I work in an I.T. department and we had a huge go-live this past weekend. We were upgrading an application and moving it to new servers -- which were needed VERY much. Of course, nothing can happen until the databases are moved, so I was at the office Saturday night at 10:30 pm until 7:30 am on Sunday morning. I am really getting to old for that kind of thing.
The consultants doing the upgrade made a goof during the day on Sunday, so I ended up working from home too for a good chunk of Sunday -- until 7:30 pm. Really too old for this.
I made it in fine on Monday and was handling the typical post-go-live stuff. Even managed to do ok Tuesday -- including puppy kindergarten after work! But I have to admit that I'm dragging a bit today. I did work out this morning and walked at lunch. But that usually energizes me. No so much today. Did I mention that I'm getting to old for this?
But, in spite of being tired, I have managed to eat well for a couple of days. It's hard again to not snack. But reading my old blog entries from 2010 when I lost the weight, got me going again. I have to put this last year behind me emotionally and get back to taking better care of myself. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. Corny, but true.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Puppy Kindergarten
Tonight was the first night of Lucy's first obedience class. As it turns out, we're already doing what we're supposed to be doing and Lucy is doing great. The class started out with a free play period where we let all the puppies were allowed off leash. That was a total hoot to watch.
Lucy did well playing with the other puppies. That was a large part of wanting to take her there. To keep her well socialized with other dogs. And it looks like that will work out well. I also talked to the instructor about agility. I wanted to know if we'd have to wait until Lucy is a specific age -- someone suggested that she would have to be 2 before I could enroll her in agility class. But fortunately, that's not the case. She just have to do a few obedience classes and demonstrate that she can be controlled.
It was fun. And it was a good distraction for me. This past year has been awful and I have really fallen off the wagon as far as taking care of myself goes. I was reading my blog posts from 2010 to remember how I turned myself around last time. Between obedience class and reading my blog, it helped. I made it through the evening without snacking. I'm starting to feel like snacking now, so I think it's time to let Lucy out for the last time and head up to bed.
Lucy did well playing with the other puppies. That was a large part of wanting to take her there. To keep her well socialized with other dogs. And it looks like that will work out well. I also talked to the instructor about agility. I wanted to know if we'd have to wait until Lucy is a specific age -- someone suggested that she would have to be 2 before I could enroll her in agility class. But fortunately, that's not the case. She just have to do a few obedience classes and demonstrate that she can be controlled.
It was fun. And it was a good distraction for me. This past year has been awful and I have really fallen off the wagon as far as taking care of myself goes. I was reading my blog posts from 2010 to remember how I turned myself around last time. Between obedience class and reading my blog, it helped. I made it through the evening without snacking. I'm starting to feel like snacking now, so I think it's time to let Lucy out for the last time and head up to bed.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Settling in
We have had Lucy for 3 weeks now -- it will be 4 weeks this coming Sunday. She is doing so well. She has only had 2 accidents in the house and the 2nd one was our fault because we weren't paying close enough attention. She's starting to tell us now that she wants to go out which is awesome.
She knows sit and down. She does a "down" and waits when I put her food ball down until I say ok before she goes to it to eat. She loves running around with a ball so we are channeling her natural desire to play and teaching her fetch. She LOVES to play.
We start puppy kindergarten next week. I'm really looking forward to that. I really enjoyed doing obedience classes with Zena when we adopted her, so this should be fun. Seeing how much Lucy likes to play and how smart she seems, I'm thinking about doing agility with her when she's old enough. I think that will be great fun!
Jay and I bumped heads the first week or so -- I did push to get a dog pretty quickly, I know. But he's doing well with her now and is really enjoying her too. Lucy doesn't stop the sadness from losing Zena, but she does distract us from it.
Lucy is definitely a keeper. We've gotten lucky again I think.
She knows sit and down. She does a "down" and waits when I put her food ball down until I say ok before she goes to it to eat. She loves running around with a ball so we are channeling her natural desire to play and teaching her fetch. She LOVES to play.
We start puppy kindergarten next week. I'm really looking forward to that. I really enjoyed doing obedience classes with Zena when we adopted her, so this should be fun. Seeing how much Lucy likes to play and how smart she seems, I'm thinking about doing agility with her when she's old enough. I think that will be great fun!
Jay and I bumped heads the first week or so -- I did push to get a dog pretty quickly, I know. But he's doing well with her now and is really enjoying her too. Lucy doesn't stop the sadness from losing Zena, but she does distract us from it.
Lucy is definitely a keeper. We've gotten lucky again I think.
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