nope. not getting up. uh-uh. nope. (zzzzzzzz)

[thoreau]

So - neither Kateydog or I wanted to get up this morning. The alarm went off at 5, 510, and 520. and then finally got shut off. The third time it went off - Miss Kate let out this low moan - like - "shut the goddamn thing off will you?" and then (and she never does this) burrowed under the covers and snuggled in next to me and we slept till 7am.

What neither of us anticipated however - was that by 7am - her need to go outside and pee would be well. URGENT! She went from snuggled in nice and warm to whirling dervish of puppy energy in a nanosecond. I hurried and got dressed and she peed right at the curb outside for almost 10 seconds. With a clear look of relief - we went across the street to get a cup of kona drip coffee then went on our morning walk. We're back now at 745 and she has sniffed every inch of sidewalk in a six or seven block range. Some mornings she really puts the sniff in SniffPatrol^tm - my favorite is when she literal whips around in the air doing a 180 to get back at a sniff she almost missed.

Her favorite sniff spots? outside the Thai restaurant and the french bakery across the street at Filmore and Waller. (i have no idea where she learned to love french bakeries, no - no idea whatsoever), there is a photo gallery in down Filmore that she loves to sniff. (My guess is that it's a 'bedroom' for someone at night time - and that's what she's smelling - and then there is trashcan row along the bottom of Duboce Park. Three city trashcans at the bottom of the park for picnic stuff (in spring/summer/fall) and dog stuff. She would still be back there sniffing if she had her way. She's now noisily eating kibble and I'm sipping my coffee.

Since her little hospital stay back in October - she's starting eating her kibble much more enthusiastically. She used to be a dainty eater - take a mouthful, eat it, savor it. ponder it. Now it's omg this is good feeding frenzy. I also get her the more expensive kibble since I have had to cut all human food - and her treats have been cut back too. So perhaps its because her diet is more about the kibble that she's finding it so exciting. who knows.

ah - I just heard the toaster click up.

Raisin Toast! Because we all know that coffee+raisintoast=UltraLove!

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Leaving a pet in your car during warm/hot weather is a big no no here and can get you fined. When we take our dogs in town, we go in pairs so one can sit with the dog while the other runs inside. Of course, if it is Pet Food Express, no problem, the get to go in with us. :)