The dogs are both sleeping on the couch next to me and the puppy is dreaming. All of my dogs have made puppy dream noises but hers seem very vivid. She squeaks and squeals and waves her paws around. We always say she’s chasing rabbits, but as far as I know she’s never even seen a rabbit.
Yesterday I had her out for a walk and we were almost home when two big exuberant dogs darted out of their house and galloped toward us. They were obviously goofy, playful giants but I don’t trust the puppy not to slip her harness or, worse, go HAM on an unsuspecting Goldendoodle. A kid – maybe 10 or 11 – chased after the dogs, who continued to bumble around us. At some point, the bigger one accidentally bodyslammed me right as the puppy got her foot caught in my pocket. She squealed and then
AND THEN
Pooped right on the sidewalk. Luckily I had her business end pointed away from me but jeez, dog, pull yourself together.
I am trying to decide what my first foray back into the real world will be, and the truth is, I just am not feeling it. I want to get my nails done, and the woman who does them is one person in a practically sterile box. This would probably be the safest possible thing to do, but it still makes me feel odd. The governor recently loosened our stay-home orders from orders to a “strong suggestion” and I just…bleh. I know we can’t all keep doing this forever but as many have said, it would help to have some more detailed guidance about what is safe and what is just dumb.
Last week I ordered a Christmas tree storage bag because I never took down my white pre-lit pencil tree after the holidays. At some point I did take all the Christmas ornaments off of it and decorate it for Valentine’s Day. I had been thinking about hanging stars on it for the 4th of July, but my husband recently wondered, no pressure, was I planning on taking it down? So now I am going to take it down. In my defense, it’s in a corner of our sunroom and you have to go in there to see it. Clearly I hardly ever go in there.
A little bit of me just wants to leave it up, or maybe go ahead and just put the Christmas ornaments on it. Why not! Who cares!