We had sailboats for the better part of 35 years, but after his 10 spinal surgeries and 2 knee replacement, among other things, we sold our last sailboat, and eventually got our trawler. I do miss the quiet of sailing, but neither of us is physically up to dealing with sails any longer. At least the trawler isn’t one of those obnoxious speedboats.
No kidding - who has ice cream untouched for more than a day or two??? (Which is why I no longer buy it.)
Daughter and the spawn, and Trevor, are on the way. Our silence is about to be shattered!!!
): Bailey likes to sleep on the bathmat in front of the tub – she alternates between there and her primary dog bed – and sometimes she poops in her sleep due to age-related muscle weakness (she’s 16). She had quite an accident this morning. 
Shortly after I opened my eyes at around 7am I heard her normal “waking up in the bathroom” sounds, but then I heard a soft thump: I quickly got out of bed, and found her stuck on her belly on the tile floor between the two bathmats. She’d pooped (a lot) and stepped in it, and slipped: poop-covered paws have even less purchase on smooth surfaces than usual, plus she no longer has the strength in her hind legs to pick herself up if she slips like that (which is why 95% of my floor surfaces are covered these days). Y’all, there was poop everywhere: all over both bath mats, all over the tile, all over the dog, etc. I got her back up and quickly closed the bathroom door with both of us inside, and spent 30 minutes cleaning up the room and the poor doggy (who also peed while I was wiping her backside…sigh). Thankfully, it’s a small room and I was able to contain the damage; eventually, I got the mess under control. When I could finally let both of us out I put the bath mats in the washer, and discovered some poop smeared on two of her dog beds: I just moved the bath mats to the dryer and put the dog bed covers in the washer. I also mopped the bathroom floor. All told, cleanup took almost an hour.
When I was finally able to sit at my desk, I did my bills (yesterday was payday! yay!), downloaded the photos I took yesterday of the in-progress Atari Lego set, had my morning protein shake, and started this post. When I’m done here, I’ll get the bath mats out of the dryer and take a shower before relocating to the living room for lunch.
I did, however, cancel the ticket I had for the following week in light of the new job starting two days before that session. If Tuesday winds up being so much fun that I can’t wait to do it again, I’ll enter the 
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You are the fame protector.
But he’s a real sweetie.
