We had a great weekend. I had a lot of misgivings about going away so soon after getting home, but I had already committed, and so I went for it. It was a lot of fun, and a true confidence builder!
On Friday, we went on a chartered bus with about twenty other people, and four other dogs. Posh acted just like she was on the plane, and slept through the whole trip. I wonder if she had any idea that we were actually a fairly long way from home! Same goes for the plane! I'm sure she has no idea that, for the first time in her life, she's a very, very long way from the ocean!
We had a roommate in the hotel room, who loved Posh a lot. Which meant that she had a fine time playing and acting altogether silly when we were in the room! But as soon as we left it, she became the fabulous guide that she is! She learned her way around the hotel the first night, and it was so easy to get wherever we needed to be.
The convention was good, with a lot of very interesting presentations. The emphasis was on Braille literacy, which is a great love of mine, so I enjoyed it a lot! Especially interesting was a talk on teaching Braille. I wish I'd heard it before I was doing that fulltime! I'll be working with a little girl on pre-Braille skills soon, so I'm now looking for great ideas about that. Good stuff!
She was equally good on the way home, but when we finally walked into the apartment, she went nuts! Ran from end to end about eight times and then started spinning in circles! I think it was her way of letting me know that she was glad to be home! And it really cemented the fact that this is home in her head. And in mine as well. I haven't lived here long enough that it isn't a bit new, although I have to say that having her around makes it seem a bit more like home. There's something to be said for living with someone. And she's a truly wonderful roommate! She doesn't even mind when I wake up at 4:30 in the morning.
Last night, we went to dinner at some friends' house. They have an Australian shepherd who is about a year older, and twenty pounds heavier than Posh. They had a fine time! It was so good to let her run and play in a really big yard. Fortunately, she's good, and doesn't eat things she shouldn't! No small accomplishment for a lab!
Not sure what's on the agenda for today, but we'll go somewhere. We need to have some good street crossings. Hopefully, it won't involve food! I will be strong! You read it here!
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