Author Archives: mushbaby

Deep Breaths, Shallow Expectations

Posted on June 5, 2014 by mushbaby

Don’t panic, but something’s up with Maisy. She’s consistently been just a little “off” recently: Running a little unenthusiastically, with an uncharacteristic amount of slack in her line for uncharacteristically long stretches, and acting subdued in general around the house. … Continue reading →

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Two ON BYs and a WAIT Walk into a Bar…

Posted on June 2, 2014 by mushbaby

…and the bartender says, “Is this some kind of joke?” Chronologically, this is the second of three noteworthy things that happened today, but I’m putting it first because it’s probably the most crowd-pleasing and I like to open with a … Continue reading →

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If I Just Stop Posting, the Mosquitoes Ate Us

Posted on May 30, 2014 by mushbaby

I’m not kidding. My ON BYs have taken on a note of desperation, and god forbid one of the dogs has to poop. If we stop, if we so much as pause, we become engulfed. I wanted to take a … Continue reading →

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Haha Just Kidding About that Morning Stuff

Posted on May 27, 2014 by mushbaby

So when I wrote my post yesterday, full of intentions to get up early today and take the dogs for a run, I had momentarily forgotten that what I would actually be doing was taking a slight departure from my … Continue reading →

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Hundreds of Runs to Greet the Dawn

Posted on May 26, 2014 by mushbaby

Well, warm and (more significantly) humid summer has arrived relatively abruptly around here over the last several days and everyone but the cats was lying around like this by 11 am today: Which means early morning runs are on the … Continue reading →

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You Mess With the Enforcer, You Get the Bump

Posted on May 23, 2014 by mushbaby

I don’t normally run the dogs two days in a row, but yesterday was a short-ish run, it’s an absolutely beautiful day today, and we were all feeling good and energetic. So I decided to drive down to the Mendota … Continue reading →

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TGIMP (Thank God it’s Mush Puppies)

Posted on May 22, 2014 by mushbaby

Today was a day that didn’t start out spectacularly. I live with generalized anxiety and depression, and while for the most part we have declared a truce today was the kind of day when it felt like they were considering … Continue reading →

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Rainy Day AND Monday

Posted on May 19, 2014 by mushbaby

I thought I could sneak in a scooter run before the predicted rain hit today. I was wrong. Maybe 1/2 way through our run a light drizzle started. Then at about 2/3 of the way through our run, it started … Continue reading →

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Back on the Scooter Again

Posted on May 14, 2014 by mushbaby

I didn’t want to steal the thunder from Pip Day yesterday, but I did take the youngsters scootering for the first time in quite some time yesterday (not counting our ill-fated, short mushy run up north on vacation). Having just … Continue reading →

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It’s Pip Day!

Posted on May 13, 2014 by mushbaby

The first dog I had as an adult was a retired racing greyhound named Desire. She was a really fantastic dog. When she died, my heart simply could not bear to get another greyhound and I started stalking Petfinder (the … Continue reading →

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