Getting Adjusted

We are settling in to our new home! We still don't have furniture, but that's ok. Mama said this happens when you move long distance, that your movers take a while. I have my bed and my crate, and Mama and Papa have a new mattress, so we are managing! Mama also got a washer and a dryer so the clothes they brought can be clean. Mama is very excited about the washer and dryer, but I don't know why. Mama is silly. I like the new washer and dryer, though-- they play a song when they're finished washing and drying, and I can run and get Mama and tell her to empty them. I like helping Mama.

We have had a nice few days here so far. Mama and Papa have gone shopping and bought a lot of things! Mama says that's what happens when you move. I also got a bath because I was stinky from the farm and all the traveling. I got my bath at a rescue fundraiser! Here's me being washed by the nice lady. I hated it at first because I knew she was gonna get me wet and I don't like water very much, but she was very nice and gave me kisses and rubbed my butt a lot. I am clean now, but I like to roll on the grass in my new backyard, so Mama says I won't be clean for very long.

Mama is now working from home. She says that means I get to spend all day with her! I love that! Because we don't have chairs, Mama did some work on the porch (our new landlords left rocking chairs and a porch swing, and Mama likes those) and I sat and guarded her.

I also helped her organize her notes, and I'm making sure Papa doesn't steal her pens.

Working from home can be very tiring, so I take naps in between projects.

This afternoon, Mama had a phone call with her boss and then decided to go outside. I went too! This is me in my new front yard. I like to lie in the huuuuuuge sunny spot and watch the world go by. It is very nice.

The world here is different from Harlem. Mama takes me out in the mornings, but we don't see other doggies or humans. Sometimes we do, but not as many as we used to in Morningside Park. Today we walked into the park near our house and I got sniffed by three off-leash doggies who were very nice. There are also rules about where I can pee and poop-- I wanted to pee on a nice mowed lawn and Mama said I couldn't. That's weird, but I listen to Mama.

In the afternoons, Mama and Papa take me walking together! I love family walk. It was very hot today, so we didn't go very far, but we walk around the neighborhood and look at all the nice houses and say hi to the nice people who walk by. Everybody here is very nice. I have met Mr. Tom the cable guy and Mr. Rodney from Sears and I helped the mattress men deliver Mama and Papa's new bed. They all liked me and give me butt rubs. Everybody in North Carolina has a doggy, but mostly their doggies stay in their backyards. But I'll start daycare soon and meet some doggies to hang out with! In the meantime, I enjoy my new yards-- I have a front yard AND a backyard, and I like to just roll and roll and roll. It is so fun. Now I'm going back out to the yard again so I can lie in the sun some more.