Leveling Up

I have Leveled Up several times in the “Achey-Breaky Body” game. I have dislocated a knee rolling over in bed and dislocated a hip by just laying there, unmoving.

And then there are those “rough patches” of clear, smooth, open floor. . . Dangerous when barefoot or in shoes that give good traction, ya know. Socks or smooth-soled slippers, dude. Less likely to trip over a stray cat hair.

And lest you think it’s all age-related, nope. Pretty much been this way my whole life, with the rare decade of well-coordinated, healthy, fit body wedged in.

Of course now, what with New Guy puppy* and all that, it’s fun working downfield past a VERY active Defensive Tackle; it’s challenging. . . *heh* (I dunno why he’s working so hard to take me down when he has rung his Doggy Door Bell to go out, but I guess that’s the game, eh? *heh*)


*At least, as a puppy, he needs about as much sleep as he does activity, so I do get a little bye on heading “downfield,” at times. 😉

More on New Guy

*huh* New Guy pup will be 5 months old come Sunday. Growing like a weed and into everything he can get to! Not so bad outside, but we are making him into an inside/outside dog, and, ya know that facial tissue ya missed the trashcan throw with? Yeh, it’s a race to pick it up before him. He has also found that my “Poang” ottoman is a great way for him to stay on top of my feet when I’m at the keyboard. *heh*

Still, as active as he is, he continues to have about an eighteen hour zonked out time every day (in bits and pieces, with eight hours—broken into a couple of four-hour chunks—in his “transition to crate” sleep area).

A few commands are working their way into his repertoire, but some behaviors (jumping on folks is worst) are only very, very slowly coming under control. Ah, but he’s a real people person/lover boy, and finds people to be MUCH more interesting than his toys. I expect he will be a zero as a watch dog, though. ¯\_(?)_/¯