So. Yesterday was a day off for our human. And what a day it was…
Our human got up at the normal time to get
ready for work. She checked her email
and ta-da – her university was CLOSED.
Whoohooo. We still went out for
our morning walks although they WERE a bit shorter than normal because it WAS
snowing and the winds WERE blowing at 1000 miles per hour. Well maybe not THAT much. But is WAS pretty
windy.
After all of our walks were finished, my human had her breakfast like normal-
including the obligatory sharing of the somewhat empty yogurt container. And
then – much to our surprise – she did something that she NEVER, EVER does. She said “boys – we are going back to
bed!” WHAT?! BACK TO BED??? She actually attempted to watch TV first – but
every channel was talking about SNOW.
How much snow. How to shovel
snow. How to stay off the roads. How the wind was blowing the snow. How big the drifts were. ENOUGH already! It’s not like people have never seen the
stuff before! It’s not like a volcano
erupted. Or an earthquake. It’s SNOW.
I guess my human isn’t all that impressed with snow because (and I have
to be careful here – because this statement does give an indication about how
OLD she is…) SHE survived the BLIZZARD of ’77 in Buffalo, New York. Google THAT snow. Now I DO admit that she DOESN’T like DRIVING
in snow – but if you have lived through the Blizzard of ’77 – you can live
through any snow. Well. Maybe not the snow in Antarctica. But most snow.
So we all agreed begrudgingly to go back to
bed for an hour. And THEN, my human took
a shower. And THAT, I didn’t get. Why shower? It’s not like we were going to have company
in the middle of a snowstorm. And it’s
not like she was going anywhere. So we ALL sat outside the bathroom door and
WAITED while she took her shower. And
when she came out – we ALL acted so overjoyed, as if we had not seen her in a
month. But that’s what we canines do. We
are eternal greeters.
Then our human made some phone calls to
people who she KNEW would be at home – since we WERE having a “blizzard.” We napped at this point, because if our human
had gone to work, that’s what we would be doing. After the calls were over – we wanted
ATTENTION
So first it was my turn to play with the
Snoop. And I got almost every treat out. And then Frodo was “trained” in that “new
behavior” I alluded to the other day. As
usual, he barked throughout the training – but my human THINKS he is STARTING
to get it. And then Paxton got HIS time
with the Pyramid – and he is expert with that toy.
Our human checked some stuff on the
computer – but we STILL wanted attention.
So we all went outside for a run around the yard – as the snow had
stopped. Of course, could we JUST run
around and have a grand time? No. Well we DID for a BIT – but then we had the
obligatory photo shoot. As if our human doesn't have enough pictures of us in the snow...We obliged for a
couple of shots and then took off.
Back we went in the house, panting and
wet. At which point my human decided to
watch a movie that has been nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Foreign film. It’s a Polish film called Ida. My human understands, “yes’, “no”, “sit
down”, “thank you”, “”Merry Christmas”, “Happy Easter” and some assorted words
that cannot be written here - in Polish.
So she had to use the subtitles when watching the movie. Frodo and I didn’t need the subtitles – for
obvious reasons. My human quite liked
the movie. I still preferred that Ape
movie…
After that we all had supper, another run
around outside – and the next thing you knew it – the day was over. A fabulous, unplanned holiday. But then with us dogs, every day is a holiday!
Have a good one!
©
2015 Linda Wozniak
