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HM - busy week! We had cocoa last night after our walk with Ben. Temperature was in the 20s with a feels like of 2 degrees, so we earned it. Today is as cold, but the sun makes it feel a bit warmer. Currently the feels like is 10.  I'm still trying to decide whether to go outside to run or wimp out on the TM. When we walked Ben this morning, it didn't feel that bad except when walking into the wind. But I won't be wearing a down coat and gloves to run.

It's definitely windy here, something to avoid in my opinion!!

Dusty has not been sleeping well through the night.  During the supermoon he was very whiny and restless, and DH got up and sat with him on the couch.  Now Dusty thinks that is the normal state of affairs, so we go to bed and he whines and fusses.  The problem is, once he was really thirsty, and once he had to pee, and once he had to poo, so it's hard to tell when he has something really going on and when he's just lying to us to get someone downstairs.  Once he goes outside and runs around a little, he comes inside and refuses to come upstairs and get back in his crate.

We have created a monster.

So I washed his bed this morning (who knows, maybe it smelled funky to a dog nose?), and I suggested DH sacrifice an old T-shirt to wrap around a little pillow so he has something DH-y to snuggle with.  And I suggested another walk before dinner (ours, not his), so hopefully he's more tired and actually ready to sleep at bedtime.

Though actually I'm sleeping really well, because he's more DH's dog, so DH gets up and sits with him, leaving me all alone in a very comfy king-sized bed. 

HM - Ben got fussy last night at bedtime, though he had been walked a couple of hours before. He rarely whines, so we took him out and he actually needed to go so I felt a bit better about wandering around the backyard in my nightgown and down coat. That is usually Jim's job (by his choice) but I feel bad about all the times he's had to take Ben out in the rain and cold, so I volunteered. Hopefully this won't be a new pattern.

I did end up doing my run outside. It ended up being almost 6 miles. I drove to town, to take advantage of the buildings closer together and it wasn't too bad since I was mostly able to avoid heading into the wind, which isn't possible at home. My windjacket is surprisingly warm, as long as I keep moving.