Dogarazzi: Week 10

When faced with an open space of free time, I have a tendency to fill it up with activities and chores of all types. I have all this time, so why can’t I knit a scarf every four days? Or meet friends for lunch? Or drive to the Goodwill to donate a mini-fridge? Or go to two volleyball matches? Or to a church meeting?

Wait a minute. Where did my week go?

So here I am, stunned that it’s already Thursday and I don’t feel even close to rested as I would have hoped. Of course, having full-on Ted Duty doesn’t help matters. I’m not complaining, I just didn’t estimate correctly about how much down time I would have, I guess. That said, the week has been a lot of fun. Ted survived his first Penn State game with our friends screeching all the while and enjoyed the added bonus of pawing around the bean bag chair afterward. He and I took a long walk to Kennett Square’s downtown area; along with his evening walk, the day accounted for almost five miles of walking! That’s a fair amount of exercise for him and me. I managed to get some knitting done from a beach chair as Ted trundled around the lawn on his leash. That was before the weather took a turn for the worse and become more like humid summer than crisp fall. Boo.

By far, the highlight of our week has been the introduction of Octopus, a purple stuffed toy from the Dollar Store. After Ted had such a good time playing with a stuffed bear at Mimi’s, JG and I have been on the lookout for a cheap, non-squeaky stuffed toy, but to no avail. This week, as one of my errands, I stopped by the store to see what I could find, and lo and behold — Octopus. Ted loves this thing and has spent a good number of hours chewing and clawing at it. I’m a little afraid that we’ll find legs around the house, but what heck. A 5-legged octopus has a certain charming irony, doesn’t it?

Tune in to Roosday-Tuesday and Wednesday-Bensday for the other two-thirds of the doggie cuteness trifecta!