Today was both vacuum and mop day plus the usual dusting and bathroom cleaning. I also cleaned out and organized two of the dresser drawers in Bob’s work room. When we did the reorganization of that room and moved several of the pieces of furniture downstairs I had to find temporary storage for a few things that needed to stay up here but just sort of threw everything into a couple of drawers until I could get things organized.
I have balanced both check books and paid our bills and cleaned off my desk. Yesterday afternoon I did science kit stuff and will most likely have more to do today. It’s another nice warm sunny day. I can hear the birds singing while I sit here working.
We had a minor but significant breakthrough with Colin and the car yesterday. For some reason after several car trips as a puppy with no problems he started getting afraid to get in the Trooper and would get car sick. He has not been in the car since last year for his yearly vet visit and no amount of coaxing could get him into either vehicles so we sort of let it go. Several times over the last few weeks when we have been working downstairs I have been getting in the back seat of the HHR on the passenger side with a toy to coax him in with me. A couple of weeks ago he finally jumped up in with me. Yesterday when I succeeded in getting him in the car I had Bob take us for a ride around the block with me in the back. He did not get sick nor did he act afraid once we got about halfway around the block. When we got back I had him get out then had him get back in with me again. Hopefully he will not get car sick when we take him out to the vet’s for his yearly visit in a couple of weeks but I will put a blanket down anyway. In the meantime we will try the around the block trips.