“Remoted – Hybrid” – Day 650 (Sunday)

Winston in his
bed at Mom's.

The Friday vacation day and staying at Mom’s over the holiday weekend resulted in the customary blurry confusion of “What day is this?” The calendar fuzziness feels like a continuation of the past 21-ish months. I don't think a wall calendar and day planner have been consulted as much as they have been over the past nearly two years.

The change of venue for a couple days required packing bags for both Winston and myself. Winton’s bag included several sweaters, pee wraps and diaper liners, bowls, food, treats, insulin, harness and leash. Mine included pajamas, slippers, clothes for a couple days, laptop and charger, phone charger, and slightly dressy booties which were 100% unnecessary. When the box of gifts and another of baked goods and the casserole dish of kielbasa for Christmas Eve were loaded into the back of the car, it looked a bit like we were running away forever. 

Winston adapts to changes of pace and venue well. His bed is always loaded into the back seat floor of the car, which helps him stay put while we’re driving and gives him his own safe place to retreat to at our destination. He eats and sleeps at the normal times and bumps into different walls and furniture without fussing.

Winston napping at home.

When we arrived back home around 1:30 on Sunday, Winston sniffed his way through the kitchen as if taking inventory while I schlepped bags and boxes into the house and began to unpack the kitchen stuff. Desserts were put into the refrigerator. The ham bone from Christmas dinner went into a pot and a soup was started.

After Winston’s inspection of the first floor, he hit the couch for a nap. It wasn’t long before I joined him on the couch to watch TV and then I was also napping. The nap felt like a great idea at 3:00 when I was suddenly tired, but at 9:00 it was a different story when I wasn’t tired at all and the laundry still needed to be done. Monday has potential to be kind of mixed up. If only I handled the change in routine as well as Winston.