Couch 196: Cinnamon Swirls

Thank you!

I want to get a dog after I'm done with school. I have the following on my list:

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English Cocker Spaniel.
Maltese dog
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Flo is adorable too.

Flo | Battersea Dogs & Cats Home

But my criteria is mainly a dog with a good temperament., easy to train. No heavy shedding .Medium activity needs.

Cuteness overload!

How are you now NP?

That's one well trained cat!

Thank you for sharing.

I agree. I like I random sessions and don't like committing . He wrote it in his calendar in front of me and he still forgot! But he's only done that maybe 3 times in 2.5 years and he always gives me a free session, so I'm not complaining (too much).

The first book on my summer reading this is General later President Grant’s memoirs. I’ve always heard good things about it (best Presidential memoir, stuff like that) but I admit I expected to be bored. Not at all. He somehow produces an extremely compelling narrative even if most of it is battle movements and what little personal comment he makes gives him a compelling character with a dry sense of humor.

I still have 400 or so pages to go, though.

You do have a high tolerance for boring writing. As I recall you are the only person I have ever met who said they actually liked reading Moby D ick (stupid filter) rather than just it was a useful exercise to endure for other reasons.

After Grant I’m planning to read Boswell’s Life of Johnson.

I hear there’s a cat in it.

One day at a time is the only way it's possible to live...

So why is it so damn difficult?

Crashing again. It was good to see Pdoc yesterday. Tried the new/old med last night. Woke up a lot in the night still but felt more rested. Got up and got my son moving and got the dogs walked which aggravated my shoulder. Nothing seems to be able to touch it so I just laid down. Discovered my sons school lets out this week not next... so I can see T Monday but have to cancel next Tuesday because my H is only home for child care Monday and Thursday. Then T is off a week. I already know he is full through the end of the month. So two weeks and no T. Not sure what will happen with work seeing as I won’t be available any hours. H promised he would have it worked out by when school let out but as usual he doesn’t. Now he feels insecure so he will start acting like a jerk. Physical pain and the attachment roller coaster on top of my son is just too much. The group home said they were going to talk with their supervisor but they never called back. Now my son is getting angry because he knows school is almost out and they have not given him his schedule for visits so he can move. At this point I think the only things worth getting out of bed for are T, Pdoc and the bathroom. I think this is my breaking point. On the up (?) side with the new meds rather than having a full blown anxiety attack in the early afternoon like I have most days for the past three years I have just had a mild steady anxiety all day... which makes me less functional but I find it easier to tolerate in the short run. Guessing H isn’t going to get up to make dinner again and I am not wrangling the grill in this heat and pain... so the expensive steaks I thought he would like will likely end up in the trash.... *sigh*

Bookclub! I think i have a copy in my bookshelf!

Added to my list.

My cavalier was easy to th rain but I think with most dogs you have work out what motivates either food or praise or a combo of both he deoesnt she'd too much but I groom him a couple of times during the week. He is happy to sit near me and sleep or go on long walks with my D he will exercise himself around the house if he has excess energy.
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Here he is waiting to go for a walk a trick he taught himself was to fold up his leash and carry it so it does not drag on the floor

My mother had a Maltese and unless you groom them everyday or have them clipped they get super tangly.

I have just started to read The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett some recommended it about 10 years ago and I only just remembered it the other day.

One of my top 5 favorites. It is actually first of a trio now. The other two are okay but Pillars is in a category of its own. Last year when the third in series was released, I went to a lecture and book signing by Ken Follett. He was quite interesting and read to us. Very cool. My copy of tattered copy of Pillars is now signed. Even cooler. Enjoy it. Fascinating read.

I'm currently reading "owning your own shadow" by Robert Johnson.

I just finished The Warmth of Other Suns, which was fascinating, and I am on the tail end of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry because I was alternating between the two.

Trying to decide what to read next.