I've taken bear on a couple of off-leash walks today and let him play with all his muppet friends in the park. Each time we come back inside he has to spend 20 minutes thawing out in the bath (the snowballs he collects on his legs and stomach are outrageous with this heavy, wet snow!) and then another 20 minutes drying off, but it's worth it. He is just so darn happy outside exploring and romping with his neighborhood pals.
Off-leash walks are really lovely for me right now, too, as I'm fairly slow and cumbersome in the snow. Bear runs circles around me and checks back every few feet to make sure I'm coming, so he gets even more exercise than I'd be able to give him on a normal walk. And I get to waddle along at my own pace. It's a win-win.
Our neighbors have been ridiculously nice to us all winter - shoveling our walks, clearing our car, helping us lift heavy things. What with my carry restrictions and Blake's back being on the fritz, we've been like a couple of 85 year olds around here. I've been baking lots of cookies and delivering lots of flowers to say thank you, but I'm still feeling guilty. All of our direct neighbors are quite a bit older than we are, so I feel like we should be the ones helping with their walks (and most years we do). Let's just add this to the list of many reasons why I'm excited to almost be done with pregnancy. Only six weeks left!
We're probably going to come down to the wire time-wise with our bathroom renovation. The horrible weather (ice and snow storms for the past week and a half) have made the progress on our bathroom slow and it looks like our timeline will be pushed back a week.
Unless Maybe is born super early, that should work out fine. I'm just ready to be living without the dust...and without a bathtub hanging out in the study. Though, if those are the worst of my worries, it's fairly obvious that life is pretty darn good right now.
barbara@mail.postmanllc.net
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