Wednesday the 26th of November
6:30 pm
Did a Ralphs run for some holiday-ish food for tomorrow, and some hot dogs (not needed yet) and cheese (2 days supply remaining). Caught up on receipts from the last 3 shopping trips in the expenses: 1 Costco, 2 Ralphs.
note: Misplaced the Costco receipt, so the date on the expense log is today and not correct. This will be fixed.
5:05 pm
Dinner was served. Buddy hovered and accepted hand-delivered samples in the kitchen. Both guys ate as soon as dinner was out.
4:15 pm
We went for our last walk of the day. Up the hill, very slowly. Buddy wanted to pick up the pace, but Bubba was examining every plant and lamppost in great detail.
We walked 40 minutes, Bubba pooped, Buddy did not.
1:15 pm
Unsuccessful walk attempt. The guys didn’t want to go. Buddy was playing and wanted me to throw the reindeer. I dribbled it (soccer style) and then booted it into the bedroom, and tried blocking his way back – a softball version of Gatekeeper. Bubba didn’t want to get out of bed. The pee pads were okay, but I decided to change them all anyway, and deal with the water dishes – an afternoon reset.
As soon as I got my gloves on Bubba got up. So the gloves – which just won’t go on twice for some reason – got tosses in the trash and we went out.
Bubba made it just past the bottom of the stairs and he vetoed the trip. He did not want to walk. I took him home, and took Buddy out solo. The first 10 minutes were spent looking for the perfect place to go to the bathroom, then the official business, and then home. I had bribery treats in my pocket to keep him out, but that didn’t work.
Walk about about 20 minutes. Buddy pooped.
9 am
Both guys were awake. Bubba was in the piano bed, but got up right when I came in. Buddy met me at the door and wanted me to throw the reindeer. We did one throw-n-fetch and then we went out for a walk.
Both guys pooped as soon as we got across the street, which is always great – one bag pickup, and then the rest of the walk is just walking. Short walk, 25 minutes.