A day in the life....

My van is a literal jungle gym. Drives my husband nuts! but when you drive 45 miles one way to work three days a week, I make accommodation's against boredom. Boredom is destructive after all. It is amazing that when Chance was smaller he used to ride on my shoulder, and watch. Only in the big city did we stop traffic..... not in the smaller city we live in - go figure.

Chance has friends at most of the Drive Thru's in town, they eagerly await his visits with dumdum suckers! (bribery) now that he is bigger, and can leap seats in a single bound - - he has to ride in a restraint. Not his favorite thing to do, but he hugs his "baby" (stuffed animal) and looks out the window as I drive. He knows when we are getting close to home. And smiles when he hears the dogs bark.

Chance also like to chew pens. Sometimes he will write... but most times he ends up covered in ink because he pulled the ball out. Once we had a medical emergency because he got a piece /shard of plastic stuck in his gum and it got infected, which required a couple long trips to the vet ( over 150 miles away). Purple Vyvance pen is his personal preference. Also envelopes... he knows the sound of the letter opener and he is at full attention!! waiting for the envelope's to shred. Our own personal shredder!! Give him a piece of mail and he will remove the contents, and play with that envelope for 30 minutes!!! its the craziest thing to watch, once i figure out the new video camera, I'll post clips.

Amazingly, and interestingly Chance is very drawn to silky soft textures. He has favorite blankets, and "babies", all of a very lush texture. Sometimes when he is tired, I will feel his hand on my chest, just wanting to touch skin.

I field a lot of questions daily regarding Chance. Peoples reactions all vary. Sure everyone is curious, but those willing to accept his affection meets with mixed emotions. For those in Chance's favor, get the benefit of his animal affection. Chance likes to hug and kiss those special people. He really hugs, hands and arms around the neck, and his kisses are more like licks, but the expression of love is just the same.

For the record Chance is a very clean, well kept member of our family. He gets three baths a day (that's how we do diaper changes). But he does his own grooming. That is what all his itching is about, grooming. Spreading the oils to protect the coat and to dry off from the bath. When wet he is twice the size!! and his fur has a tight wavy appearance, but dry his is strait and silky smooth. Chance like to eat cheerio's and fresh fruit. He also can drink from a sippy cup, and eat off a spoon. We do try to teach good behaviors, altho human is not his innate wild side. But it is easy to do, because he learns so much from just observing.

Bed time is a fun time at home. That is "Daddy time". Chance can sense the difference of when Daddy in in work mode or relax mode.... come relax mode don't get in their way!!! Chance acts like he hasn't seen him all day...... they play, tickle, tease, hug and cuddle! then comes time to file the nails, which is a joint effort, three ways. Once Chance gets started he can do the index nails himself, but doing his toes is a whole nether ball of wax. He HATES having his toe nails done, but they need to be or no more hugs... tough love I tell myself.