Love my kids but being two weeks into summer break they needed to find more kids their own age to play with, if only for my sanity! The puppy is proving to be a happy challenge, but he can only hold the kid’s attention for so long. Same with an empty park, and a family swim. We are seeing lots of only each other, and they are getting a little stir crazy. To say the least. Ugh.
No matter. Today they will have an indoor play place play date (that’s a mouthful), so that should cure them of their boredom… momentarily. It won’t last for long, but it is atleast something. Right now they are shooting hoops together and scaring up a flurry of inflated balls. Smiles all around. Happy to see it.
I’m tired. The new puppy sleeps in my room, and he is restless at night. Getting better night by night. It is still early days yet, so I do see small incremental improvements. I think it might take several weeks to get him to be calmer on his walks, but the chest harness / Martingale puppy training collar combo seems to be effective most of the time. I’m not a fan of pinch collars, so we will avoid shocks, and neck damage at all costs.
I think it is Sunday today. The days have started to run together a bit. I have some paid work to get to later today in preparation for a meeting Monday evening. Lots of things coming up this week too. Family photos, sick friend visits, vet appointments, the symphony under the stars, and a birthday party. As quiet as the summer is we still can get a real flurry of activity on occasion. I wish we could space this stuff out better to have something to aim towards every few days, but when it rains it pours. What can I say?
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