Thursday, March 10, 2011

Long, Long Days

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Lately, I have been terrible about commenting, and genuinely miss making my daily web rounds. Tuesday was another one of those days that took me completely out of the loop. Our trip to Los Angeles was a particularly long, hard day. In my opinion, any day that begins at 4:30 AM is apt to be an exhausting one.

Now, I don't like sleeping in and can rarely stay in bed past 6:30AM, even if I am not well. But, this 4:30 stuff is a little outside my range. The stress level was high enough most of the day to stifle impulses to yawn in anyone's face, but I wasn't exactly bubbling with energy. Since we didn't roll back into our garage until after 9:30 PM, I was glad to see the day end.

Meantime, Galen becomes better friends with all the folks at the day-boarding facility in town. Everyone there loves him. The adrorable manager of the kennel section (the pet food store is up front) is crazy about our pup and always has to be the one to deliver him to us. She brings him along with his personalized "report card" and a little bag of treats tied with a colorful ribbon.  Galen's report cards are always filled with glowing remarks about his good humor and excellent behaviour. Thank goodness he likes everyone there. (Little secret: Galen loves everyone. He thinks people are keen and that surely everyone lives to play with him.) We missed him desperately for two whole nights, a day, and two mornings and are relieved to have him home with us. I think he like us okay too.

8 comments:

  1. And what's not to like about you and the husband!

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  2. Monte - You are a dear. I could use that kind of comment today. Thank you.

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  3. Our dear furry friends become so like our own children don't they? And rightly so!

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  4. Earl - You are so right. This little guy owns us lock, stock, and barrel. We are so dependent on him it is a bit unnerving.

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  5. He looks like he's born to please. It's hard to imagine our lives without our pets.

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  6. Ken - Of course we agree with you wholeheartedly. He, on the other hand, might rephrase that to "born to play". Anyway, we are so crazy about him that he pleases us almost every moment of every day. Thanks for the comment.

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  7. C'mon! Who wouldn't like Galen. I know how much you miss him, believe me. Every time that I go out of town, I miss Hobbs from the time that I drop him off until the time that I pick him up. They do rather grow on you. :)

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  8. Paul - He is easy to like. The fact that he is so good natured about being abandoned quite often is actually making it even harder. He accepts it with such grace. He will be back at the Pet Lodge at least two days this coming week and I will be blue.

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