Walks with Dolly and life without Max

 Yesterday was a pretty good day. Max was actually home! Dolly and I got to spend almost a full 24 hours in his company! It was splendid. To celebrate we went for a long walk. Dolly was very excited. I have been letting her off her leash on some of the paths because no one else is ever really on them. Because of that she has been getting quite adventurous and walking into the shallower areas of the river.

  As we approached her favorite place along the river the other day she got really excited. She was running all over, barking, trying to play with us and causing general mayhem. Max and I found a way to get across the narrower area of the river and over to a little niche in the shore that had all sorts of cool rocks and pools. Dolly was hesitant to come over, but after Max showed her how, she got even more excited. So excited that she jumped into a very deep pool of water, which she had assumed was shallow.

  It almost took no time at all. One minute Dolly was flying through the air, there was a terrific splash, a flash of horror across her face and then she shot out of the water to dry land. For a moment Max and I just gaped. Dolly ran far away from the pool, shook herself thoroughly and stood looking embarrassed and mildly wounded.

  Of course Max and I could not contain our laughter, and I think Dolly was a little upset with us for that. We began to try to coax her back to the other side, but of course now she didn't want to go anywhere near the water. Max finally was able to escort her over to the other side, and Dolly walked up the hill, signifying she was done for the day. Poor Dolly.

Walk now? Walk now? Walk now?

  Anyways, this morning Max is back at work. It was hard to get him to go. He has been on overnights for 2 weeks with no breaks and now he has to work days this weekend. Yuck. I was really hoping to go to the farmers market, but alas I have no money with which to go, so I am staying at home instead.

  I have plenty to do here, so no worries about that. What I really need though is Max to be home. Everything is so much better when he is around. He really is quite the ideal husband. He cleans when I don't ask, makes dinner for us, does dishes, folds laundry, takes Dolly out. Even when he is really tired and just wants to relax. I have been trying to come up with ways to help make his life less monotonous, but having just finished my own bout of depression I am still working on getting my inspiration back.

  Aside from doing things, it's just nice to have Max around. It gets pretty lonely here with Dolly sleeping most of the day. Even with distractions when the house is quiet it gets difficult to stay motivated. Luckily we will soon be in Seattle, which will give me all sorts of exciting things to do for awhile. For two weeks Max will be at a critical care doctor learning the secrets of emergency medicine. While I wish I could join him in the learning process I think I will have lots of fun stuff to do while he is busy.

Soo sleepy...hate overnight shifts....Zzzzzz...