Day 4260

Charlie, Cooper and Bullet are all still at the kennel. I guess the people who looked at Bullet decided not to take him. All three dogs were very playful today. They certainly had more energy than I did. Charlie has a strong prey drive and tries to kill every toy in the room. Cooper tries to show us how fast he can run. Bullet makes us laugh because he is so goofy. There is still a lot of puppy in him.

Dawn did well on her sunrise walk this morning. She appears to be feeling a lot better. I think we can discontinue the Rimadyl now. This is all trial and error, but we can start the medication again if she still feels uncomfortable. So far there is very little paw licking. It's too bad she got scared at the vet the other day and tore up her paws again. We had almost gotten the problem solved.

I had a horrible stomach ache today. I have no idea why. I basically eat the same thing every day. This felt different than the acid reflux I often suffer from. I didn't feel good up at the kennel at all, but I took a nap when we returned home and eventually I started feeling better. I thought a long, slow walk would help so I decided to go to the gym even though it was late in the day. Unfortunately, rush hour traffic was so bad that I couldn't even get out of the driveway. I took a short walk in the 97 degree heat instead. The walk did help my stomach ache but didn't help anything else. I didn't walk that far, but I was hot, tired, and sweaty by the time I returned home.

I didn't feel like eating tonight and only had a small salad and and even smaller slice of cake. I didn't even feel like having a beer this evening, which is rare. Hopefully I will be back to normal in the morning. I hate to miss meals. Eating and walks are basically all I do these days.

I've got to decide whether to go out to the observatory next month. I'm a bit surprised that they haven't already canceled the upcoming outreach events because of the recent Covid surge in Texas. Maybe the surge hasn't reach far West Texas yet. During the first round of the disease, Fort Davis was about two months behind the rest of the state. The infections did arrive though and they probably will this time as well. I'd rather go out to the observatory in October anyway. The weather is better then and maybe the current Covid spike will have died down. Maybe rent cars will be cheaper as well. Renting a car is a little pricy now and the selection of cars is terrible. One more example of our increasingly dysfunctional world. This might as well be a zombie movie we're living in. Nothing works smoothly anymore.

I've got to go back to the dentist later this week. This time it's for a filling in one of my lower front teeth. Hopefully, this will be the end of my dental woes for a while. I never think much about doctor visits because insurance pays for everything. Dental visits are different. I have no dental insurance and dental procedures can be very pricey. I'd much rather buy a new camera lens than pay for a filling.

Fall can't come soon enough. I'm really getting tired of these hot summer days. The days do seem shorter now. Our sunrise walks start a little later. We used to have to leave by 6:30 to avoid the sun. Now 6:45 seems fine. I complain a lot, but we've actually been very lucky this summer. The vegetation is still green and there have been no floods, tornados, or wildfires. No wonder so many people want to move here.

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