And Glamis Castle Gets Her First Play Date in Stratford with a Couple of Bovines (aka Bull Terriers)

Knowing my older sister was right, "Glamis will have major withdrawal from all the dogs she's been playing with. She'll need more company," I set up a play date with Mae and Jake, Pam's dogs, so that we could test how they are with one another before I babysit them later this semester when Pam goes to a wedding.

This photo is rather unrealistic. Why? Because they were a constant blur of motion from the second they arrived until they left for Monroe. Mae and Glamis became Cagney and Lacey, Laverne & Shirley, and the Williams sisters (tennis pros) while Jake tried to figure out what to do with his big 'doobie-doo' head, neck and body. He makes all sorts of noise and is intimidating because he's a big galoot.

Yet, Glamis was the instigator. She picked races, hid where she couldn't be caught, and never got a second away from her game plan. The imp was totally her.

Meanwhile, we celebrated Kaitlyn's birthday a week early, ate barbecue, and had a great summer night before back-to-school shopping with Chitunga and filling up his office with paper materials he'll need to achieve in his classes.

Ah, but today I lead a workshop for 140 teachers in Trumbull: two sessions, one for grades K-2, and one for grades 3-5. I'm looking forward to it, although the 6 a.m. wakeup call has been a bit alarming. I got this!