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A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent Way to go, Kelly! She got in 72 miles for the week! (I'm exhausted for her . . .) quote> hmmm, if the lawn mower was broken, my DH would spend as much of Sunday as possible fixing the derned thing so he/I could mow (which only takes about 30 mins anyway!) I would have to change the quote to "...& the lawn is already mowed!" .... & yesss, I'm tired for Kelly too!!!.... I hit 40 miles this week...aiming for a little less this next week - depending on how the Slacker HM goes.....if I keep my reins in (as I intend) I should be fine to run a "normal" week.... Was supposed to be a rest day for me (as much as any of us truly have a "rest day!") However! DH had a golf date (tee time) for 5:30am so the alarm was set for 4:30am & any attempts by me to get more sleep were strongly objected to by 3 wide-awake doggies! hhrrmmph! Gonna be a 92* day (perfect day off weather) Soooo, I thought I would take Mairead to a new doggie park - a much larger, open range type doggie park.... okay, so NONE of it is fenced in in any way! pretty nice area, coupla ponds, some paths, lots of trees - near Chatfield State Park..She's been doing so well in the fenced in ones that I thought she was ready....The first hour went really well. She was excited, having a good time, exploring lots, but staying w/in eyesight of me at all times...I was starting to feel really good about this......then she opened it up!! 1st time I've ever seen her run full out! (very nice stride!).... headed across the road to an industrial park type area & wouldn't come back for quite awhile! She no longer cared whether or not she could see me, just kept moving, but did stay in the same general area...good thing I was well rested! I'm sure I did 3-4 pasture miles of jogging + some weed walking, just to stay in eyesight of her! Luckily she went South towards the reservoir & not North toward the freeway!! also, maybe a good thing it was warming up quite a bit....as I saw her slowing down & looking for shade (very little to be found) I sat down (yesss, in the stickers!) & was able to call her to me....by the time we got to the car, she seemed to be maybe getting a little heat distress .....had to get to the car for drinking water for both of us & even that didn't seem like enough! it's 20 mins to home....I made an "executive decision" & turned around & took her to an open area of the reservoir & drug her into the water (she's not diggin' this so much) for a swim & kept her in the water for a few mins followed by some sitting in the shade for 10-15 mins....needless to say, I was a bit frustrated & she was much subdued ....NEXT! Spent the rest of the afternoon working on the little landscaping project we've got going...purchased & moved another 40 or so pavers, spread sand on the finished product, helped plant 4 more fence posts (concrete & sand)... Off to make popcorn to go w/the movie.... Have a good evening all! C
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