Good news and bad news

The good news is that Matt gets to go see his Dad and stepmom out in Las Vegas on his way to a business trip in Denver. The bad news is that Matt is going out to Vegas and Denver for a little more than a week. The pup and I will miss him, especially those first few nights when Goliath will spend most of the evening looking for Matt out the bedroom window. He used to lay against my neck at night and whine when Matt was on a trip, but at least he has moved on to a silent vigil that does not involve choking.

So, in anticipation of the departure, we tried to make the most of last weekend. We started out by dogsitting for the neighbors which proved to be exhausting but fun. Goliath is never very happy when other dogs come into the house, but he seems to tolerate Echo and Missy. I let them all run around out back while I cleaned up the garden, and then they ran around the house while I made dinner. Even more running around as Matt and I watched some television, then Missy (in the middle) curled up with Matt when he went to bed. They eventually went home that night and we started Saturday with our one pooch.


Saturday morning was full of small trips. We went to the Ohio Theatre downtown to watch a Daffy Duck cartoon festival. The picture at the top is one I took from the upper balcony. If you have never been to the Ohio, I recommend the trip. It is a beautiful old theater and Matt and I enjoy going there every chance we get. Next was the farmer's stands at the North Market where I was on a quest for okra. Matt also picked up several ears of corn and fresh lima beans. Yum! Our last stop was the Book Loft in German Village to find some diabetes cookbooks to send to my sister-in-law Brenda. I wrote in my last entry about my 6-year-old nephew Andrew's diagnosis of type 1 juvenile diabetes. We received a message recently that his parents are going to be participating in the 2006 Walk to Cure Diabetes. Mark has a web site established for walk donations at: http://walk.jdrf.org/walker.cfm?id=86414436

That was the extent of our fun-filled weekend. We spent the rest of the time doing laundry and cleaning. And now tomorrow Matt takes-off in the morning to head out west. He is not to happy about the no liquid rule, but at least they will serve him drinks on the plane.