June 13: The Other Human
I woke up Joan at 7:10 AM - that's my time to get up! Today she leashed me up and we went running. There were lots of new things to smell but Joan realized that there is a danger to us going running or hiking here - it is something called "poison oak." Of course, do you think Joan is worried about me? No, the poison oak won't hurt me, but it can touch me and my fur and then if Joan or someone else pets my fur, they can get this itchy rash from poison oak. I guess this poison oak grows like a weed around here. Shucks-I bet she's not going to let me off leash anytime soon. We had a nice run and returned to the back patio to find - another human! It was Joan's mom who I also remember from visiting me in Minnesota. (I did not eat her cookie from the countertop.) I had just rolled around on someone's wet lawn and she was in her bathrobe so you can imagine that she wasn't super into petting me, but I tried my best to get over to her.
Besides our run, today was not super exciting because Joan was doing what her goal is for this trip: relaxing. She was reading a book in the backyard and then napping (thus, I napped too). Later on, she left with her mom, and when they returned, I was outside with her dad for cocktail hour, which I guess is a time for the humans to drink and eat on the patio while I watch. But, as long as I get to be there, I'm happy.
