Once again I have forgotten to mention something on my blog,
which was that Travalon cooked dinner for me on Tuesday evening! Wasn’t that
sweet of him? He made Cajun chicken and potatoes, and we also had raw veggies
and fruit salad to round out the meal. Then he had the leftovers last night
while I had dinner with Richard Bonomo, Prairie Man, and another guy from our
church at Noodles before our first choir practice of the season. Tonight is the
first Lutheran choir practice, but I will probably not join that choir this
year – too much going on with the old condo to get ready for sale and a new husband
at home.
Labor Day Travalon and I had brunch at the Coffee Gallery,
then he headed off to Randolph to attend the Corn Fest with his high school
buddy, while I plotted with Rich and Kathbert to get together for a hike like
we hadn’t done in ages. Pre-Travalon, I used to hike with them in the Arboretum
on many a Sunday afternoon, and that was our plan this time as well. However,
Rodney the Poodle pleaded to come along with me. I hadn’t thought he would want
to hang out with his step-mom, but being with me is probably more fun than
being alone all day, with just an unfriendly rabbit for company, so I took pity
on him and brought him along. Since we couldn’t hike in the Arboretum with a
dog, we went to Pheasant Branch and checked out the bubbly springs. We were
planning to head up the hill when Rich checked his new smart phone and found
that rain was imminent in our immediate vicinity. We hurried back toward the
car, but the rain caught us and thoroughly soaked us. I tried to pick up Rodney
so I could run with him, but he was having none of it, so we lagged behind the
others. Kathbert got to my car first and reached into the open window to unlock
the door… which triggered the car alarm. Finally I got to the car with Rodney
and turned off the alarm, and we all sat there, soaking wet with the windows
steaming up while Rodney grinned – he enjoyed his adventure even if it ended in
such a less than ideal manner! Maybe he decided Step-Mom and her pals are some
crazy fun to hang out with. Then I was driving home when Luxuli called, so I
went to her house. Rodney was shivering violently, so she wrapped him up like a
burrito in a purple towel, and I held him on my lap while he slept very hard.
Guess we wore the poor old doggy out! He slept as the humans ate a delicious
dinner of gazpacho made by Luxuli, veggies and walnut burgers grilled by Rich, potatoes
cooked by Prairie Man, and brownies made by me (confession: from a mix). I was
concerned that he had really overdone it, but when it was time to head home, he
woke right up and was very peppy. We both had an excellent time hanging out
together and bonding.
1 comment:
Love it that you bonded with him !!
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