9/28/25

 Paul and I were productive today. I did meal prep this morning, swapped out the dog bedding, my normal Sunday chores. Boring!m

I did find a stick bug which was cool. It is very delicate and elegant at the same time. It was a very neat discovery. Ethan and I watched it move in awe for about 20 minutes.

Paul and Ethan have a project they were working on together in the garage this morning. It wiped Ethan out. I came inside after mowing and found Ethan fast asleep on the couch. 

His bloodwork came back that he is a little anemic but not overly concerning. Anemia goes hand in hand with kidney disease. Kidneys are responsible so ke for releasing a hormone called erythropoietin. That is a mouth full. Erythropoietin is like a cattle prod to the bone marrow saying “ok time to make more red blood cells”. When the kidneys are damaged, they don’t always do their best at this task….and the body becomes anemic.

I am glad Ethan listens to his body and takes these rests.

I went to our friends house to watch the Bills game. I didn’t do very much watching because I was socializing with friends I have not seen all summer. 

I had fun catching up and laughing with everyone.

I finished up chores when I got home and called it a day!

Here are a few fall pictures of the dogs. Jiminy was not cooperating, so he was asked to leave the photo session. (He is still perfect despite his behavior today)