Tired

Last night and this morning, the power went out 2-3 times (that I know of). The first time, I was just on the edge of dreaming and waking when all the power went off. There was the sound of everything powering down and all the street lights and what not going off. Then the dogs freaked out. I think it happened two more times (I would wake hearing the beeps of various appliances coming back on) and the dogs would come to the bed to check on me/get comforted.

Walker (the husky/shepherd combo) wasn't afraid. I think he was more curious, putting his nose on the bed to ask what's going on? But Sophi gets nervous about things like that. With Nate gone, they are hovering around me all the time. I think it's a combination of things. They seem both more protective and needing more attention because their normal daily buddy is gone for a couple of days. Where is he? Where did he go? When is he coming back?

I've been walking them both simultaneously. This is not an easy thing, necessarily. Sophi is about 55 pounds and Walker (last time we checked ) is 66. I keep Walker on my right hand, though he has been behaving well. They do like to play with other dogs' poop and no one seems to scoop in Dallas so I have to pay attention.

I really like our neighborhood but there's one thing that sort of drives me crazy. Several of our neighbors just let their dogs out into the front yards without leashes or supervision. At least seven that I see regularly. Two have jumped out at my car either as I'm going to or from work. And naturally, it can make for some aggressive scenes if you're walking by with two dogs. That's my least favorite part of taking the dogs around the 'hood. The most annoying part of this non-leash thing is that two of the dogs come over in the morning to our house or the neighbor's house regularly and poop on our front yards. Did I mention no one scoops? I'm trying to figure out a neighborly way to deal with this. But it seems like an accepted thing in the neighborhood, so I don't know what the best course of action (if any) is.

And of course, my Mr. Nate is gone for a couple of days for work reasons. The house is quiet and it's hard to sleep anyway. Power pops and annoying dogs aren't helping.