We’ve been back a week and it has been a highly productive week I think. Especially when you consider how endemic our ‘holiday mode’ has been. For the first time ever in returning from overseas I have thwarted the insidious jetlag insomnia I always have. In bed at 10pm up at 6am everyday without fail and no ‘nana naps’ appears to have convinced our body clocks that we did not actually jump forward into the future and skip a whole day.
I love my family to pieces but I have to say the new addition to the family has been the most exciting part of being home.

Meet Colt aka Winpara Weapon of Choice (his fancy pedigree name)

4.5 months old and settled into the Tim and Simone home like he’s always been here. Robyn snapped a couple of pics before he left all freshly bathed and everything..

He’s got a nice set of legs on him that seem to work very well in the vertical leap department. He comes with his own complete lack of self preservation when it comes to launching himself up and over things. It’s entertaining and mildly terrifying at the same time. A healthy mix of adrenaline and whatever chemical is released during laughter.
We’ve introduced the clicker and he’s catching on fast.
He shakes “hands”.

Is working on his sit.

Figuring out his “core balance” 😉

Nearly there…

TADAAA!


Is getting the idea of “down”.

Loves his Nana Spryte.

Spryte has a pretty constant expression of resignation at this point.

Was quick to decide that the mat was his place to enjoy his first Sheep’s ear.

It was a big day for him, first day home.

He’s gone to training and met several other Borders and a Toller and a Labrador and on our walks has introduced himself to Dennis the JRT and also met a snuffly geriatric spaniel with whom he was nothing but respectful with. Cypher is being worn down with an inexorable relentlessness by his charmingly amusing yet still very respectful ways. The girls are all “whatever” and if they could roll their eyes I think they would. I caught Savvy romping with him for five seconds before she saw me looking and tried to pretend she would never be caught playing with such a baby.

I’ve gone back to the gym this week which was a mixed bag of depressed tangible evidence of how much fitness and strength is lacking and the usual endorphin feeling of wellness once you’ve worked hard till muscles feel like jelly and there is literal dripping of sweat. I wanted to take up a Yoga class once a week but will have to look elsewhere as my gym is discontinuing Yoga classes. The dogs have all been ecstatic to go back to training – I thought for a second there Savvy might actually burst out of her skin she was that keen, and I am very eager to start working through my List of Skills I need to acquire (both on their part and my part). Daisy is here in about 4 weeks and I feel quite confident she will definitely be pinpointing all the weak spots (much like my trainer making me do BURPEES my first day back) and getting a response.

Club memberships have been renewed and entries have been written out and a start has been made on the whole decluttering and culling of office and clothes no longer worn. I love my tee shirts but there really needs to be a limit. This link here has a less than virtuous name but the principle is the same. I like it.

Priority one over the next week – air con maintenance. 100F degrees and humidity makes for one hot house.