It's been hard to keep focused, but words of encouragement from friends, loved ones, and strangers have been helpful (note: no strangers have given me words of encouragement, but what if we did that? Next time walking down the street and you pass someone just say "Keep it up! You're doing great!". Would you just get a strange look? Would they run away from you or start a fight? Let's hope no fighting...but it might just help the world go 'round...
The weather has been much more bearable the past week, though I wouldn't protest if the temperature wanted to drop down to the low 80s. This weekend I have been watching one Miss Foxy Brown. She weighs only about 30 lbs, is a black husky mix, loves water, and is FAST! Hannah and her have been getting along well - Hannah stayed with Foxy and her owner Jamie while I was in Iceland earlier this summer, so they know of each other. I've taken the two girls to the Quad to chase squirrels, and to Lake Tamaha which is a man-made lake made for The Retreat - a large housing complex populated mostly by undergrads.... No pictures, but pretty great to see Foxy run and jump in the lake FULL SPEED while Hannah stops short and barks at her to return to land...Hannah got in up to her ankles, then her doggie knees, and then while jumping up and down barking at Foxy out of complete frustration, she slipped and jumped a little too far into the lake and had to swim for the bank with the look of "holy crap" fear in her eyes. There were a couple random dogs just running around the lake and Hannah dealt well with them - I guess if you live at The Retreat you can let your dog loose without worry. Odd, I thought...
Anyhow, Foxy has A LOT of energy, so I try to run her hard so she's tired and will sleep through the night. Hannah needs about 1/8th of the exercise to be completely pooped - a sign that she is getting old, getting fat, getting lazy, or all three. The fat and lazy is probably my fault...
Soon Eve will be coming over with Herman - a pug beagle mix of some sort. He'll be staying with Hannah and I for the whole week! How very exciting!! Having >1 dog in the house is always fun - Hannah gets jealous and is more engaged, the dogs tire each other out from just looking at each other, and I have another fake person to talk to...yes, I talk to Hannah often while living alone, and make up conversations between Hannah and Foxy - don't judge me....
anyhow, not a whole lot aside from work, thesis, garden, and dogs these days...We won at trivia last week! Trivia Night at the Mellow Mushroom is definitely the highlight of my week - probably the combo of pizza, trivia for gift certificates, and cheap beer that really does it.
ho hum..here are some pictures, enjoy!
xo!
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