[nagdu] retirement

[rhonda cruz]

 HI hanna,
 i'm sorry to hear this.
 all the best for you.


On Nov 20, 2012, at 7:54 AM, Shannon Dyer wrote:

> Hi, Hannah.
> 
> I'm really sorry it's come to this. Retirement is so hard, but it really does sound like you're doing the right thing. Unfortunately, the right thing isn't always the easiest thing. I wish you all the best.
> 
> Shannon and Ace
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> On Nov 19, 2012, at 11:58 PM, "Hannah Chadwick" <sparklylicious at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>> I hope everyone is doing well. I haven't been posting or keeping up with
>> everything recently because this is my first quarter at UC Davis and things
>> have been pretty crazy. Now that everything is sort of falling in to place,
>> I wanted to welcome everyone who is new to the list, the people who have
>> returned, and an update about Princess.
>> Unfortunately she has not improved much since I last posted about her work.
>> it has been almost a year, and campus is a pretty busy place. We have a lot
>> of distractions - all the students, over 20,000 bikes, and the millions of
>> squirrels that we pass every day - so Princess is not doing so well. I
>> thought that perhaps being here for over 3 months would help, but it has
>> not, and she continuously walks me in to objects, wants to run after the
>> squirrels or students, and seeks attention from everyone who says something
>> along the lines of, "awww! Cute doggie!".
>> With all this in mind, I have decided that I will retire her because of all
>> the stress for her and for me.
>> I know that it will be a great loss since we've bonded, but I've also had a
>> lot of time to get used to this idea. I don't know when I will retire her
>> because Pilot has not been very good about returning my calls, but I do know
>> that it will happen very soon.
>> I'm sure many of you have gone through this before, and I just hope that I
>> won't be too depressed over it.
>> Once again I hope everyone is doing well with your guides, and happy
>> Thanksgiving! :)
>> All the best, Hannah
>> 
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