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Alone again
Jun. 19th, 2023 12:53Dana's friend from Tyler who gave us Toby is going out of town for a week. Dana offered to house sit and care for the two dogs she still has. A place to stay in Tyler and she has made arrangements to see friends. She just realized how much longer a week is in reality compared to how long it is in just thinking about doing it. For those of us so completely wrapped up in our routine a week of constant change is actually exhausting to contemplate.
But she's off now and has, I think, everything she needs and is as ready as she can be. It is good for her to be on her own without me to do things for her. Probably would be better if she did that more. I help too much.
I'm here left with the bratty kids, Toby and Zoe. Toby is in his chair awaiting her return. He'll be there all day but I'll make him come into the bedroom with me tonight and we'll walk in the morning and he will be OK. But he is so attached. Like Zoe when I'm gone he will be mourning her until she returns. And like I am with Zoe, Dana will be mourning being away from him.
It was too hard to take Toby with her. Hard on Toby. Hard on her. And not a certain environment with two other dogs. Better safe.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch.
I lived in Maine in the early '70s. We had a winter there that the temp went below -10. I remember at the time thinking that pretty much anything below zero was the same. Maybe a bit more so but not much different. That is what it is like here. Anything above 100 is about the same. That said it is forecast to be 107 today. Not heat index of 107, an actual temp of 107. Heat index over 120. Not that it matters. Over a hundred but not hot enough to boil water is about the same. I'm inside regardless.
I'll go out in the morning to walk our two mutts and then for a couple of hours for the Dog Ranch but I'll be back before 11 and in the A/C watching Black Mirror season 6 and making some cinnamon rolls from a new recipe I found.
But she's off now and has, I think, everything she needs and is as ready as she can be. It is good for her to be on her own without me to do things for her. Probably would be better if she did that more. I help too much.
I'm here left with the bratty kids, Toby and Zoe. Toby is in his chair awaiting her return. He'll be there all day but I'll make him come into the bedroom with me tonight and we'll walk in the morning and he will be OK. But he is so attached. Like Zoe when I'm gone he will be mourning her until she returns. And like I am with Zoe, Dana will be mourning being away from him.
It was too hard to take Toby with her. Hard on Toby. Hard on her. And not a certain environment with two other dogs. Better safe.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch.
I lived in Maine in the early '70s. We had a winter there that the temp went below -10. I remember at the time thinking that pretty much anything below zero was the same. Maybe a bit more so but not much different. That is what it is like here. Anything above 100 is about the same. That said it is forecast to be 107 today. Not heat index of 107, an actual temp of 107. Heat index over 120. Not that it matters. Over a hundred but not hot enough to boil water is about the same. I'm inside regardless.
I'll go out in the morning to walk our two mutts and then for a couple of hours for the Dog Ranch but I'll be back before 11 and in the A/C watching Black Mirror season 6 and making some cinnamon rolls from a new recipe I found.