The days are marching on, slowly but surely. It’s the worst part of the year made worse by missing Spike, but I’m not going to focus on that, or at least try not to. Omicron is raging so we aren’t getting out much although we did have Pat over for supper the other night - she’s a pretty safe risk.
I’ve actually started surfing the internet for dogs which is a step in the right direction, (I couldn’t even think about that until Sunday afternoon). It’s a good sign I think! It seems too soon in some ways but a new puppy or young dog would give a focus and distraction to our sadness and maybe bring a spark of joy back into our lives.
The weather has been a yo-yo - plus 2C one day, followed by a day of -25C. Yikes!
This afternoon we braved the cold again for a second trip to the dog park. Adia was mildly freaked out and totally not interested in the other dogs. She took refuge with people when she had a chance. It would be nice to see her have some fun but I was also happy to see her trust in people.
Awesome!
“Adia getting into a good ‘business’ schedule and sleeping in”
“rice cooked with sun-dried tomato, basil, olives”
“leftover rice for breakfast”
“getting up and Carm’s already been there and back from Costco and everything was put away”
“We are meaning-seeking creatures. Dogs, as far as we know, do not agonise about the canine condition, worry about the plight of dogs in other parts of the world, or try to see their lives from a different perspective. But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives in a larger setting, that revealed an underlying pattern, and gave us a sense that, against all the depressing and chaotic evidence to the contrary, life had meaning and value”
― Karen Armstrong
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