Mom's no fun when she's sick or so busy

Mom had this terrible cold a few weekends ago. We didn't get to do ANYTHING that weekend. Boring! We didn't even play training games. Mom slept a lot and I had to just lay on my mat. Happily, I do have a bone in the bedroom that I can munch on.

Otherwise, it's been work, work, work. Mom's been super cool and hasn't been making me wear my vest while we're at the office. Yes. We cheat. But there hasn't been any real fun time. When we're not at the office Mom still has so much to do. And there isn't any sun shine. Except for when we go for our walk at lunch! Yeah sun. We didn't have to go to the store last weekend. I wonder if we're finally done there. Mom says no, we have to go back after a break, but I can keep my paws crossed.

GrandmaMom came over the other day and her and Mom did something wonderful to the house. I was a little confused while they did it but now I have this huge dance floor in the dining room where I can play games with Mom. Mom had gotten a little bit behind on the cleaning since Dad's been gone. So yeah GrandmaMom-the super hero.I promise to help Mom keep at it. I don't promise she'll listen but I'll try.

For training we've been visiting buses. A lot. Almost every day. We walk down to where the buses stop and watch them. We stay pretty far away. If we're far enough away, I don't feel a need to bark at them and make them go away. Mom says we're going to slowly move closer to them. She says I shouldn't feel like I need to bark at them. I'm not so sure about this idea.

Mom's still working with me on finding her pills to make sure she takes them. Now I'll run all the way down the hallway to touch her purse and then come back to her! I think I'm starting to understand this game.

Anyways, Lunch break is over and Mom says she needs the computer back so she can enter more numbers in it.

I found the keyboard

I have a good excuse for not writing. Our schedule got so busy after Mom got us this new job. We're at the office everyday. And at the store on weekends and 1 evening (but Mom says there isn't any more evening shifts). There is still pole on Monday night. Mom says there is only one more class. Her body is not agreeing with it again. Stupid injuries. And we visit with CoachDarlene and PsychicPam on Thursdays. And now Mom has started leaving me at home alone on Wednesday evenings for a little bit. She says she's going swimming and I can't go yet. She promises I'll get to go soon. She says she needs me to go with her but then she leaves me at home. I really don't like to stay at home without her.

I got to meet our new candidate dogs last Saturday. We have BabyHalo and PuppyVimy. They are going to grow into Wonder Dogs like me and Hailey are! I've been told that soon we'll get to take these little guys out with us. I can't wait to show them how Wonder Dogs behave.

Where we live it gets dark really early now. That means that we can't go to the park after work any more!! For a while, I wasn't getting enough running and barking time in. I need to bark or I get some sort of compression problem. But Mom found a solution! Of course she did. She will fix every problem that I ever have! There is a dog park not too far from the office so we go at lunch sometimes!!! It's so much easier to mind my manners and be professional when I get this exercise that I need.

But I'm still hoping that the sun comes back soon. Mom isn't doing really great with it being gone all the time. She tells me that I need to help her get up in the morning but I'm not a morning dog. I have a comfy bed and I like my beauty sleep.

K. Our lunch hour is nearly over. Just enough time to sneak outside for a potty break. I promise I'll get my paws on a keyboard more often! But I've said that before.

A successful first week

We’ve been at the new job for a week now. Mom is really enjoying it. I don’t think it’s all bad. Quiet like all office jobs. But there is another dog there. Spencer isn’t a wonder dog like me. He gets to come to work with us because everybody knows him and thinks he special.

After getting settled in this week, we went and saw AuntyMaigen at work yesterday. Now that we know what space we’re dealing with and such, Mom gave me an advance on my spending money and I got a new bed and bowl for the office. I took Mom’s suggestion of a spill proof bowl (http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2753754) so that I wouldn’t slop on the computer and such. Mom also bought me a bottle of conditioner. I think bath time may be close at hand. Seeing AuntyMaigen after work was such a treat! The shopping trip was a good way to end a work week.

But hold on: We’re at work right now. At the store. Mom says we’re keeping both jobs for a while. Something about the need for money. I’m not going to get too many down days. There may be times we’re working 7 days a week. Thankfully, the shifts at the store are pretty short. We’re going to go to the dog park and have a party this afternoon. Then Mom’s threatening that we should go grocery shopping but that’s up for debate.

Mom has promised to get some pictures of our office for everybody to see. I’ll nag her until she does.