Monday, December 22, 2008
MISSING IN ACTION
No report filed yesterday.
I was too busy.
I had an interview with an MIT applicant who lives in my area and, what with the Sunday long morning dog walk and the Sunday paper and the afternoon dog walk which turned out to be long too, I didn't get to the blog at all.
Mea culpa. I hope that you also had a nicely busy day.
We are also getting company today for three days.
It is John's birthday tomorrow and we are trying our damnedest to aggregate a crowd to celebrate it. True to the season, everybody seems to have other plans.
This is the problem of having a birthday during Christmas week.
But I snagged two people to sit at the table with us and to have cake. I did my best.
We are also still working with Franklin on accepting his new bead beds. Today, we decided to take out some of the beads so the beds weren't so tight and hard. He stayed on one a little longer. Not too long. But longer. We will see.
We are giving it a week and then, if it is still a washout, we will go to PetSmart and get some fluff beds and give the bead ones away.
You can lead a dog to his bed but you can't make him lie in it. It is supposed to provide rest. Not provoke a fight.
It is hard to say how many posts there will be for the week.
Our friends leave Wednesday morning so there is all day Christmas to moan about no mail and a limited diet on the internet. We will watch a movie. Not the one with the angel and the awful people of Grover Corners. Boy do I hate that film.
Oh. I nearly forgot. They were showing that at the neighbor's Christmas party Saturday night.
Yes. I went. For half an hour.
It was OK. Toy food. Puffy little balls and pillows. Almost all made with cheese.
Last year they had little sandwiches and lox. The recession.
I did find fruit and some broccoli. I came home after half an hour and had half a ham sandwich and salad to finish things off. Healthy and not one cheese ingredient.
I am not complaining. But for an introvert one way to stay in a corner and feel good about it is the food. When you don't have that, well, there is no solace.
Yeh. And I don't drink either.
John stayed way past my bedtime and had a good time. Franklin and I went out and looked at the stars. Me in the hot spa and he next to me. A man and his dog in the out of doors. Bliss.
