Sad

Is what I am right now. I think I let go of my denial and came back to reality. The reality that we missed the ginormous window for Jasper to not be quarantined. =( Now, I am sad.

My precious baby puppy will either have to be stuck by himself in a lonely kennel like the one we rescued him from over a year ago quarantined for up to 120 days or we're going to have to find someone who will keep him until he is allowed to come to Hawaii...and have him fly to Hawaii all by himself!!! I am not liking having to make this decision. I was hoping there would be a way around it, but I haven't found one yet. Not to mention that I feel absolutely horrible for not having taken care of this earlier. With my luck, though, if I had started this process back in January like I should have, his orders would have been changed and I would have done all this junk for nothing. *sigh* What's a girl to do? Oh, did I mention that all this comes out of our pocket? I have to take him to the vet, he has to get another rabies shot, and he has to have blood work done. Thank goodness he already has a microchip. That would be more trauma for him. Oh, and if we were to allow him to be quarantined for 120 days, the price tag is $1,080+. Goodbye, paycheck, it was nice to have met you.

 My precious puppy the night we brought him home. =)

Such a big boy now! I don't wanna leave him!

I'm freaking out and kicking myself for not doing this sooner. I wish I could blame Joe for telling me not to because his orders could be changed, but I can't. This one's totally on me. I don't want to have him quarantined, and I don't want him to have to fly over the Pacific all by himself. So what the heck am I supposed to do?! Any advice?