Good morning!
It’s 42 degrees Fahrenheit and cloudy. It’ll be cloudy pretty much all day, with some light rain showers here and there. The high temp will only be 49 degrees Fahrenheit.
dicey, I’m glad to read that your father’s rehab has gone so well and that he finally slept a whole night.
fishy, I’m happy things went well for you.
shoe, I hope your day off turns out the way you want.
We took the pups for a long walk at one of our local parks yesterday. I was disappointed that people were not picking up after their dogs. I used to only see occasional piles of poo, but yesterday they were everywhere.
The pups were over-excited for the first part of the walk, and there was lots of leash pulling for whoever had the misfortune not to be in front. So many smells! Oooh, look, new people! I wanna be your friend! Oooh, another new smell!
They calmed down a little by the last half of the walk, and some people asked for permission to pet them, which would get them all spun up again. Buster peed during the walk, but Maisie refused to potty. I need to fix this because she did this during previous walks. It was apparent she needed to potty, and when we got home, she raced right out back to do that. I’m afraid to take her further afield unless she learns she can potty outdoors in places other than my backyard.
JtC, there are many games one can play on VR headsets. Some do require you to get up and move around (sword slashing, etc), but I’m sure there are sit-down games too. My husband has a chair, pedals, and steering wheels specifically for his racing games. There are exercise games, touring games, bowling, golf, Microsoft Flight simulator, and the list goes on. My husband is big into the Flight Simulator, and you obviously sit for that one. One of my favorites is Beat Saber; you slash at shapes coming your way to music. You can see the games on Steam, so maybe poke around there to see what kind of games would appeal to your husband (and you)! It can be a totally immersive experience. I recommend that boundaries be set so the player can always see where he or she is standing. If you start to move out of the boundary area, you’ll receive a warning.
metal mouse, I’m sorry the water seepage continues. It’s just weird. It seems to me the first place people would have checked would have been the toilets because flap leaks do cause a lot of water loss. What about your outside hose bibs? Were those checked?
I don’t have any plans other than doing laundry and heading out to the pet store for another bag of dog food. We’re down to maybe enough for today. It seems I’m buying a bag about every two weeks now.
In further doggy news, in the last several days, Buster has started to take his empty food bowl out of the pen and drop it in front of me to let me know he’s hungry. It’s usually somewhat close to mealtime. Last night, he did it again after dinner, but they had a busy, active day yesterday, so both he and Maisie received an extra half-cup of kibble. He is no dummy. He rarely barks, but when he does, it’s a loud, deep, and grown-up-sounding bark. His testicles still haven’t dropped either, so I’m afraid he’ll be having surgery next month sometime.
My daughter messaged me and my son yesterday, stating that she and her husband would be in town next month for a few days. It will be just them because it’s all work-related. It seems my son-in-law got the giant promotion he’s been working towards for a few years now, and he has to come to the office and do things there. They won’t be staying with us, which makes sense because the giant company he works for is in Seattle. My daughter plans to visit her Seattle office, too. We have plans to meet for dinner the first night they’re in town. It would be nice to see more of them, but I get it. I’m sure they plan to see other local friends for the other evenings.
I’m curious about what this means for where they live and if they’ll have to move back. His company has been notorious for insisting employees come back, but maybe he worked out a deal to stay in Missouri.
Since we can’t leave the pups alone for very long (something we’re working on), I’ll have to board them for the night the kids are in town. They want us to meet them up north for dinner, and there’s no way we can leave them alone for that many hours. They’ll lose their minds. I wish there were evening/night doggy care, but it’s a rarity, and most places close up at eight. I’m not sure we’d be back in time.
susan, you’re very busy for being retired! I don’t think you could have a full-time job and do what you currently do! Or, if you did this in the past, you had very little rest.
Okay, it sounds like my pups are up to no good, so I need to get out there and see what’s up.
Sending hugs, yays, and boos as appropriate.
We have all sorts of carts and dollies but I still find myself watching spousal unit carrying crap like he hasn’t had 10 spinal surgeries. Some people…
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