A few weeks ago I was offered an incredible opportunity to take a trip with friends. It was to a country I had been scheduled to go to last year but had to cancel last minute so it was all the more exciting for that reason.
But of course, I have dogs, which makes traveling more challenging. On the plus side, my next door neighbor runs a kennel at her home.
I went on their website to look and see if she had openings for my pups for the trip. It was then that I realized that the trip was a four week trip, not a three week trip like I was thinking. Three weeks is more than I want to be away myself, much less four weeks with the dogs kenneled so I ended up passing on the trip.
BUT, I accidentally clicked on something while on the neighbor's website, which started an email exchange between me and my neighbor. I ended up scheduling a "meet and wag" with the new addition to my family, Benji.
From there, I scheduled a couple of "overnight" visits for the boys (they weren't staying overnight though - I wanted "daycare" but her program had no openings and overnight bookings were the only way they could get daycare play time).
Then she had an opening come up in the daycare program so I took the slot. Having a set schedule that the boys go out to play with others, I decided to make plans for those days. I would get things done that are harder to do with them underfoot, right? I could be out all day and not worry what might be happening at home (Benji was a little more aggressive towards Oreo than I would have liked when he first got here - he's calmed down in that regard though so it's all good now).
So, it's been four or five weeks now that they've been going to the neighbor's and the boys come home exhausted, so it's a quiet evening. Which is a good thing because getting things done is exhausting too! But the good news it, at least one night a week, we all sleep really well! :)
