Sleepy

I'm so sleepy. The madness has begun which is really all that I can hope for so this is a good tired/sleepy. Last night it rained and rained which resulted in my hopping out of bed three times. The first two were in terror for some reason. I usually wake up with this sense of dread that Mike is trying to harm me. This is totally irrational of course and all in my head. I usually scramble out of bed, run in panic down the stairs to the living room, and then realize I'm just sleep walking/dreaming and back to bed I go. All in all it makes for a crappy night's sleep.

We think we have almost solved the Dukers mystery. After D and M thought she may be crossed with Doberman we started to pay a bit more attention. Yesterday on our run we stopped a couple that had a dog that had the same coloring as Duke's and it turned out to be a miniature Doberman with floppy ears. This spurned a ton of searching for Shepherd and Doberman mixes and here are some of the results

This puppy looks very much like the Dukers except it has a bit more red coloring and the Dukers eyes are lighter brown.

This one, although not a good shot, looks a lot like Dukes and I find it amusing that one ear is up and one is down. Dukes probably has some other mix (a mix with a mix) because she has her one blue dot on her tongue so I'm thinking there may be chow somewhere too. Go Dukers!

The running is coming along but not all that nicely. Yesterday we managed 12 miles although only at an 11:30 pace which is considerably slower than last week. It's okay though. I felt a lot better after and during the run (except for the last mile) and my recovery was a lot quicker. I just told myself to go slow and steady. The goal is just to complete the stupid thing. Who really cares about time?

Ah, and who can forget my new nomination to the neighborhood association board. A client asked me to go with her to the board meeting as she was running for a position. Little did I realize the night would end with my being nominated by her husband for a position on the board. It's really good though as it's a great way to get involved in the community so I'm happy but it generally is not my cup of tea. I guess it's good to push one self a little bit. This is for the area we will be moving into and I really do like the hood.

The house is coming along nicely. We should have the first floor completed by end of week and we can move into the home this weekend. The basement will require some finishing yet. We are through inspection on our next project and I cannot wait to start the renovation. It's a fantastic house close by and it's the first project Mike and I are doing together in a long time. I know, I know..we said we would never work together but perhaps we have matured a bit. Time will tell!

Dizzy Dukers

Poor Dukers. She had to go in for to get spade on Friday and she had a terrible day. I felt so bad for her but there was nothing I could do to make it better. I know she probably felt we had abandoned her. Of course it could all be in my head. Today she is running around like a complete idiot. The poor mutt cannot have any of her usual activity for 10 days and it's driving her and us nuts. She usually gets 2 walks a day and tons of frsibee catching in that time. She had even started puppy training and we were running her up to 3 miles. She was pretty groggy on her meds and just not herself but now she is back to her impish muttness. RG, I really sympathise with your mutt on meds. I hope he is doing better.

In other news we had a fantastic run on Friday. We decided just to scale back and do a run we know we can accomplish just to get back in the groove. We settled for a 10 mile run and our pace was 10:48 a mile which includes our walk/water time. I felt a lot better about the run. It didn't feel great as I don't think running can ever really feel great for me but at least I didn't break down.

The house is coming along nicely. We did some shopping this morning and I'm hoping it will be about 3 weeks out from now. I'm not looking forward to the move as it's hard to find the time to pack and get the current house ready for market. It takes so much work and I have so much junk to throw away. There are tons of little projects I've been putting off in the current house that now I have to tackle. Gross.

Yeah, I can go home now! Open house is over. Work is moving along slowly. It's such an odd market and I know I just have to stick it out. It's not in any way slow except for the fact that there is no inventory available. Where is the inventory? People: SELL!