Dog Days of Summer

Today was one of those easy summer days you don’t get very often. There’s usually a list of things that need to be done. We went for a seven mile run in the morning but the rest of Saturday was all ours.

We met up with our son Jess’ girlfriend, Kirty Wernick and her new puppy Kenai. The puppy is growing up so quickly.

It was so great to see Kirty. It was like being with a part of our son. We met and thought she would only have time to chat for an hour or so. Instead we ended up sitting there for several hours. I guess being with us and us being with her reminded us of someone we all miss.

We are all so happy for him and know this is a huge step in his life but we miss him too. It’s nice to have people you care so much about that you miss them. It’s also nice to know our son has a girlfriend who loves him as much as we do.

Later, at the Oakway Barber Shop, my wife was looking for hair products and I struck up a conversation with three young men from Saudi Arabia. They are at the U of Oh studying English. We had a great talk and plan to get together for coffee or lunch or maybe have them over to our house for dinner soon.

This is Poppie, the new dog that frequents the home where Chip, my brother-in-law lives. We stopped by to see Chip and just sat around drinking Slurpee’s and holding the dog.

I love days like this when you have nothing big planned, you get your exercise out of the way early and spend the day dinking around with the one’s you love and meeting new people. Add a couple of dogs to the mix and you’ve got the perfect “Dog Days of summer.”

Now, let’s go grab some dinner. The day is not over yet.