Me and My Pack of Dogs: 2nd Annual

Great news! Clark just went outside to eat like he normally would. I fed him about 2/3 of a can of food and he ate all but a few bites. Yea Clark!

This morning Chloe or Randi chewed off Chloe's shock collar. I'm going to have to have my mom help me sew a new collar and buckle on it. I know my mom has buckles because she made a special buckle for Max to do over and over and over and over.

Today we climbed Bell Mountain. It was me, Bill, Pete, EDub, Don with the Brick Driveway, Dean, Gene, Gene's son and Gene's grandson. Sara couldn't go, of course, because of her foot. Last year Sara, Bill and Gene climbed the mountain and I just walked to the base and back. Today's hike was long. It was hard. And Bell Mountain is damn high up. I did fine going up, but the first part coming back down was scary because it's so shaley (sp?). I thought, oh dear god don't let me fall down this mountain. It was a good thing I had my new shoes! They were my present from me for having walked over 600 miles in 2012. I used to like Gene, but I can't stand that guy any more. Just last week I said that guy, Gene, he's got good manners because he sent me a Christmas card and Saturday morning he called me to check on Sara. But that guy doesn't even have the decency to act his age. Today he was bounding over rocks and boulders with his son and grandson and finished probably twenty minutes before me, Bill and EDub. Geez. Also, when I tried to convince him he needed a St. Bernard Puppy ("Think of all the women you'd get, Gene!"), he just walked faster until he couldn't hear me any more.

I'm sore from my walk and so I will probably take a pain pill because tomorrow's a big day. Me and Max are going to go to our first Mommy (Auntie) and Me gymnastics class. I am very anxious about Auntie and Me gymnastics for these reasons:

Auntie and Me gymnastics takes place during hours which are sometime used for napping and which may produce a toddler who is not all that interested in gymnastics.
I don't have a leotard.
I don't know what kind of crazy gymnastics moves I'm going to be required to do.
The last time I did gymnastics was in the fourth grade and I broke my arm.

I'm just assuming that I'm going to have to take part in the gymnastics since it's Auntie and Me gymnastics, but who knows. Maybe they just have red solo cups full of gin for all of the Aunties to drink while they watch the little people do gymnastics. If they don't they should probably consider adding that as a feature.