Very little is going on here.  The weather has been mild all week and a lot of our snow has melted, leaving behind lots of ice.  I've been out at the dog park a couple of times with just Heidi and have been walking Charlie in our neighborhood.  Yesterday I walked Heidi in the neighborhood too.  We have a small patch of trees and shrubs not far from our house, with a walking pathway.  When Heidi and I got close to it, her fur went up.  I told her not to be silly, it was just the snowplows making strange noises.  We walked a little further into the woods and still her fur was up.  A little further and she started growling.  I looked up and saw a coyote.  We turned around and I ran out of the treed area.  

Heidi is an easy going, gentle dog who never growls, except when there is a predator around.  The first time she did this was up in Jasper.  We had been hiking on a trail and seen a lot of bear scat.  We decided to turn around and then have lunch at one of the picnic tables near the parking lot.  I got our lunch out and Heidi's fur went up, she started growling, and wouldn't take her eyes off the forest. We packed up our lunch and found a different spot to eat, down the road.  We later found out from our friend that there was a grizzly sow there with her cubs.  Another time it was a bear again, but near Ucluelet, BC.  She's a good girl and I told her so.

Otherwise I've been home cleaning, organizing, and doing laundry.  It's a reckless life I realize.

My daughter and her boyfriend arrive this afternoon from Vancouver and I'm looking forward to spending the weekend with them.

Jack is fine, except he talks enough to make my ears bleed.  He's been awfully silly and annoying at bedtime lately, more so than usual.  I read somewhere about something called revenge bedtime procrastination.  It's common in people with ADHD.  We put off going to bed because we finally have time to do something we want to do, it gives us back a little bit of control in our day.  So last night, I didn't get irritated with Jack but realized he just wanted a little bit more time to do what he wants to do, gave him a bit more control, and it helped.  

I know people often hate on social media but the one good thing I find about it, is the feeling that I'm not alone.  So often I read something that someone has written, and realize, it's not just me!  It's a good feeling to have for someone who has felt like an outsider her entire life.