A Busy Week

Work has kept me hopping and Duke has kept me hopping even more. Right now he is whimpering like a spoiled child (can you imagine that?) because he is restricted to the first floor (I'm tired of vacuming dog hair on two floors) and I'm upstairs. We'll go to Starbuck's later and he'll be happy. Duke's first bark is no longer news, though he seldom barks at all. He did let out his first hound howl on Tuesday which was unexpected. It was just one way he welcomes me when I come home. He is getting bigger and STRONGER every day. He now walks me. Our encounter with a cat today could have been a disaster but I saw the cat first. The funniest thing was watching him trying to catch a fly on the window. Have to end this now. Duke overcame the barrier on the stairs and is licking the computer. He thinks that licking my feet and hands will make me forgive the transgression.