Back on topic

Wow. It's been over a month since I last published! That's crazy long. I will try to publish more often than that. This blog has kind of fallen off topic since I've been sick again. Telling to outside world about me is one of the first things to go when I get sick. I wanted to make sure I signed in here to let everybody know that I'm feeling better and didn't come to any harm. I'm medically under the care of a doctor again. I had to take some time off and take it easy so I'm struggling with school a little bit but I have no fear of failing any of my classes.

I started this blog to focus on the process of training Paige and the experiences that I'm having while working with her. That focus has mildly gotten lost and I have been looking at me, me, me too much. So here are a few things that I've covered with Paige in the last little bit.

She goes everywhere with me now except for school. It's a very long bus ride for me to go to school. She goes to work, to restaurants, shopping (both grocery and to the malls). A couple of weeks ago, we took our first bus ride. We haven't done it very many time, not nearly as many as we should. I need to work up the length of our bus rides. Once she can go for long enough, she's going to school. Going to school will be a long day for her. Long bus ride there, sit quietly through class and then a long bus ride back home. The bus each way is roughly an hour and includes a transfer.

She's getting pretty good at ignoring people when we're out. Except we're having a bit of a slide back at work. She's getting comfortable, the same people come by everyday and it seems to be a long time for her to behave for so she really wants to say hi to some of them. The sandwich guy came in yesterday with our order and Paige came out from under the counter and followed him until I managed to step on her leash. Then I got the most puzzled look. "Why can't I say hi, Mom?" It will get better. Eventually, when I have a desk job and she has passed her public access test, I don't think it will be such a big deal to say hi to my co-workers.

If ever I disappear, you can always check Paige's blog to see what we're up to. Yes. Paige has a blog. A number of the people who are in the PSD community do and it's how we keep up on each other.