Lazy Days!

Not a lot happening the last few days- mostly training on the Bellerive’s trail (since we decided not to go to a race in Maine) cause they had just started putting the trail in on Monday (and those of you who know about trails, know that usually doesn’t mean a very packed trail). So Lou is off to visit his wife and family in Ottawa and Bellerives had things they needed to do with a free weekend without a race, so Randy and I spent some lazy days with good books and movies (borrowed from Lou) plus I have been feeling kind of “flu-y” since last Friday, so the break was good for me. Almost back to my “normal self” today. We have had one dog with diarrhea for the same period of time and got him some Imodium from Melanie yesterday – so maybe I have had a “dog flu”!!!
We were supposed to have the Bellerive family up here to the sugar shack for dinner tonite but as I explained I wasn’t feeling too chipper yesterday, they immediately told me to postpone – so I have all the fixin’s for chili, garlic bread, hot fudge sundaes (with homemade sauce) but it maybe won’t be until Tuesday.
I have also been a bit busy with “real work”- got assigned a case from the job with Morningstar Health and know that it can be done easily with the phone and computer set-up I have.
Funny thing happened yesterday when we were at the drug store in town trying to find some Immodium- a French speaking couple stopped me in the parking lot and asked me if I could tell them how to get to Trois Rivieres – so here you have the American telling 2 Quebec people directions!!!!! I even think they understood me!!
We also have had a real problem with too many females in heat!!!! We have 5 of them tied up at the back of the truck together but it still raises havoc with all the males that want to break their chains and get back there!! While we were free-dropping the dogs the last time, the female most in-season, was up in her box on the second level, and my leader, Spiff, did everything except crawl up the side of the truck trying to get to her!! It was kind of like a “doggy Romeo and Juliet” except he was very loud about his wishes and frustration!!! I wanted to come in and get the camera but the last time I did that while they were loose, 3 dogs sneaked into the house and made a mess tipping over buckets of dog food!!!