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lighter:
How is your little chap pup doing, Hops?

Need an update, please!

Hopalong:
He needs to go to military school.
But he's trying. Cute in manyyyy ways.
I love him. The heat's turned us both into pancakes.
It's a LOT of work ime, and I need to give him more time, stimulation, training.
Feel like a bad Mom sometimes. We're signed up for obedience training next month.

My sleep is so messed up that I got day and night mixed up after an all-nighter (I was nervous about seeing the handyman I've developed a crush on and didn't sleep at all). Felt like a 14 y/o. If there are 14 y/o zombies. Two nights later I still hadn't recovered (from the no-sleep night) and crashed into a nap in the evening without
realizing I'd left him on the patio not in his pen. The nap turned into a coma. Oops.

The next morning after a heavy rain I opened the door and there he was, absolutely soaked. He looked at me with a total What the F**k? expression, marched in and I dried him off and fussed over him a lot and we cuddled in bed and he bit me half as much. (That's how I'm measuring our progress. He likes to bite everything but is catching on.) Teething must be driving him nuts, Bully Sticks help.

A few poems have appeared, Lighter. I'm pretty slow these days, unproductive. But I did get the kitchen cleaned up before the cleaner came this morning, and when she saw me clutching the piano to not fall down she offered to come back next week. I was glad she did. I've been having low-BP and/or hypoglycemia episodes pretty often in the mornings...I'll get quite weak and worry about the legs giving way. Started having a fat spoonful of honey morning and night, will see if it helps.

Thanks for asking about Pup. Wild man. I'm glad he's here and I hope I will do right by him. Oh, got a fancy heavy new black chaise for the patio. Once the bugs ease up I'll spend more time outside with him, which he loves. Still does great zoomies. The bugs have been horrid this year. My ankles and arms are bug ice cream...

hugs
Hops

lighter:
Oh, dear!  Sounds like an adjustment with the puppets.  They all chew and need training   You're doing fine.

Not sure if I mentioned it, but my T recommended Hawthorne to even out blood pressure.  She takes it.  I take it.  You might consider it.  I don't like how wobbly you're feeling, but understand it's complicated.  You're informed, I know that much.

Can't wait for crisp cool fall weather.  You and pup will enjoy that chaise when the bugs go.  Sorry you have so many bites.

I think my standard long sleeves and pants keep me mostly unbitten.  My sister thinks I'm crazy for dressing this way in the heat, but I just really hate bug bites!

Don't judge  how your days line up or sleep patterns.  When energy comes, and it will, embrace it.

Otherwise,  don't waste the down time feeling guilty.  Embrace it, sans shame, and see what's there, besides a wet and disappointed pup, lol. 

I really enjoyed reading your post, Hops.  I'd be happy to read your recent poems, if you don't mind sharing them.

Lighter

sKePTiKal:
How are you & pup getting on Hops? Negotiated a truce yet on the housebreaking?  ;)

Hopalong:
Thanks, guys. Pup and I are making progress.
The reason he's only half housebroken is me...when your person sleeps all morning and you GOTTA go, you gotta go. But he's catching on and his mistakes are fewer. I have puppy pads everywhere. The classes should get us both into practices that help.

The heat might be breaking, though I'm afraid to get my hopes up. Fall will come, regardless.

The patio side has its glam new black door and looks much better. The only planting I plan is some mums in the big pots...waiting for handyguy as my back Will Not at the moment.

The rain garden is choked with growth, and I can't tell which are weeds and which were intentional. I'll turn garden guy loose on it next time he can spare a few hours. Mostly this summer, I've just let it all be so it's getting jungly. Out back, mimosas and wild grape and all sorts of invaders like that are enjoying themselves, and I don't mind it not being manicured at all. It's "ungardened" though regularly mowed. Birds and smaller wildlife definitely feel at home.

My current Pup worry is something he does now and then. When I'm not hypervigilant he'll come right next to my head and deliver a truly piercing very loud bark and my ears (already with tinnitus) will ring at double volume for hours. That actually does worry me as although it's funny to think about, it could contribute to permanent hearing loss. Grrr.

Anyhoo, I do love him and when I feel energetic enough to take him places and entertain him with new people, he's very sweet and fun. The gory truth is, though, I wouldn't do it again. It was a grief-crazed impulse and I should've stuck to my initial plan of adopting a mellow elder dog. So be it...life is made of such decisions.

He's just a little tempest of testosterone!

Thanks for checking on us.

hugs
Hops

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