Monday Night and Tuesday Morning

Monday was very windy in New York and it rained most of the day.  It was warm, getting up to about 55 degrees in the city.  Once the rain ended, it was a beautiful evening - no wind, clear skies, temperatures still in the 50's.  Great for January.

Marley and I went out about 7, but it was still very wet out, so we didn't stay out long.  Things dried out pretty well in the next hour.  We went out again about 8:10 and stayed out a full hour.  We walked around the block four times, going up and down too many flights of stairs to count.  We jogged a bit.  A few times, Marley just sat and watched the neighborhood for 5 or 10 minutes.  When he saw a dog he liked, we followed, at a distance.  Most of the dogs we saw were too small for Marley to play with much, and we didn't see any big dogs that wanted to play.  We enjoyed our time outdoors and got our exercise.  Marley fell asleep about 10.

The alarm rang at 6:30 this morning and I got up right away.  I patted Marley once on the way out of the bedroom and he lay content on his little bed.  After showering I came back into the bedroom.  Then it was all pets and dog kisses for a minute.  When I moved away, Marley went to sit at Debbie's side of the bed.  He gave her a kiss and she got up.

Debbie went to get the coffee while I was making breakfast.  Marley gets a bone that I stuff with a slice of American cheese in addition to a bowl of wet kibble.  Debbie took Marley out while I finished eating my breakfast.  On the way to the bus, I saw Debbie with Marley.  He looked right at me, as if to say "where are you going, Daddy?", and I waved goodbye.  I'll be back about 6:30 tonight and we'll have another nice evening.