I've been meaning to do another post for awhile, and then, puppy. This is going to be a long one. While Bosun is a joy to have, in terms of sleep he is like a newborn, and during the day he is like a toddler. He is taking a ton of energy right now. It will be worth it in the end, as the more we do when he is younger the easier he will be to manage as he gets older. He is just so smart! We are definitely going to have to be firm or he will take advantage of us. He is doing well with the potty training, not loving crate training, and settling in to our routine a little. Peter and I just need to get that routine down a bit more now.
We really enjoyed the rest of our vacation in Maine. We were able to relax, get to know Bosun, get Stella used to and even a little excited about him, and by the last few days we had even figured out how to get a little bit done. We brought some board games with us thinking that we usually have all this free time at night - didn't work out so well. But we really loved the new (to them) house Patty and Jay bought, and are looking forward to going back for years.
We started our drive back on a Thursday, and Bosun did well on my lap or in the wheelwell at my feet. Our first night we stayed outside Boston. We did a park meetup with my friend Mickey and her son Forest, and with Matt and Colleen and their dog Josie. It was so good to see them! That night, after feeding the pups, we met up with Sylvi and Vinay and had a masked tour of their now house. We figured that since they haven't moved in yet, there wouldn't be much of anything for Bosun to get into. But in true puppy style, he still found ways to be mischievious. We had a really nice time with them.
The next day we left quite early and stopped in East Greenwich RI at my friend/old coworker Matt's house. His two youngest daughters were still around, and we had a visit with the pets outside. The twins had wanted to start a dog walking club pre-covid, so they LOVED getting to walk and play with both dogs. We had a nice time, and the pups went straight to sleep in the car. We then drove another hour and a half until we get to Guilford CT, where we checked out Peter's Aunt Jeannie's studio. It was really fun to see, and she let me pick out something for my birthday. I got a gorgeous pair of earrning and bought the matching necklace so now I have a set. Then we headed down to NYC and stopped in Harlem to have a stoop visit with Brogiin. Unfortunatley, her son was napping so we didn't get to meet him, but it was so nice to see her.
That night we were supposed to stay at another Airbnb, but despite it being a "whole guest suite" there was no door to the hosts living space, and it was hard to wrangle the pets. Peter went to grab us dinner and when he got back, the hosts had a family with kids over and they were all just hanging out downstairs. We decided we weren't really comfortable, and that we were only 5 hours or so from home. We reloaded the car and got home aroudn 2:30am. It was a long day, but nice to be home.
We had two low key days at home, including my birthday that Sunday. We got cupcakes and take out so we had a nice dinner, but otherwise it was laundry, trying to do more pupppy proofing, and just enjoying being home.
This past week we have gotten into more of a routine. Bosun has not been as happy in the crate here, so we are trying a new method to get him to sleep and like the crate better. We have learned that Bosun has a stubborn personality, so its giving us more motivation to really train him right. He had a good vet visit, and today we start puppy socialization classes. This week we were able to get him on a food schedule, mostly on a schedule for going outside, and if we get him and stella to play in the morning and during lunch time, he is usually good to just sleep under my desk while I work. Puppies are a lot of work!
He has been a good distraction from thinking about last year too much, but I still find myself getting comtemplative. Last year, this weekend was super stressful as we were prepping for me to go into the hospital to go on IV meds until they found me a heart. This year, we've had a much less stressful time. We went for a long walk with the pups and spent a bunch of time outside, and even had an indoor kn95 board game night with vaccinated friend.
I'm so grateful to Amanda, Cindy and family, Leah, and Brenda, who all came overa year ago and helped to get the house clean, prepped meals for me for post surgery, etc. It was so, so appreciated. Last year in the afternoon we got the call they had a heart for me, and I remember how nervous and scared and excited we were going in. I now know that that heart didn't work, and my trying to ignore this virus called "covid" that was starting to be in the news because I didn't want to be too stressed didn't work for long.
There are a lot of ways I'm feeling now, and I'm sitting in the complex emotions and just allowing myself to remember that vulnerability. Its different being on this side of transplant and knowing so much more, but its also easy to remember a lot of the emotions from then.
This also means that the world is about a year into covid and restrictions. I doubt many of us thought it would go on so long back then. I'm hopeful about more people getting vaccinated soon, and going from there. Peter meets the current classification due to his job, and has an appointment this afternoon for dose 1! Really excited he will also be fully vaccinated soon. Over that happens, we may be able to form a pod with other vaccinated friends. Please be safe, wear your mask, and when you get the opportunity, get your vaccine! I want to come see you all soon.
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