Day 4700

Only 300 days left. That's less than a year. I think I'll be glad to finish this quest, but maybe I'll feel differently when the day arrives. I don't really have a lot to say anymore, but I still think writing is good for you. There are times when I wish I'd decided to write a new blog post for 4000 consecutive days instead, but I think I can do this now. I wonder if anyone's been reading from the very beginning?

Dawn is not happy with the time change. She's been acting like we've forgotten to feed her all day. You don't need an alarm clock if you have a Dalmatian. They always seem to know exactly what time it is. I ended up feeding Dawn early tonight because she wasn't having any part of waiting another hour for her dinner. Maybe she'll get used to Standard Time in a few weeks.

It was a beautiful day. We probably won't need to put lights on our jackets for a while since the extra hour of daylight made a big difference on our morning walk with Dawn. It would have been a good day for me to take a longer walk in the park as well, but I've done that a lot this week. I went mall walking instead. Mostly I was just bored and needed to do something different.

Christmas has already arrived at Northpark. Christmas trees and decorations were already up and many stores were already putting up Christmas themed window displays. It seems a little early to me. What about Thanksgiving? I guess people don't buy many clothes for Thanksgiving. I never realized what a busy place the mall was until I started walking there on Sunday mornings. Almost every time I visit I notice that a new store has opened. Stores open, close and change locations with regularity.

When I returned home, Dawn was ready to go on her Sunday outing. She is always excited to get in the car, and then immediately becomes frightened as soon as the car starts. It would probably be impossible to take a long car trip with this dog. She just doesn't ride well in the car. Luckily, she's fine once we arrive at our destination. We had a nice walk and then we went to get ice cream cones. The ice cream seems to calm Dawn down. She's always pretty quiet on the way back home.

When we were out today we noticed that the sign had come down where our neighborhood Chinese restaurant used to be. The place is gone for good. What a shame. We loved their food and the young owners were really nice. They probably just picked a really bad time to open a new restaurant.

I wasn't feeling very energetic today, but whenever I went to take a nap, Dawn would go to the kitchen. When I went to the kitchen, Dawn would go back to the bedroom. She's super friendly with me when Janet is in the house. When I'm alone with her, she always acts nervous though. I'm sure there's a reason for this behavior, but Dawn's not talking. Dawn had a hard life before we adopted her. Maybe she will never completely trust me, but I'm still hoping.

I'm still having second thoughts about my next trip to Florida. I really wish the next Artemis attempt wasn't a night launch. There won't be nearly as much to see or photograph at night. I guess the main reason I'm still going is that I'm already credentialed. It's not easy to get press credentials and I don't want to get on anyone's bad side by not showing up. If the Artemis rocket doesn't launch this time I think I'm going to give up on it. I can't afford to keep traveling to launches that get scrubbed.

There is rain in the forecast again for tomorrow. Haven't we had enough rain this Fall? I'm hoping the forecast is wrong. It often is.

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