Spaced Out

Recently, I find myself spacing out. A lot. Sometimes it happens during class, sometimes after texting someone, sometimes in the bathroom, and just recently, during dinner. I don’t know how that one started. My dad said I was staring blankly at the wall for at least 5 minutes. But I do remember that everytime this happens, I was thinking deeply about something. Though most of the time when I snap out of it, I forget what I was just thinking about. I guess I’m just easily distracted, because this happens even when I’m having fun, or talking to someone (yeah, that happened. We we’re talking about something and I stopped mid-speech).

Anyway, on my last episode, I remember that I was thinking about my dog, Nuri. I guess I’m an overly-doting owner, since I really love him, even if he’s scared of just about everything (so he fails as a “bantay”). Just last week, I skimped on lunch and commuting money (I walked about 2km uphill from the jeep stop to my house) to save up for a flea collar and medicated shampoo for Nuri. Over the few weeks, Nuri’s been itching like mad. Some might say that it’s typical for a dog to be like that, but I got really worried when he started scratching so hard he got wounds on his ears. And it wouldn’t heal because Nuri kept scratching the scabs. I thought about de-clawing him, but aside from the ethical issues of that, Nuri’s an outdoor dog and de-clawing him is not a good idea. It got so bad though, that Nuri started losing his fur on his ears. I wanted to ask my dad for money so I could bring Nuri to a vet. But he said that I shouldn’t worry too much and that Nuri will be fine. I didn’t ask again because as much as possible, I don’t like asking for money. It’s somewhat embarrassing; especially asking from my dad, even though he gives me whenever I ask him like it was no big deal. He trusts me that much I guess). Anyway, I don’t get allowances during the sem break, so I gathered all the money I saved up before the break and whatever I could save up on the 1st week of classes, and went to that pet clinic in Katipunan next to Mercury Drug and got Nuri a flea collar and an itch shampoo. It cost at least P400, but it’s okay. I’m happy to say that it’s working. The wounds on his ears have healed up nicely and the fur is growing back.

I still want to have a vet check up on Nuri though. But I have to save up more money first. No, I’m not gonna ask my dad for money.

Here’s a picture of my beloved Nuri. He’s an “askal” that was born in our house while it was still under construction (his mother got adopted by our neighbor).