Some Random Thoughts

I am enjoying myself this evening in Charleston (I still miss my wife and being at home). I'm sitting on the couch in the downstairs "apartment" of my friend's house, sipping an ice cold beer and watching the Braves game. This has been a great baseball season for the NL East and the wild card race for the NL. It secretly gives me hope for the NHL, who totally fucked their fan base with the strike - baseball had an ugly one a few years back and it took a while to get the fans back. I love hockey but will not watch a game this year on principle alone.

My dogs are psycho. They are actually getting along better than last week but...the fights that they do have are fewer in number but greater in intensity. They went all day yesterday without a fight, just some growling and posturing. Then last night they went into a full fledged, "stallion-like", standing on back legs fight! It was awful. Teeth were bared and snapping. The ironic thing was that Cinnamon, the "bitchy" dog was trying to be friendly and "laid-back" Lily went ballistic on Cinnamon and tried to rip her face off. Well, Cinnamon couldn't back down (being Alpha in her mind) so they fought. I sent them to their respective corners of the house and all was well. So far...

I am looking forward to the couples "class" that Jen and I are facilitating this Friday. We have some young couples who attended a Marriage Conference and started some conflict soon after - it was the first time for some of them to deal with "real" issues. I hope to help them with communicating and avoiding the bullshit as they negotiate life together. Fun!

Well, the Braves game is almost over and it will be bedtime for me. Up at 5 am and into the office early - 6ish - to do it all over again.

WH