Day 4414

Oliver and Charlie were playful today. We had plenty of time to spend with each of them because they are currently the only Dalmatians at the kennel. We've decided that Oliver should have been named Goofy because he acts like a giant clumsy puppy. He can't catch anything, but he sure has fun trying. He loves tug toys though. Playing tug is his favorite game. Charlie seems to be mellowing out a bit. He was content to just sit with us and let us pet him for a while this afternoon. You can't really relax with Charile though. He's not a lap dog. He can go from calm to chaotic in less than a second.

On the way home from the kennel we missed one of our regular turns and ended up getting lost in Richardson. It's weird to think that we have lived here over forty years and there are still many parts of the city and its surrounding suburbs that we have never even driven through. We had to set the GPS in the car for home to find our way out of the suburban maze.

I am continuing to do little chores around the house that I should have taken care of years ago. This morning I bought several hundred pounds of river rock and filled in a big rut in the driveway that was causing the suspension on my car to scrape against the pavement when I was backing out of the driveway. I have been able to avoid fixing the hole for quite a while because my car has a hydraulic suspension and I can raise the car up while I drive over the obstacle. Since I was doing this every time I left the house I began to worry that I might get a leak in the hydraulic system that would cost a lot more to repair than a load of river gravel. The rocks were heavy and kind of a mess to transport, but my repair was a success and I can now get the car into the carport without scraping anything.

On the way to get the river gravel, I stopped at an AT&T store and asked about the iPhone Mini for a dollar a month promotion I'd been getting notices about. "Oh, that promotion ended two days ago," the sales guy told me. Snooze, you lose I guess. I asked why they had been practically giving these phones away. "This was an iPhone 12 and we're practically up to 14 already," he told me. He also added that no one wanted this model because it was too small. "But I wanted one," I said. Too late. The promotion was over.

It was a rainy day today so I didn't even attempt to walk very far. We did manage to get Dawn walked this morning before the drizzle started but the rest of the day was a mess. I found a little dry spell on the weather radar after we got back from the kennel, but it didn't seem like it would stay dry for long. I only walked two miles today and my feet are probably thanking the weather gods. The weather was dismal, but I did see the eagle again. I didn't have my camera with me and didn't particularly care. Hey, I've already got a picture of the bird.

Janet has to get a Covid test before she can go see her doctor. It's weird. When we went out for Thanksgiving Dinner last November I was convinced that the pandemic was just about over. Now it's back  with a vengeance and everyone is scared of Omicron. You have to wonder if we will be stuck with this mess for the rest of our lives. So many things have been done wrong fighting the pandemic and now the disease has become completely politicized. Common sense certainly doesn't prevail anymore. Do you take the red pill or the blue pill. It's a tough choice sometimes.

I have no idea what I'm going to do tomorrow. I'm sure I'll come up with something. The weather forecast says it will be sunny. I'll take that with a grain of salt. It was supposed to be sunny today.

Holly is today's Dalmatian of the Day

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