Pattin' Myself on the Back

I have been walking at least 3 miles a day. This week I have actually done 7 miles. There is an extra mile, because of this dog...

Okay, sidebar. I was taking my walk and this dog runs out of nowhere. Okay, now let me say this, I like dogs but only dogs I know. I tried to do what I thought the Dog Whisperer would do, but it didn't work. I firmly told him "NO!", but it didn't work. I crossed to the other side of the street. The dog followed me ever so happily. I almost asked myself if this was my dog that I somehow forgot about. LOL Anyway, my 1/2 mile mark is at the corner of Sharon Amity. I was going to let the dog go with me since it wouldn't go away. As soon as we got to Sharon Amity the dog runs into the street. I'm yelling for it to stop and come back. After the confused but happy dog almost got hit by 2 school buses, and multiple cars and SUVs I decided to go back home. The plan was to ask my neighbors who are the sweetest modern day hippie types to put the dog in their fence until the animal control could pick them up. When I was almost home the dog figured out where it lived and ran off and left me. Now this was after it trained me to run. How? The only way the dog would stay out of the street and follow me was if I ran. It would chase me, run past me, and wait for me to do it again. Did you notice that I said that I WALK 3 miles a day? I HATE running. When I got home my husband informed me that I still had time to walk before I
took the kids to school. Thanks babe! Okay back to our regularly scheduled program...

By the end of the week I hope to have walked 13 miles for the week.