I, like many people I know, have fallen to illness. Yeuck. I feel gross, tired, and congested (a little). It is never fun being sick. Luckily I have Yoshi to keep me company. Too bad he is usually a nuisance. Crazy dog. Blech.
And I have to go out tonight too.
Just got back from Friday night volleyball. I hadn’t played in a quite a while before joining this league, so I had forgotten just how much fun it really is. We play in a rec league so most of the people are just there to have some fun. Of course there are a few different pools, and each week teams move up and down between pools, so sometime we are matched against a team that really doesn’t want to be playing at our level. Oh well, c’est la vie, and thats the wal the volleyball bounces.
Still tonight was good. In our first match I got a couple of really good blocks which always makes one feel good. I guess overall I played pretty well. Beside the blocks I had a couple good spikes/hits, and more than a few good digs.
One that stands out was really quite funny. There was one hit by our team, but the ball went the wrong direction. I took off after it, managed to get a hit in and sent the ball in towards the net. As I was trying to slow down, I started to lose my balance. Problem was I was running out of gym to run in. I managed to make it through a doorway, stopped, then ran back into the gym and rejoined the game still in progress. 🙂 Good times.
Time for a shower, then time for bed.
Yay, Suede comes home tonight. As much as I (and out pets) missed her, I am glad she went away. It is too easy to take things for granted when they are always around. Having Suede gone for a week just drove home to me how much a part of me she is, and how much she completes my life. I am looking forward to seeing her tonight. Between now and 8:30 I have a few things to do. Dinner and a shower are only two of them. I think I will start with … watching TV a little. Yeah, thats the ticket 😉
Then I could hear him peeling out the whole way up Lampson. I could hear him many block away squealing his tires, and revving the engine. You could tell he had a lot of power in his ride, but I just wanted him to go away.
Then just as he faded into the distance, he started to get louder. Yup, he made another pass down Lampson, squealing, revving, and going sideways down the road. He circled the block, then came up Bewdley where he did donuts in the intersection. Just as I was looking to catch his plate number he screamed off to parts unknown. I could see other neighbors turning their lights on too.
A few minutes later I hear a car (much different sound) come racing down Lampson. I looked out the window and thought I saw a ghost cop car. I hope they caught the bastard!
Happy Valentines Day Suede. You may not see this until you get back, but I just wanted to say that you mean the world to me. I love you very much, and at this moment miss you very much.
After photo club, after grocery shopping, and after lunch, Yoshi and I had a great walk at Macaulay Point Park this afternoon, Walking down there we both enjoyed the sunshine on our faces, but didn’t appreciate the slight breeze. Even though the weather has looked phenomenal, it has been a little cool out.
As I slowly walked around the park Yoshi did his usual romp-pee-romp-about. He always enjoys his walks here, no matter how often he goes. We passed many other dogs also out enjoying the sun. Yoshi showed no interest in playing with anyone, so we kept going. Finishing our usual loop, I took a side trail that made a nice extension to our walk.
I took my camera in hopes of catching some good shots. I got a few of Yoshi, and a few good scenery shots. I love being able to do go shooting with my dog, but I still have to be careful with Yoshi. He doesn’t like it when I linger too long, and one time a while ago, he disappeared while I was concentrating on a shot. Scared me when I looked up from the camera and he was nowhere to be seen. No such problems today.
Early this morning Suede and I got out if bed and headed out to the airport. I saw her off to Ottawa where she is visiting her sister and nephew who is only a few weeks old. None of us really wanted to get up af 4:45 am, but it had to be done. For the first time I can remember, while Suede and I were up doing stuff around the house getting ready for our day, Yoshi stayedon his bed and continued sleeping. He wasn’t completely underfoot and in our way. It was quite refreshing actually.
After some coffee and breakfast we left the house, and headed out to the airport. It was still very dark, and I quickly realized my plan to drop off Suede, then take Yoshi for a walk was just not going to work. There would be no light at all. Darn.
I stayed with Suede until she had to board her plane, the Yoshi and I came home. Hmm, something is really not right in the world when you go to the airport and get back home before 7am. Upon opening the front door to the house, Yoshi made a bee-line for his bed and went back to sleep. *sigh* I wish I could get to sleep that easily.
Everyone defines hapiness differently. Dogs are no exception. Recently, Coreman made Yoshi happy by posting about Oscar’s new bed that he got at Costco. This posting reminded me that Yoshi needed a new bed. Tuesday night Yoshi and I trekked out to Costco. While Yoshi waited in the truck, I headed in to make the big purchase. When I got back to the truck, Yoshi’s eyes lit up as I stuffed the big fluffy bed in to the back of my truck. Before I even got it settled he was trying to get on it to lay down. Ahh, the simple things in life make one happy.
Leaving Costco I made myself happy by stopping in at Tims for a tasty Canadian Maple donut. MMmm.
Once home I unstuffed the bed from the truck and placed it in the living room. Oh the luxury. Once in a while throught the rest of the evening Yoshi would let out a groan of delight. He was in pure heaven! Thanks Coreman.
Suede and I should know by now. When something goes missing from the kitchen, it hasn’t sprouted legs and walked away.
There has always been a prime suspect in disappearance cases in our household, and his name is Yoshi. He looks innocent enough, and most of the time he is on his best behaviour, but every once in a while he gets bored and goes counter surfing.
One day he ate most of a baguette that we were drying so we could make bread crumbs (I found piles of crumbs all over the house). One day he decided that our cutting board would be a good chew toy. Another day the wooden salad servers were a wonderfull play thing. A weird one was a drain plug that he chewed the rubber off of. Even weirder, he made the next drain plug disappear completely,and we still haven’t found it to this day.
One day while Yoshi was left outside he grabbed an ice cream pail that we used to store clothes pegs in. By the time we got home it had been shredded into teeny tiny pieces no bigger than a dime.
This all brings me to the latest. While making some pasta last week, I went to assmble our cheese grater. It is one of those hand held Star Frit vareity where you turn a crank,abd the grater wheel shreds the cheese. Problem was we couldn’t find the wheel.
Our housecleaner was in today and when we got home we found the grater wheel on the shelf near the microwave. What makes me think Yoshi took it? The dents and teeth marks in the plastic.
I don’t want to make Yoshi out to be a bad dog. Most of the things he has destroyed came about because we didn’t leave enough play things out for him during the day. It just amazes me that when I couldn’t find the grater I didn’t automatically suspect him. In the past he has mainly goneafter wood and plastic, not metal designed for shredding cheese! (makes me wonder how that felt on his tongue)