First day with the big beast, and it’s a good one, even though I’ve been awake since 4. About the big beast. He’s the tallest dog I’ve ever had. He’s 25 inches tall. He stood beside me and I couldn’t believe how tall he is. I worry he won’t fit on Tansy’s bed or in …
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Anything But Boring: Day 2
DOOOOOOOOOG DAAAAAAAAAAAY! No, I’m not excited at all. I have been awake since 4:30 this morning, partly because my body still thinks it’s on Eastern time and partly because I went to bed before 10. But thanks to Santa, I feel ready to rock! I’m starting to know my way around the room. I’ve started …
Anything But Boring: Day 1
So I made it! The first plane. I didn’t have any sleep because of this silly display’s technical oddities. Hopefully I won’t regret that. I got a sweet welcome email from the folks at Boring with an audio description of the room and the building. I hope I’ll have a chance to check it out. …
Anything But Boring: Day 0.5
So here we are. I’ll be in a cab headed to Oregon to get guide dog no. 4 in a couple of hours. It has been a long journey with a speedy end, but here I am, ready or not. And about the ready or not thing. Leading up to going, I had the most …
Anything But Boring: Day 0
I wrote this big post about my feelings about going to guide dog school and it’s all saved, but apparently this thing won’t let me paste from other apps into a browser edit field. You can paste between notepad and word processor but not between word processor and browser. Arg. So as soon as I …