Still Drying Out

I'm sure you'll all be shocked by this, but we had more rain over the weekend. It poured late in the day on Friday and rained overnight. It did clear up a bit during the day on Saturday, but it came back overnight and rained off and on for most of yesterday. And it's been warm, so it's very humid out there. It's the time of year when blowing my hair dry is a bit of an exercise in futility!

Puppy class went well on Saturday. I didn't give Ruthie anything to eat other than a few small treats for going to the bathroom outside before we left, but she was still sick in the car on the way there (fortunately, I had a towel under her and it wasn't much). She did much better on the way home, I think because she finally figured out that if she was lying down, it wasn't so bad. Mostly she just drooled. The class instructor recommended putting her in a crate in the car, at least until she grows out of it, so I ordered a travel crate to use for transporting her. If this video will work, you can see a bit of class. Most of the hour is free play for the puppies, so they can get used to socializing with each other and with other people. During this time, you're not allowed to to call or interact with your own dog, though you are free to do so with other dogs. Ruthie was definitely a bit reserved, but she didn't hide under my chair the whole time and did interact with some of the other dogs.

In terms of knitting, all I've really made progress on is my Hitchhiker. It's been the easiest thing to pick up and put down quickly. I attempted to start the lace on my Kouyou but had to tink back twice because I got to the end of the row and didn't have the correct number of stitches to finish the pattern. I think I will need to mark off the number of stitches required for each repeat with stitch markers before I try again. I think once I have the lace established, it'll be easier to find my place, but clearly my brain hasn't been fully engaged thus far. Thank goodness for the simplicity of the Hitchhiker!

The last time I counted, I had 31 teeth, but I don't know if the yarn that remains is enough to get me to the official 42. We'll see!

This week the (golf) U.S. Open is in town, and the Mister will be attending a couple of days because his company has some sort of sponsorship thing there. Molly's scheduled for two shifts at her job, and I've got my usual schedule. This week's challenge is to try to keep Ruthie off the couch. She's not supposed to be on it, so of course it's the only place she wants to be. The puppy class instructor recommended giving her a better alternative (cuddles, treats, etc.), but of course now she seems to be going on the couch on purpose to get whatever the reward is for getting off. She likes to push my buttons!

Finally, because I know some of you asked to know, I wanted to let you know that more than 90% of the households who voted yesterday were in favor of unification, and the numbers for the other congregation were similar. So we will soon have a new entity forming!