Audrey made some friends

I took Audrey to Matt and Natalie's house to play with their cute beagles. Matt and Natalie have two beagles, Lola and Watts, and are currently fostering another beagle, Fat Stella. Audrey hasn't had a play date since late April, so I was a little nervous about how she'd react to the dogs. After a few cautious butt-sniffs, they got along very well! She got to run free in a yard which I greatly appreciated. Then indoors they all went wild chasing eachother around the living room. It was loud and doggylicious. I was amazed at Audrey's good play skills. She used to never be the submissive one in play, but she was doing very well taking turns being dominant and submissive today. I've never seen her lay on her back during play and not freak out. She even let Matt pet her belly! I was so proud of my Audrey. And it made her pretty tired too, she passed out in the car on the way home and has been pretty tame since. However, I think the apartment just stresses her out. The first floor provides too much foot traffic for her to freak out on. This is another reason I have to move - it seems as if the apartment lends itself to making audrey nuts. She's definitely tired, but still feels compelled to bark like mad at anything that passes by. This is good to know - that its not lack of exercise that is making her overly barky.

Anyway, I hope the dogs get to play again as it seemed to be a good deal for all involved.

In non-dog news, I went to my kick-off meeting for the running program and got my workout schedule. Starts tomorrow, so I'm pretty excited. I could have done a bit today but had a raging sinus headache (and hangover) that prevented any activity.

I think I'm going to cut off booze as part of the running/getting in shape thing thats going on these next 10 weeks. Alcohol has been acting as a major day-after depressant for me and that isn't helping my already depressed state. Plus it isn't helping my gut. So other than a few glasses of wine on the weekend, I'm done until the running is over. Consider this Autumn of Detox. I'd appreciate some support in the form of simply not egging me on to get drunk. My mental and physical state will thank you (and me) later.