of college dorm items. She has a fair amount of Doctor Who and Marvel room accessories already.
We could also celebrate our coming dog park. The fencing has been paid for and being manufactured. After it is up, we will get the equipment. Then we will work on the slant pond. This will be for vaccinated, dewormed animals only. In other words a safe place for our client’s pets to play. This is such a big thing, we might have another celebration for just this.
While all of these things are great reasons to host an event, I think more than anything else we wanted to have a celebration. GAMC is doing well and we want to share. Sometimes it is hectic at the office and we don’t have time to listen to the stories of our clients and we have some AMAZING clients. I recently posted on FaceBook to post something that people bet nobody else on my friends’ list had done.
My classmates, M’Kinzy’s friends parents and my clients have done some amazing things. Among other things, they have made a flamethrower with a bottle of Aqua Net; drove a school bus for 24 years; been a Little Sister of Sigma Pi Delta Rho MSU; facilitated the first verbal expression with a small child with Autism age 3 ½; skipped high school my junior year and spent that time on a Greyhound bus tour to the west coast, then re-enrolled as a senior and graduated on time; removed and transplanted human organs within 12 hours; was bitten by a monkey when I was a child. we were playing in my sand box; had dinner with around 20 NASCAR drivers; survived an attempt at being kidnaped; hauled molten aluminum; saw first hand the destruction of Hurricane Katrina while in the National Guard; was on the USS Enterprise for 4 days, as a civilian, after it came back from the Persian Gulf; and many, many other things!
So, on July 29th, the day after five of us complete the 5K Glow Run (survival is another reason to celebrate!), we will have a BBQ. Join us starting at 4:00pm until whenever. We will have BBQ, bread, soda and paper products. If you will bring a pot luck dish to share, we will all have a good time.
Dr Wixsom and the Guardian Animal Medical Center Team are having a celebration. Join us for good food and comradery.
Dr. MJ Wixsom owns and practices at Guardian Animal Medical Center on Bellefonte Road in Flatwoods. 606.928.6566 and online at www.GuardianAnimal.com
