Man, that foot soak last night worked miracles on my poor feet. I wonder how long those effects will last. It’s Portland day. The day where we cram in all the city work. Malls, escalators, food courts, farmer’s markets, you want it, they’ve got it. We also talked about airports. I learned something new. Now …
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Anything But Boring: Day 10
Oof! That was a rough start to the morning. You know, Carin, if you stay up to 11:30 and you then take melatonin, and you want to be up by 6, maybe turn on your alarm. Good idea? Yup! After I was carried away to sleepy ville, the next sound I heard was “Hi there, …
Anything But Boring: Day 9
It’s Monday and time to kick some custom route, sidewalkless and night route butt! I slept until 6 and I’m ready to rock. I have shaken off the fog and it’s time to kick it. It’s also the first of May. There’s a song about that, but if I mentioned that song to my classmates …
Anything But Boring: Day 8
So it’s Sunday. My day off. It’s a thing. I didn’t take melatonin at the end of last night because I hoped I would only need a tweak. That was a fail. At not even 4, rise and shine! I did have to use the bathroom, but even after that, I couldn’t go back to …
Anything But Boring: Day 7
First things first. Sorry to Steve for making all those typos in the last two entries. It’s hard to write anything, let alone stuff like this, when melatonin is doing what melatonin does. I also want to apologize for the flat sound of the last entry. I could barely remember the sequence of events, never …
Anything But Boring: Day 6
I’m writing this after taking melatonin in an attempt to help me sleep. This might be a fail. Today was a much better day. My dog and I rocked together as a team. Yea! So I went to breakfast, and ran into a volunteer who won an award at a reunion I was at. I …
Anything But Boring: Day 5
So this is interesting. I’m writing day 5’s entry on day 6 because day 5 was a total nut house. I think I got a second person trailing me all day and his name was Murphy. Murphy’s law was in full effect today. First off, I took the big boy out to relieve. I should …
Anything But Boring: Day 4
I’m writing this at the end of the day. Tired. My day got off to a bit of a bad start. I was in the bathroom for longer than I planned, which set everything back, and the schedule is such that once you’re behind, it creates a domino effect. So I ran around to catch …
Anything But Boring: Day 3
First day with the big beast, and it’s a good one, even though I’ve been awake since 4. About the big beast. He’s the tallest dog I’ve ever had. He’s 25 inches tall. He stood beside me and I couldn’t believe how tall he is. I worry he won’t fit on Tansy’s bed or in …
Anything But Boring: Day 2
DOOOOOOOOOG DAAAAAAAAAAAY! No, I’m not excited at all. I have been awake since 4:30 this morning, partly because my body still thinks it’s on Eastern time and partly because I went to bed before 10. But thanks to Santa, I feel ready to rock! I’m starting to know my way around the room. I’ve started …
