Feb 03 2009
Cold feet
Today I was gone from the apartment for hours–11 hours to be precise–and Lola was by herself. This is how Tuesdays are this semester. I have my first class at 8.30 am and my last class doesn’t let out until 6.00 pm. Obviously, I feel terrible about leaving Lola alone for so long.
So, today after I got home I was exhausted and freezing but I decided to take Lola out for a walk. I thought poor Lola definitely deserved a good romp in the snow since she had been inside all day. Just a side note - walking right now is not so easy because in the past two weeks it has snowed A LOT and some of the sidewalks are still not shoveled. But, usually we can find an alternate route as to avoid all of the unshoveled sidewalks. So, Lola and I went out for a walk. A couple of minutes before we got home I noticed Lola started limping a bit. I start to wonder whether she stepped on something (we did pass by some salt that had been thrown on the street). But, I think her feet were just really cold. This was confirmed as soon as she realized that we were at our apartment complex. She jumped up on the curb and started running for our building. Poor thing wanted back in the apartment even though she had spent the past 11 hours in their by herself! I guess cold feet will make you want to go back to what makes you comfortable… which in this case was a warm apartment.
