Silver is doing well. Here's a couple pictures I snapped last night, of Rosie cuddling up with him. She love him so much, it's hilarious. He always cleans her ears and head when she gets close to him.
He really is such a good boy that I have to remind myself he's only 6 months old, and that he will be getting even better as he gets older. He's rambunctious, of course (puppy!), and so very social. I've never had any dog who loves other dogs and people as much as he does. I'm sure he'd love nothing more than if I were to get a second dog. Some days, I even consider it, as the two would keep each other happily occupied and, more importantly, worn out. But... I had two dogs for many years, and it was a handful and I'm not sure I want to go there again. Besides, we have a nice predictable routine right now. Up at 6, breakfast and play in the back yard awhile. Take a 1-3 mile walk about 6:45. I start work at 8 am, and he goes to sleep, and he literally stays asleep until somewhere between 3 and 4 pm. I mean, come on, how perfect is that? He's a Husky! And he's okay with sleeping all day! I usually take him out around 1 pm to go to the bathroom, but he comes back in and goes back to sleep. It means I can actually do my job without any interruptions. Then, after 5 pm, we go play some more, and right now I have to wait until abut 7:30 or later, when we can finally go for our evening walk (and sometimes it's still too hot). Then I go to my sister's for dinner, and he crashes out again until bedtime.
There's only one problem with this. I'm an ISTP and I hate doing the same thing every day. It's like a soul-eating torture. So it's like this blissful, easy way to know what Silver is going to do at any point in the day... while I secretly chafe and stress over the fact that it's so easy and I should really appreciate this but I really want to do something else in the middle of that schedule. Ah well, I knew when I got him that I'd be giving up one kind of freedom, so I my complaints are really just to vent and then feel better. The dog comes first.
I got back last week from attending the 50th Anniversary Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, with my sister and my best friend, Hamlette, who has very awesomely posted reports on each day of our activities on her blog, complete with lots of pictures and (as always) more details than I can recall! It was an absolutely, ridiculously fabulous time with my two favorite people in the whole world. Wouldn't trade those few days for anything.
Here's one picture: me with a gentleman cosplaying my favorite Star Trek series guest character, Captain Merik, from Bread and Circuses, which is my favorite original Star Trek episode. I had to get a pic with him! It was my first time cosplaying anywhere, and it was way more fun than I realized it would be.
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