When I look back at how easy it was to have Frisco as a roommate, Joey is at the other end of the spectrum. He is still very demanding and I’m not 100% sure of what he is asking for, although I think it is usually food related, he will usually settle for some games of fetch with the ball or his toys as a distraction. He will play for a long time before tiring. He has improved in so many ways and we are learning together every day. Another thing - he is ready to go out for his final potty break around 7:00 pm and then is ready for bed - and is perfectly content to be in his crate. He is a weird little guy who makes me laugh a lot and I often question what his life was like before me.
I met the girls after school two nights this week after school. They are so good about emptying their lunch boxes, putting the containers in the dishwasher, having a snack and then getting at their homework. I took Charlotte to swim practice Tuesday evening and the routine is a bit more demanding than her last swim team - 1.5 hours at least 3 times a week. I went back there on Thursday to clean the house. Ben has been out of town and Jill was not working from home that day, so there were no distractions - it’s not like that makes any difference, as when they are at home, they are busy working. The job took about the same amount of time and when I got back home, I checked my health statistics and learned that I was on my feet for 5.5 hours, climbed 16 flights of stairs, and put in 12,625 steps. No wonder a long, hot bath feels so good when I get back home.
Our weather has turned and winter is here. We dropped from 68° on Thursday to 38° on Wednesday and we aren’t supposed to get above 35° for the next two weeks. A few flurries came down today but there was no accumulation. Our walk wasn’t too bad and Joey still hasn’t shown any signs of needing a jacket.
I watched the last episode of “From Scratch”, a Netflix series that is a tear jerking love story about a Sicilian chef and his American wife. It was a touching, but sad story and I had to grab tissues a few times.
