98: Big Life Changes and Listener Q&A

Joy talks about the upcoming turn-in for Cadet going to college, Claire has some big news and also reflects on Miles’ birthday and 6 years of being a mother, then we take some random (wonderful!) listener Q&A! HELLO NED DISCOUNT CODE JOY www.joyandclaire.com Girls Gone Wod email: [email protected] Instagram: joyandclaire_ This is Joy & Claire: 98: Big Life Changes and Listener Q&A Episode Date: October 28, 2021 Transcription Completed: November 5, 2021 Audio Length: 54:14 minutes  Joy: Hey guys, this is Joy. Claire: And this is Claire. Joy: And this is Joy and Claire. Happy almost November. Claire: You know, it’s hilarious to me that for the last six weeks, you’ve been like, “It’s Halloween,” and this is the week where that would actually be true – Joy: I’m over it. Claire: And you’re like, “Happy almost November.” Joy’s two weeks ahead of us. Joy: I am. And you know why I’m so obsessed with dates right now is we’re turning Cadet in soon. The anticipation is horrible. I don’t want it over, but I just want it over. Now I’m realizing as a puppy raiser, if you’ve done it before, the anticipation is killing me. I’m just watching the calendar but trying not to watch the calendar because all the puppy raisers are like, “Try to just enjoy this time. Don’t grieve the loss yet. Try to just enjoy it.” I’m like, yeah, but okay. Claire: What day? Joy: November 12. You’re just doing this countdown. So It’s hard not to do a countdown. My dad does this all the time when there’s a big something or if they’re going on a vacation, he sits and counts the day. And then he’ll be like, “Two more days,” and then “One more day.” That is why I’m so freaky about the dates right now. I’ll get over it once we’re out of the woods with turn in. It’s heavy on my heart, you guys. It’s heavy on my heart. Claire: So for this episode, we asked for some last minute “give us your random questions” on Instagram, and somebody asked if you guys are going to get another puppy. You spoke about that for a second a few weeks ago, but… Joy: Yeah, briefly I’ll cover it. We’re definitely looking to get another puppy. The puppy raiser waitlist is pretty long, so if you’re in the groove with puppy raising for Canine Companions, they require you to get on the list right away. Meaning, if we wanted to do a succession of puppies where we got one pretty quickly after we turned Cadet in, I think we would have had to apply way earlier this year or the end of last year. So we haven’t applied yet, but once she’s turned in, Scott and I were like, yes, we want to get back on the puppy raiser list. There’s also a way that you can be what’s called a finisher, which sounds very weird. So there’s puppies that go into the prison, and there’s a prison puppy raising program that also need the puppies to be outside getting socialize and have the outside experience and outside world experience. So there’s puppy raisers who will do finishing for the dogs, so if that’s something I can get on that we can do sooner, then we’ll ask if we can be a finisher for a dog. But the answer is “yes.