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Boring? Me? Never.
Jan. 24th, 2021 07:51 pm I spent another day cuddling with Peggy on the sofa. She spent a good chunk of it blissed out, which was nice for both of us. We just chilled out, and now it's not even 8pm and I am in pajamas and in bed, ready to call it an early night before work tomorrow. Truly, my life is a wild rollercoaster of excitement. ;)
I am going to get her started on training again, and with that in mind I contacted her trainer today. He suggested that I leave her with him during the week while I'm at work and come get her on weekends, like a boarding school, and I am giving it some serious thought. With my 9-5 schedule I haven't been able to take her out for really long runs on weekdays the way I used to--mostly because I actually have been working more like 8-6--and while before I was able to take her out in the very early mornings it's now too dark to see if we go to our usual places for runs. If I leave her with her trainer she'll get to run free every single day and work on her training (obedience, recall, fetch, etc.), and then spend weekends with me. Part of me feels really guilty because I'm "supposed" to be taking her for runs every day and outsourcing it to someone else feels like a shortcut and laziness, but since I'm not likely to start working shorter hours and I want her to get the exercise and training she needs, this is a good solution for now.
A small but really neat opportunity fell into my lap today. A woman I met this summer who owns a farm about 45 minutes outside of Ottawa put out a call for someone to come help clear and plant some farmland on her property. It would be an exchange of labour for harvest, basically, and an opportunity for me to learn and practice skills I will need if I ever manage to get my own property (which is looking unlikely in the current market, but whatever). She's a farmer but she also gives workshops and teaches all sorts of skills (butchering, seed saving, all that jazz), so I am seizing the opportunity while it's there. This is a good way for me to do it, because having some external accountability will make me far more likely to get up off my butt on the weekends than if I were to, say, get a plot in a community garden. I am very bad at task initiation, especially when it is a "complex" task like "get up on time, get dressed, have breakfast, organize the pets, pull together your supplies, get in the car, go to the place, do the thing at the place" and the only person impacted is me. I have learned from experience that I often will stall out on that and just stay in my nice comfy house. Having a commitment to another person who will be depending on me to do this work is going to be a pretty good motivator, I think.
On that note, it is time for bed. More tomorrow. :)
I am going to get her started on training again, and with that in mind I contacted her trainer today. He suggested that I leave her with him during the week while I'm at work and come get her on weekends, like a boarding school, and I am giving it some serious thought. With my 9-5 schedule I haven't been able to take her out for really long runs on weekdays the way I used to--mostly because I actually have been working more like 8-6--and while before I was able to take her out in the very early mornings it's now too dark to see if we go to our usual places for runs. If I leave her with her trainer she'll get to run free every single day and work on her training (obedience, recall, fetch, etc.), and then spend weekends with me. Part of me feels really guilty because I'm "supposed" to be taking her for runs every day and outsourcing it to someone else feels like a shortcut and laziness, but since I'm not likely to start working shorter hours and I want her to get the exercise and training she needs, this is a good solution for now.
A small but really neat opportunity fell into my lap today. A woman I met this summer who owns a farm about 45 minutes outside of Ottawa put out a call for someone to come help clear and plant some farmland on her property. It would be an exchange of labour for harvest, basically, and an opportunity for me to learn and practice skills I will need if I ever manage to get my own property (which is looking unlikely in the current market, but whatever). She's a farmer but she also gives workshops and teaches all sorts of skills (butchering, seed saving, all that jazz), so I am seizing the opportunity while it's there. This is a good way for me to do it, because having some external accountability will make me far more likely to get up off my butt on the weekends than if I were to, say, get a plot in a community garden. I am very bad at task initiation, especially when it is a "complex" task like "get up on time, get dressed, have breakfast, organize the pets, pull together your supplies, get in the car, go to the place, do the thing at the place" and the only person impacted is me. I have learned from experience that I often will stall out on that and just stay in my nice comfy house. Having a commitment to another person who will be depending on me to do this work is going to be a pretty good motivator, I think.
On that note, it is time for bed. More tomorrow. :)
