After their weekend dog-sitting, Lucy's "grandparents" were asked to comment on any adventures. Yes, it was me asking for stories for the blog. As mentioned in my last post, they said, "ah, not much," but I knew that there had to be some cute stories. Lucy's "grandpa" then wrote and sent me this email on Tuesday May 20th 2008:


Subject:

Lucy at the movies with Papi und Mami

Dear Marissa,

We have to share with you how Lucy watched a movie with us.

First you have to understand that after I came home from the office I played with Lucy by throwing the bar bell rubber toys for her to retrieve. When she did this several times I rewarded her with a small treat. We played for a half hour.

When we finished dinner and played the movie Lucy jumped onto the couch and sat snuggled between Mami and I..

Then half way thru the movie Lucy jumped off the couch and ran into the kitchen and brought to me one of the rubber bar bells and then ran into the kitchen quickly and brought me the second one. She immediately sat down by me and with her eyes asked for a treat. SHE IS A VERY INTELLIGENT dog anxious to please.

I hope you enjoyed the short story of Lucy and the movies.

With much love.

Mutti and Papi

First weekend without Lucy - Lucy at grandparent's

Tuesday May 20th 2008:
This past weekend was the first weekend I went away without Lucy. My parents "dog sat" and they were excited about it, as was Lucy. In Wilmington, I kept seeing dogs everywhere we went and I missed having Lucy with me. I kept thinking, "I wonder if Lucy would like this." Every dog I met, I wished Lucy were with us. I imagined her running full speed gracefully along the ocean's edge. *sigh*. In real life, she'd probably poop on the beach and not come when I called...but that's my problem as her owner not hers.

When we returned, I picked up Lucy and asked my parents about any Lucy adventures. "Oh, none," they said. But then I stayed for dinner and learned that Lucy had a few firsts:

1) First taste of watermelon
2) First taste of hamburger
3) First time she pulled out a watering rod from a garden & caused garden damage. My mom was good natured about it.
4) First time snuggling with them on the couch while they watched a movie

Lucy seemed very happy when I picked her up and that was nice. I think they wanted to keep her! *lol*

Today I took Lucy to work and at lunch, took her to the park with a lake for a short walk. I brought her up to the shoreline where there is sand and a mini-beach. She was so excited about the water. She crawled forward in a moment, then crawled backwards as the tide came in. She repeated many times. Then she scratched at the sand and then shoved her entire nose and face in it to test it out. Then she sneezed. She was so excited about the water and couldn't stop staring at the small waves. I wanted to let her off the leash to swim, but the water has mercury contamination and is not safe for swimming, plus I'm not sure she'd come when I called her out. Anyhow, that was my Lucy adventure this past week. I can't wait for more.