it has been a rainy week and i can feel it affecting my mood. i slink around a little more, slump lower in my work chair, pull the heater closer and eat more fruit. in general, i have felt really blessed by the sunniness of Anchorage in comparison with Seattle. but the sun is setting now by 10:30 and as the days grow shorter my desire to wrap up in a blanket, drink tea quddus makes, and nap or watch endless episodes of West Wing with Mona dramatically increases.
last weekend, neah and i spent quite a bit of time hanging out at the University Lake dog park. i had been really nervous about taking her by myself--convinced she was going to run away or acost a biker. there are no fences around any of the Anchorage dog parks, which added to the concern about her running abilities. At any rate, i put on her zap-collar, took her to play frisbee for 30 minutes and then off we went. lo and behold. my dog actually comes to the command "come" when she's off leash!! she made lots of puppy friends and only tried to eat one biker, who started to say mean things to her at which point i literally yelled "dude, you just rode through a dog park--are you kidding me??". actually, i think that section is multi-use, but you kinda have to know that if you ride a bicycle through an off-leash area, it's potentially bad news bears. anyways, she sprinted through the woods, went swimming with some lab puppies and a spaniel and had a blast bounding around until her paws got blisters from the fast turns to change direction. in return, i got a good walk, peace of mind about her not being mean, and a calm dog.
My heater is currently on as well, per the usual freezing A/C in this place. And it's starting to be waaay too dark when I wake up at 5:30am. So we're in it together. I wish you lived close enough so J'May and Neah could have a dog date, and we could congratulate ourselves on being such great dog parents.
ReplyDeleteum - looking into plane tix (seriously) and could fully bring the dvds, and some malts. <3
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