As I mentioned in the last post (here) this past Friday & Saturday were spent holding a retreat at my house with my BFF. We were talking goals, both professional and business, for 2013 and well beyond.
It was serious stuff with some fun mixed in. However I have two dogs and while I love my dogs they are a big distraction. I decided to ask a friend to take them for 36 hours. She is a kind soul and agreed. She also has a dog, Trixie, who I watch on occasion. The 3 dogs get along great and have a good time together.
Friday morning I dropped the dogs off at her house and returned to mine. It was a odd thing. Typically I am leaving to go out of town not returning to an empty house.
I feel a little guilty admitting that I rather liked the quiet. I liked that the house stayed clean. I liked that I was able to sleep the whole night without interruption. I liked that I was able to leave the house for lengths of time without thinking about dinner time.
My BFF and I worked hard over those two day and I really didn't miss the puppers.
Within 5 minutes of waving goodbye as she drove off toward home I got into my car and picked up my dogs. There are pros and cons to having 4 legged friends but for right now I am good with the pros.
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This post was written as one of the exercises I set up during the retreat. We were not allowed to get out of our respective beds Saturday morning until a blog post was written. Notice I kept mine pretty darn short ;)
It was serious stuff with some fun mixed in. However I have two dogs and while I love my dogs they are a big distraction. I decided to ask a friend to take them for 36 hours. She is a kind soul and agreed. She also has a dog, Trixie, who I watch on occasion. The 3 dogs get along great and have a good time together.
Friday morning I dropped the dogs off at her house and returned to mine. It was a odd thing. Typically I am leaving to go out of town not returning to an empty house.
I feel a little guilty admitting that I rather liked the quiet. I liked that the house stayed clean. I liked that I was able to sleep the whole night without interruption. I liked that I was able to leave the house for lengths of time without thinking about dinner time.
My BFF and I worked hard over those two day and I really didn't miss the puppers.
Within 5 minutes of waving goodbye as she drove off toward home I got into my car and picked up my dogs. There are pros and cons to having 4 legged friends but for right now I am good with the pros.
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This post was written as one of the exercises I set up during the retreat. We were not allowed to get out of our respective beds Saturday morning until a blog post was written. Notice I kept mine pretty darn short ;)
