When was the last time you pulled an all-nighter? Or close to an all-nighter? I suppose my transatlantic flights are unintentional all-nighters in that I rarely sleep on them for more than an hour, if that. But it's been a very long time since I was so fired up by something that I just couldn't stop, and before I knew it I was well into the wee hours of the next day. And then along came last night: I was working on a trip-related task and I could not stop. And then it was so very late that I forced myself to shut it all down for the remainder of the night. I vaguely remember walking Millie at some ungodly hour, thinking that perhaps it'll keep her happily sleeping late into the morning.
But of course, she didn't sleep late into the morning. She'd already slept a lot in the evening. She was twitching to go by 6:30. Yawn...
As I was fixing foods for the morning meal, I got a text from Ed saying he'd be over for breakfast. And so Millie an I waited, though I'm sure Millie felt displaced from her seat.
(morning song...)
Still, the girl likes Ed and of course, so do I.
I'm working still on my trip planning and I go back to it as Millie sleeps. She does go to doggie day care just after noon. I continue my work in the coffee shop, then pick up the kids and retrieve Millie.
It was an interesting Millie pick-up, because I ran into a friend whom I haven't seen since she adopted two of our farmette kittens! She now has a large white retriever dog. Young, huge, friendly. Quite coincidentally, another dog owner had just picked up her dog which, too was a large young white retriever. Two dogs, back to back, almost identical in appearance, and very different in temperaments. And there was Millie, wanting to play with both, even as they were nearly ten times her size!
(my friend and her Goose!)
I take the kids and my pup to the local farmers market where we meet up with Ed.
Several little kids come up to us and ask if they can pet Millie. The answer is always "yes of course," but I am surprised how well trained these youngsters are around dogs. They know to ask first. They know to go slowly. Impressive!
A brief play and reading session at Sally's House...
(an unusually high interest in a computer game!)
... and then the kids go home and I work a little on re-potting roses, and then quickly return to my trip work. Late night again today? I think so! I'm on a roll!
with so much love...
