Me and muttley

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 How did I ever find time to have a JOB?!  I joke, of course.  Today I actually thought about the people I used to work with as I was driving down the Pacific Coast Scenic Byway.  That's Oregon's name for US 101.  I still cannot believe I get to live here.  It's so unreal to me.

Glory to God for that!  

Bucky and I thought we needed to be out and about today.  Well, I did.  Buck is just jazzed to be anywhere these days.  He's adjusting to things the best way he can.  He's sporting a flea collar these days.  I think a few of the little buggers got to him.  He doesn't like it.  He'll get used to it.  He gets glucosamine cookies once a day, too.  He's got a little more of a spring in his step these days.  And he survived bye-bye in the car with his old pal today.

We drove up to Lincoln City.  We went to the beach.  We stopped on the way home for gas station food.  He had chicken fingers.  I had some too and a burrito.

We rocked out with the windows down and the sun roof opened.  He hung his head out the car window sometimes.  WE just had a great day.

I needed a by myself day with God and my dog.  The weirdest thing happened to me at the Wal-mart in Newport.  A guy on a cell  phone had the exact same conversation with someone on the other end of the phone about the exact same vehicles as the conversation I had the previous evening with someone in the kitchen.  By my standards, even that was a little much.  But when you shouldn't do something, you really shouldn't do it.  The person I was talking to doesn't read the blog so it's OK if I tell you guys!

Buck was sitting next to me a minute ago.  Now he's laying down in his spot across the room.  He has a spot.  He seems to be pretty happy today.

It's been a lot of adjusting for Bucky over the last few months.  He spent a lot of time with Wendi and her kids.  I know he misses them.  I thought for a bit about leaving him there but I knew better.  Bucky is supposed to be my dog.  He's where he belongs.

And we had a really great day.  I group texted the guys from work.  I group texted a separate text to my closest friends just to say hi and let them know I was thinking about them.  We're all over the place these days.  But it seems we're all living the dream of retirement.  I'm thankful to God for that.  For all of us.

Nothing happens to me without Him and to be able to not worry about anything, just enjoy the drive, look at this beautiful place he's planted me in, and be able to just be with HIm and my dog and take it all in is such a blessing.  

I don't deserve it.  I know that.  Maybe that's why it's so very special to me.  

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