It’s raining today. Although it’s been feeling like we completely missed Fall and dropped right into Winter, this rain is an autumn rain. It’s chilly outside, but the house is nice and warm. As soon as I left my bed, Claudius shot like a dart to the warm spot and snuggled himself down for the day. Unless something interesting happens in the kitchen.
Panda and Marcus have just finished their breakfast and both are fast asleep; one of the dog bed, one on the couch.
Marcus, our eldest dog, is really showing his age these last few months. It’s mostly his back legs. They get stiff and it’s harder for him to get up as smoothly as he used to. He’s more wary about the steps in the house, and the staircase down to the backyard. Of course, if there are evil birds invading our yard, all bets are off and he’s screaming down those stairs like a youngster.
One of Marcus’ favorite spots to sleep is our leather couch. He does pretty well in the morning in getting himself up there, but in the evening he can only get his front end up. If no one sees him, he squeak/whistles (an ear piercing, very soft sound) until either Richard or I gather up the back end (of course, the heaviest part!) and lift him. He’s thankful, though, and always licks the hand, or the face if its too close!
On another topic, I am beginning to awaken from my summer hibernation. No matter that the cold weather is coming early, mentally I’m stretching and cannot wait until the first snow comes down.
What I do find interesting is that all this socialising I’ve been doing (Facebook, Twitter, now LiveJournal) was begun several weeks ago. It just means my meds are doing the job. Without meds, I wouldn’t have my first bout of cold induced euphoria until the temperature really dropped.
Tis good, and so far today I actually feel like I’ve accomplished something.
