it's september and it is back to school time on this side of the world. christina comes home smelling of children, pencils, markers, laughter, excitement, discussion, hopes, fears, dreams, doubts and certainties...the energy is intense and it's all gooood.
this also means that i must wait at home until she returns. often times people ask her if it's fair to have a dog cooped up in an apartment. truth be told, i sleep, mostly, when she is away. sometimes i wrestle with mojo, but mostly i dream of good times past and good times to come.
i look forward to my morning walks. 30 minutes, down to the park and up and around. see the usual suspects, smell the usual smells...sometimes the unusual ones as well.
afternoon walks border on an hour plus. we map out the neighborhood and visit our usual favorite haunts. sometimes we go shopping and run the mundane errands, which are never mundane to me. we are out and about. one. together.
i love the life of a city dog. but perhaps like christina loves living here as long as she can skip out of town and/or country every now and again, so do i love visiting the country and my country kin.
night walks are short but sweet. but always there.
afternoons might entail hanging outside or inside the local "pub". weekends definitely bring social gathering and visits with human friends...
if you do it right, you too can adopt a dog and let them enjoy their life with you...even if you have to work some of the time.
