I’m such a good friend. My friend Michael was working at a Home and Garden show today so he asked me to watch his boyfriend’s dog so that he (the boyfriend) could go with him to the show. I said sure. So they dropped Flannon off at about 9:30 this morning and he’s been visiting with me ever since. As you can see from the pictures, he’s a very cute dog. He’s very well behaved and doesn’t shed much hair at all. For the first 20 minutes or so, Flannon sat at my front door waiting for his daddy to come and get him. He cried a little bit but nothing major. He got over it and came into my computer room and sat with me while I did work on the computer. I have floor to ceiling windows so I opened the blinds and he sat at the window looking out seven floors up. He has spent most of the day in that spot. It will be getting dark soon so he won’t be able to see much. I wonder if he’ll keep looking out in the dark. We’ll see. I’ve taken him out 3 times today for walks and bathroom breaks. He only ate a little bit this morning but twice he’s had little doggie poops. I was a very good dog walker and took my little plastic bags and picked up the poop when he was finished. I can’t say others who were there before me did the same. In our dog walk area there is poop all over the place. You have to be careful where you step! This afternoon I laid down on the couch to watch TV and to take a nap. Flannon jumped up on the couch and laid on my chest and licked my face before taking a little nap right on my chest. It was so cute. I wish I had someone here to take a picture of it. He stayed on my chest and I fell asleep for a good 20 minutes before the phone rang and woke us both up. It was very sweet. I’ll have him until about 9:00 tonight. I figured this was a good test to see if I could handle having a dog in a highrise. At this point in the adventure, I’m not sure I’d have a dog in a highrise. It’s kind of a pain to get him downstairs and out the door to do his business. And I’d hate to have to do it when it’s snowing or raining. That would really suck. So I’ve decided I won’t be getting a dog until I live in a house with a yard. I know I won’t get a cat either. I can’t stand the cat hair. I know lots of people who have cats and love them. I love them too. . . as long as they don’t live in my house. So Flannon has shown me that I’m not a “dog in a highrise” kinda guy.

On another note, the Oscars are on tonight! Yeah, I’m glad I took a nap so that I can stay up to the end of the show. I also downloaded my ballet so that I could guess the winners. I’ll keep track during the show to see how many predictions I get correct. I usually do pretty well. Each year though, I see less and less of the nominated movies. This year I’ve only seen two of the movies. I’ve got to get out more and see movies! I’ll let you know tomorrow how my predictions went.

Happy Leap Day!