Apparently, I live in the suburbs

I've been too lazy to do it in the past. I could never convince myself to get up a little earlier to take our puppy for a walk in the morning before work. But I always see people out doing it and it looks like a good time. And now that hte summerheat is finally here, it is getting impossible to walk after dinner because it is so hot.

So this morning, up I got. It took the dog a while to figure out what was going on - she knew what the preparations were for, baggie, cookies, running shoes, leash - but she was disbelieving. Well, once she realized it was true, she was a little wild. Sorry hubby, I know you were sleeping. Off we went.

I don't think I have ever felt as fully as I did this morning that we live in the suburbs. It is 7 am and I must have passed about six people walking their dogs before work or school or wherever it is that kids go in the summertime. There definitely was a little boy walking the family dog and I am sure it must be one of his "chores" because he looked pretty miserable doing it! Actually, I am not sure I looked a lot different. It started out pretty cool outside and so I had worn pants and a light sweatshirt. Something I regretted after about ten seconds as it started to get humid out. I think I sweated more in 20 minutes than I have in the last week.

But the dog loved it. And she got to sniff new puppy friends. I wonder if we will see the same people tomorrow. I bet we do. We will be one of those suburban people, doing the same thing every day, passing the same people and the same dogs. I'm not sure I like the sounds of that but today was enjoyable. Almost worth losing sleep over. I will have to try it again.

First post...yay!

I want to practice blogging and I think the best way to do it is just to blog about my life, plain and simple. Hopefully I will get a feel for it and work on my writing and my style. I think it would be cool to be a professional blogger or at least to make some kind of money at it. Ha, however far down the road that may be, because really, who wants to read all about my life? It isn't that interesting. And I am definitely not a mommy blogger, which seems to be all the rage these days. Ugh, kids. Definitely not there yet. And I don't think I'd want to write about them all the time, after dealing with them all the time. But to each their own.

And so I start out with not a great post, but a post nontheless. Now the first one is out of the way and I can get to it. I think it is the hardest to get started.