Wednesday after a high confinement Tuesday

 

Home repair #2 from Tuesday.  This was Nate's solution.  He cut out the concrete to access and find the leak.  Turned out to be a plugged drain.  

He went and got the parts, came back, and finished it all off with a river rock, instead of concrete top layer.  Why?  Because if anything under there ever needs to be repaired again, they won't have to cut their way to it!  Less cost, easier maintenance.

Risk?  Ember digs and chews on rocks.  Wednesday in the pre-dawn, she did just that.

The remainder of the week is going to be interesting, too.  Wednesday supper will be a family thing at a China Buffet.  Seems the foster kiddo likes ALL food, and he was given a choice of three places for this "family special dinner".  He chose the Chinese one, over pizza place or steakhouse.

He has expressed interest in eating crab and shrimp!  And ice cream.  It will be "the pandemic five" plus the kiddo.  I'm looking forward to it, but it depends on Ember having a fairly good day and "bedding down" at the usual time.

Wednesday report 

The pre-dawn hours constitute Ember and my worst challenge.  Pick which human things will be sacrificed to the adolescent puppy.

A swim flipper I never used?

A snorkel tube she began gnawing over the weekend?

Perhaps she will chew on a chew stick she rejected a few days ago? She did.

During puppy nap #1 I went grocery shopping, and I reorganized the entrance to what used to be my son's basement bedroom.  This because she "broke in" to it before her puppy nap, which is how she got hold of the swim flipper.

We had a nice leash walk between the puppy naps.  After puppy nap #2, we did a little sunning on the deck.

During puppy nap #2, I dozed a little bit myself.  I also called the irrigation folks, as the sprinklers didn't go on this morning at 4 a.m. even though I had re-activated the automation.  Turns out the outside controls were half on, half off, after Nate's repairs.  I wanted to call to be sure the repair was complete, and it was OK to turn it back on.

When I got up from my nap and Ember and I went outside, I found it had been turned on.  He must have stopped over while I napped.

Alicia had begged off our sister visit, so I fed Ember early.  She seemed hungry to me, and sure enough, she licked the bowl clean, kibble and toppers all.

Ember seemed kind of sleepy after her early supper, and I tucked her in before Jeopardy started.  I came upstairs and took a shower before heading out for the family dinner thing.

The dinner was lovely, the food was great, the respite care child is a sweetheart, very quiet, yet responsive to questions, like what grade he's in (Kindergarten) and what his favorite parts of school are (the special classes like art, music, science).  He had learned names of some of Carl's dog-park friends.  When DIL talked about one of her friends at work, the youngster commented that he had a friend in his last school with the same name.  

When I got home I quickly changed tops and shoes to something not as likely to trigger Ember, and took her out for "last call".  No fooling a dog's nose, though... she was VERY interested in all the smells on me!  Still, she's tucked back in now.  

Onward to the Thursday adventures at the eye doctor.  I filled out the paperwork today, and noted that they recommended bringing a driver, due to dilation potential of the visit.  So my older sis will drive me.

Life is good.  Spark on!