STAY AT THE DOG-FRIENDLY HOTEL

I am in the car with my two dogs and my partner, Tracy, was served the temporary restraining order hours ago.  She refused to take the papers and is probably still in the house.  I have been advised to not return home until I can get a police escort and that will not happen until tomorrow the earliest.  My dog sitter just told me she could not take the dogs.  I am parked in my car crying out of shear frustration, hunger and exhaustion.

All I can think is there is no one who can help me.  So I called my therapist. I cried for the first few minutes.  Choking out my words trying to explain my situation.  He helped me problem solve the situation.  We figured out that I could not take my dogs to a boarding place but I could find a dog hotel.  He used his computer to find me a dog-friendly hotel that was nearby.  He gave me the phone number so I could book a room.  I figured out that once I booked a room I could drive over and get dog food.  I had a collapsible water bowl in my car that I could use and the bird boarders gave me a roll of dog poop bags.  I was set with the dogs.

I still didn't have food but I had the dogs organized.  I got to the hotel and they were so nice.  I got in the room and took the dogs out to pee after they ate.  Of course one of them peed immediately on the rug!  I ran and got a towel and sopped it up.  I think they had special carpets because it didn't sink in.  I took them out for a walk and then back to the room where I ordered room service. Finally some food.  I would have eaten cardboard at this point.  It would have been a nice night except the dogs were so hyped up every time someone made a noise in the hallway, the dogs barked and it was so stressful.  Bark, Bark, Bark, Growl, Growl, Growl, Whine, Cry all night long.  About 3 am I fell asleep and that was good until 6 am when folks started checking out and the growling started again.  I was shocked to hear no one complained!  In the middle of the night Bubba had to go out and had an upset tummy but the night door man was nice and watched us to make sure we didn't get mugged.

First thing in the morning the dog sitter said I could drop the dogs off so I could get things done.  I drove them over to her house and now I was pet free.  I had some room service breakfast and then I went to talk to the manager.  I needed to see if I could check out late.  I told him my situation and he was SO nice.  He offered to go buy me luggage since I only had my stuff in plastic bags.  He said they would do anything to help me out.  He made me cry he was so nice.  I said if he would print out the court papers when they came through and let me check out later, that would be nice.

I had to wait for the court papers to come through so the police would come to my home and escort Tracy out.  I contacted the private investigator and asked if there was anything he could do to help out with getting the police to my home so I would not have to wait for 5 hours again.  He said he would make some phone calls.  I hung out and waited in my hotel room and tried to sleep and do some work.

The papers came through, the hotel manager printed them, the private investigator called to say the police would meet me at my house at 1:30 pm.  I was to meet the police outside my house and do not go inside.

more to come...