Short Weekend

I somehow managed to pull off a double shift on my last night on this last week.  Technically speaking the OT shift fell in this week...  I have not worked an overnight shift in some time, and going into one of off my regular shift is a challenge.  Turns out, it went very well and I had no issues with feeling like I wanted to pass out, drooling on the desk.  Mercifully, 3 am came quickly, 6 am came more quickly and by 8 am I was ready to go home, but felt ok.  No horrible calls to deal with.  By this time I had been awake for about 25 hours.  Certainly not as easy as it was when I was in college 20 years ago, but all is ok.  I came home and slept for about four and one half hours and Mrs woke me as requested so I would not lose my day off completely.  It was a fairly relaxed weekend, save for the extra shift, but it was night time so not a major loss.

Monday was fairly relaxed.  We spent most of it at home after a night of clear, cold weather with temps in the single digits.  Winter is here, but it seems it will be a brief appearance.  I took the dogs for a walk this afternoon at a nearby wildlife reservation.  Harry really loves it here and spends a great deal of time pouncing and digging through the grass.  Up until recently I could only assume that he was after some type of mouse or vole nest.  The other day I was able to confirm this when he was digging through the grass near me and came up with a complete round nest.  It appeared to be empty of any little critters, thankfully.  I am SO hoping that the classes we will begin in February will help me and him get on the same wavelength.  He must come to me when I ask, no matter what he is doing.  At the moment I have to trick him by walking off the field n a path in the woods.  Here the path is narrow and I can grab his collar.  I am head over heels for this dog.

This is what he spends a lot of time doing.  Note the wagging tail!

Harry catching up as we leave him behind.

A good (but short) weekend all in all.