A rainy first day

Siesta's first full day at home actually started with 2 car rides to the architecture school. One to drop Ty off to meet his studio professor, Leon Krier, and the second to pick him back up again. I can pretty much guarantee Seista was confused when she made the effort to come down the scary stairs, wait as I fumbled to get a sheet spread out over the back seat, and then sit quietly during the ride only to find herself back on the exact street she started. Not to mention, she was terribly concerned when Ty jumped out of the car at the intersection in front of his school. Not quite sure how well it's going to go when we both have to leave her on Monday to go to work. But as one of my soccer coaches used to say, "we'll jump off that bridge when we come to it."

While Ty did work at school in the middle of the day, we girls snoozed on the coach and watched TV. Siesta seemed to be very interested in all the dogs that passed by on the sidewalk below our front window. Luckily her head is just the right height to see out our windows. In between her voyeuristic episodes she snoozed away on her large fluffy bed.



Later in the evening when Ty was home we tried out leaving her alone for a short time to see if we could hear her cry from downstairs, but to our surprise she was happy to jump in her kennel and seemed to be fine with the scenario. She was happy to see us when we returned from our errand around the corner, but it made me feel better about the prospect of her having separation anxiety come Monday.



Our close friends, John Killar and Lynne Addison came over for dinner tonight to meet Seista. She was cordial and greeted them both with kisses and a gentle lean into their thighs. Everyone seems to be genuinely impressed with her beautiful markings and won over by her sweet disposition. She put on such a convincing show of relaxation during dinner that I became worried that Seista was dangerously lethargic and insisted that she wake up and interact with everyone.



Yes, I know I worry too much.

As it turns out she was just fine of course and while we watched a movie she went right back to snoozing on her bed in the middle of the room. She seems really happy to be here and we are so incredibly happy to have her too. Here is a picture of her snuggling while I blog.