Day 15

Happy President's Day!  Today was not a day off for me or the FRWC.  Busy, busy day.  I knew last night that it was going to be like this, so I sat down and planned out pretty much ever minute of the day up until 9:00PM.  I did that, so that I knew exactly when and how much time I would have to get my 20 minutes in.  My window of opportunity was between 5:15 and 6:00.

Didn't get home until after 5:30, and I had to admit I was dangerously close to parking it on the couch for 30 minutes before I needed to leave again.  The whole "I'll just try to get something in when I get home" notion was pretty enticing.  But Vanda the Wonder Dog had been alone all day, and I was leaving her again for the evening.  So I tossed on my shoes, grabbed the leash, and V and I were off for a brisk walk to fill our short window of free time.

Our dusk adventure took us along the Flint River through the UM-Flint campus, up to the Farmers Market.  Most of the walks were clear, which is nice.  But crossing over the bridge on 5th Ave was pretty treacherous because the sidewalk there had not been plowed.  We had to walk in the street and basically caused a traffic back up until we got to the other side.  Come on UM-Flint, lets keep these walks clear!!!  We got a total of 1.7 miles in 30 minutes - could have sworn our pace was faster than an almost 18 minute miles...o-well!

Right when we got home, I loaded up Rupert and headed to SVSU for puppy class.  I got in a few extra minutes of activity, because we were running late and I had to park about a million miles away from the building.  Jogged most the way in with little Rupert in tow, and realized I forgot to lock the car.  So we trotted all the way back out, then back in again.  :)  That's got to count, right??

And just for fun's sake, I need to show off Rupert working with Claudia - look at that eye contact!  He did a great job working with a new handler.  Claudia is getting a Paws puppy in the next few weeks, and came to class to start picking up puppy training tips.  Her pup's name will either be Beecher or Flint, depending on which litter her pup comes from.  I love it!  (Claudia is a teacher in Beecher.)