While there have been no major disasters today, things haven’t gone quite as smoothly as I had hoped.
Freya is accompanying me on this trip to pick up Axel. She is a fairly good traveler and settles down pretty quickly in the van. She’s also pretty quick to settle down when crated at training or trials. I’ve never taken her to any out-of-town trials or seminars, though, so this is her first time staying in a motel with me. So far it has been kind of a pain.
Neither of us is very happy about the fact that pets-allowed rooms are also smoking rooms. Freya didn’t stop sniffing for so long I was afraid she was going to hyperventilate. I haven’t smoked in almost 20 years so I find the smell to be hugely noticeable. It kind of put both of us off our food.
Neither of us is very happy about the fact that we did not arrive in time to get a first-floor room. To make matters worse, both staircases to the second floor have open steps. Freya is not particularly fond of stairs and open steps are like a special kind of stair hell to her. And to me, since I practically had to drag her upstairs.
She has finally calmed down enough to watch TV and chew on a bone and allow me to type this. In about an hour, the stair portion of the bedtime potty break trip will be expedited with the most enticing food I have with me. Then we will both get a good night’s sleep. I hope!
(NaBloPoMo | January ’10: 30 of 31)