ideas

I have a great one -- let's get rid of evenings. Just eliminate them. They're the worst. I dont care that I thought a year ago that they were the best, second only to breakfast! I still love breakfast -- that stays. But evenings? Yuk. I miss Henry then. So much. Too much. Grief comes in waves and the evening wave is the most powerful of them all. It wallops you and knocks you down and honestly, you dont really want to get back up. 

Luckily they turn into night and the dreams come and you dont much like those either, but then eventually there is morning. 

Hi, Sadey!  7:15 is much better thank you. No one has ever expressed as much joy at seeing me at this hour as those two dogs have. Sadey is as bad as Henry was: licks wags leaps. Total delight. How can you be so enthusiastic before you had your morning coffee? Oh wait. Dogs dont do caffeine. The transition from wake up to bounce for them is immediate.

Everyone in south central Wisconsin is thinking and talking about the weather today. We've been warned. It had rained at night. There is a pause and then the storms will come. Rain changing to sleet and finally heavy snow, but with plenty ice in the mix. Lots of both. I do a quick mental calculation: there is no way I can exercise Sadey once the stuff comes down. If the first round is to arrive soon after 8, I better get her to the dog park now, before breakfast, hers and mine.

I'm not the only one with this idea. Or maybe a Sunday morning routinely brings out the dog walkers. I'm glad. Sadey runs, plays, gets used to strangers. It's a high priority for me, all of it.

We do two laps around the perimeter, allowing her to thoroughly empty all that she needs to empty. Phew. Got that out of the way. 

Time for breakfast, finally. Hers and mine.

Of course, she is quite ready for a nap then. So am I, frankly. But I have too much to do. I've been completely immersed in dog issues and dog questions and dog discussions and dog literature. All this fills the hours. Outside? Oh it's just miserable. Rain and freezing rain. Sleet. Honestly, it will be a relief to switch to snow, though I do feel awful for those who have to be out on the roads or catching flights. Your worst travel day is upon us.

Okay, Sadey, got any ideas on how to spend the rest of this day? Let's do some training first. Maybe we can get to a stay that lasts more than 3 seconds! Yes, I know, you wish you had your playmate to bother. Me too. Sigh...

(A selfie with Sadey is a challenge. Does. Not. Stay. In. Place.)

Family dinner is called off because of the horrid weather that's being thrust upon us. But Ed is here. Walking over the ice covered terrain. To Sally's House and back. All for my chicken millet soup. Well, maybe to make this evening more agreeable for me too.

(A selfie with Ed is also a challenge, though for different reasons.)

 

Sadey and I watch the Oscars. Continuity for me, and a lap for her to lean on. The snow is picking up now. With chilling temperatures that will stick around for a couple of days. Schools are closed tomorrow. It'll be a mess out there. Tonight? Well, I'm grateful. For all of you. For my dogs. For so much and so many in my life.

with love, always...