Musings

Lilly and I spent the better part of the weekend hanging out together outside. Even a border collie as intense as Lilly, eventually loses her sense of self consciousness when we’re just bumming around for hours on end. You see, having one of us around outside can be a novelty at first, but as time goes by, Lilly resorts to her natural behavior. And, I LOVE watching her just be herself. Sometimes, it’s super sweet to see her poking around. Other times, I realize just how smart she really is. …

It’ll be a while until things are back to normal around here, but I wanted to update you on my one attempt at combating Lilly’s new whine strategy — whining to Ginko. …

Despite Tom’s clever toenail cast made from superglue and paper towel, Ginko is still suffering from his badly broken toenail from last week. It’s snapped about halfway up and hanging there at a 70% angle, still somewhat attached. Poor buddy. And, when Ginko is in pain, he’s a very clingy boy. We’ve taken to calling him Barnacle Bill because he is STUCK to one of us at all times. …

Despite the continuing onslaught of germs, I’m actually up and working this morning on a relatively normal schedule since I have an interview at 9:30 am for my next Healthypet Magazine article, so Lilly and Ginko are jockeying for standby nap positions. I just watched the most interesting negotiation between them. …

So, the germs are still hanging on, which means I’m working as much as I can muster, then sleeping. Sometimes that means 3 hours up, 1 hour down. Then, there are days like today, when I’m up for about an hour, then down for 2-3. I don’t get this sick very often — maybe every 3-4 years, so Lilly has only seen me down for the count like this maybe once before. And, she’s not liking it. …