Wanna Go For A Ride?

Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. 

Then 8 more days after that.

Ooh, we're down to the wire.

I've had a tough week of concentrating on what is needed to be done in the house.

The dog has been needy and I really hate when she is like that. Yesterday I drove to Middleburg VA for Izzy to chill out. (24 miles) She loves car rides as I have mentioned. She was super hyper yesterday. I took her swimming for an hour. She kept bugging me in the office, herding me downstairs. She just wasn't napping. She was acting like a puppy, not a 12.5-year-old dog. When she came to the office I'd think she needed to go out but she wanted to sit on the stoop. I had no time for that. Then I realized it was lunchtime. I was going to UPS at lunch. 

I got ready to go. As soon as she sees me grab my keys and purse she runs to the door. She thinks she is going for a ride. And this time she was. I took her with me since the weather was cooler and lower humidity. It's been nirvana after our storm on Monday night. 

We went to UPS and then I drove out to Middleburg. My phone was ringing off the hook due to the Facebook posting I talked about earlier. Because I'm driving I have a message that says I'm driving and I'll get back to you. 

It is a godsend. 

So Izzy and I drove to Middleburg with the sunroof open and the radio blaring. 

She began to snore and I knew it did the trick. By the time we got back home (1 hr) she was still sleepy so she came inside, and plopped down on her bed and crashed. Whew. I could get some work done. I love how the car calms her down. But seriously driving and wasting gas isn't good.

I love the phones not ringing off the hook. I've played some hooky. What are they gonna do to me now? I'm outta here. This happens because we are no longer on google or bing. Website still up too. Big difference when no advertising dollars are spent. 

I can barely watch baseball these days. The showboating, the cheating, my team playing like they are 2nd string, high school ballplayers. It's weird because I actually skipped last night's game. Rick came over to me and touched my forehead and I asked what he was doing. He said making sure you aren't feverish, not watching a game that is televised? I laughed and said I recorded it I may check in on it but no, it makes me sick and I've had enough of that feeling this week.

Instead, I watched some wood porn with Rick. He gets so excited about this or that lathe or this or that wood. "Oh, Margaret look at this bowl and how he turned it."

I'm thinking, "do I have to?" But I do because he is so damn cute how excited this makes him and I know he wants to talk to me about it. But seriously it's not my thing any more than baseball is his. But like him, I will watch because I love him just as he does my games.

Right about now I think I could turn my own bowl or vase. If only the tools didn't scare me. I almost lost a digit when using the saw once and now I'm afraid of his tools. Pitiful I know.😂