Happy Gotcha Day (yesterday) Nemo! He came to live with us on January 17, 2021 when he was 2 years old. Now look at this spoiled brat pampered pooch.
We had a little vacation this week. Back in November a coworker and I decided that by January we’d want a long weekend. So we picked a random Friday to take off. Thursday is our normal weekday off. The husband, Nemo, and I booked a pet-friendly cabin at a state park in southern Ohio with the plan to lay around and read.
I didn’t even take any pictures so imagine that it looked like this but with a lot more snow.
We had a two bedroom cabin. The husband and I looked at the double bed in one room and the two sets of bunk beds in the other and both yelled, “Bunk beds!” We are children. We both got the bottom bunks. Nemo chose to sleep with me on the first night. I’m not smug about that at all. In the morning the husband leaned over and said, “I missed sleeping with you last night,” and kissed Nemo on the head. I punched him later for it when I worked up the energy.
Nemo was sort of freaked out by the whole cabin the woods vibe. There were sounds that were new to him. I ended up having to play a Calming Music for Dogs youtube channel for him the first night to get him to quit growling.
We laid around, read books, watched HGTV (our typical vacation TV watching), and went swimming.
It was a pretty chill few days off. I managed to read three books.
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