Ollipop!

Okay I feel like my last few posts have been so preachy, so I apologize for that.  I often need to just get crap out of my brain and on to paper so it leaves my brain alone.  How about something funny and totally relatable to me right now?

I had a great week of lots of projects at work, three runs, and two work outs.  We also had another Saturday race, which I love because then Sunday is about resting and relaxing.  The ginger racer did an amazing job with two seconds in Heavy Honda out of three cars, and a third and a second in the feature in Heavy 160 out of 5 cars.  I am most proud of him for challenging the leader in 160, not backing down to the second-place car in the feature and passing and holding his ground against a very fast third place car.  These were all things we have really struggled with for years now.   I told my hubby it's super cool to see all of the skills we knew were in there coming out now.  

I did run on global running day, mainly for the badge.  Don't judge me.  It was hot and I thought I was going to die several times but got my three miles done.

I hate summer running and if you've been with me for any of the years I have been blogging, you know this.  #teamwinter is real. I think I may be done with long runs till fall.  Just the idea of running a long run in the heat and humidity makes me want to gag.  I will keep my small base and will bump to running 4 times a week on the weekends or weeks I can and call it good.  

I will end on this note:) Meet Ollie or Olliepop as we are calling her.  My friend contacted me a while back about a relative who was looking to rehome a puppy.  It's a long story, but she was not a good fit for the family and was terrorizing their elderly cat.  Of course, you know I love a good naughty dog, so I was more than eager to help out.  My intention was to post about her, as I still have tons of friends who do dog sports, and I felt like she was more than perfect for all of the dog sports.  Well, Tony took one look at her and fell in love.  He wanted her to join our pack and so here she is. The very next day, she got to go to the track and get lots and lots of love and attention.

We have some work to do.  She doesn't really know her name, so we may change it.  Her recall is not the best and she gets pretty amped up at seeing other dogs/some people.  She's as smart as a whip though and I have no doubt she will be easy to train.  She is tiny and cute and naughty and all the things I wanted in my next girl dog (basically a copy of stella).  I think she would make an amazing agility dog as well as a super awesome herding dog.  I want to get her around water because she also might like dock dog diving.  Tony and I are already planning some things we could do.  The future is bright with this one!

This wasn't planned and our dogs are certainly not happy, especially boom, but she is growing on them already and I think once boom lets loose, they will be fast friends.