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Work and Play (with a dog)
Aug. 2nd, 2017 09:25 pmI was having a difficult time this morning at work. I spent a while singing a silly song to myself about how I'm doing my best at things and I don't have to feel shame about that. It made me feel better.
Last week at the Evanston shelter was the first evening there since I lost control of a dog and precipitated a dog fight that I haven't felt out-of-place and some, varying, level of shame. On top of that, while a lot of the shift spent some time with two very cute puppies, I hung out with a German Shepherd Dog named Benny. He liked fetching tennis balls but didn't like dropping them. So I picked up four and would juggle three of them when he came back with the fourth. He stared at the flying balls until he dropped his, then I'd say "Drop it!," give him some praise, and throw another. Shepherds are smart dogs; I think he'd figure it out pretty soon if I had more time with him.
Puppies are cute, but they'll have no lack of love and affection for a good while. And I have a special place in my heard for Shepherds.
Sorry I haven't had too much to say here lately. It's often hard to get my head together to write much after being at work all day. I've never had a job that requires physical activity through the whole span I'm there. I'm glad of the exercise, but its a rare day when I don't have a part or two that's sore in the evening (today, it's my left shoulder), and relaxing on the couch with Danae or at the computer with a game often wins out over other activities.
The mouse I ordered arrived. The software for mapping keys is kind of dumb; the browser forward and back keys are not remappable, and only four positions on the 8-position joysticks (which are supposedly analog, but are really not) are mappable. Still, that give me 15 worthwhile buttons, and I can do almost everything in Factorio one-handed now. I can map a few rarely-used buttons to foot pedals and I think I'll be all set! Now I just need to find a friend or two to play with this digital model train set with me...
Last week at the Evanston shelter was the first evening there since I lost control of a dog and precipitated a dog fight that I haven't felt out-of-place and some, varying, level of shame. On top of that, while a lot of the shift spent some time with two very cute puppies, I hung out with a German Shepherd Dog named Benny. He liked fetching tennis balls but didn't like dropping them. So I picked up four and would juggle three of them when he came back with the fourth. He stared at the flying balls until he dropped his, then I'd say "Drop it!," give him some praise, and throw another. Shepherds are smart dogs; I think he'd figure it out pretty soon if I had more time with him.
Puppies are cute, but they'll have no lack of love and affection for a good while. And I have a special place in my heard for Shepherds.
Sorry I haven't had too much to say here lately. It's often hard to get my head together to write much after being at work all day. I've never had a job that requires physical activity through the whole span I'm there. I'm glad of the exercise, but its a rare day when I don't have a part or two that's sore in the evening (today, it's my left shoulder), and relaxing on the couch with Danae or at the computer with a game often wins out over other activities.
The mouse I ordered arrived. The software for mapping keys is kind of dumb; the browser forward and back keys are not remappable, and only four positions on the 8-position joysticks (which are supposedly analog, but are really not) are mappable. Still, that give me 15 worthwhile buttons, and I can do almost everything in Factorio one-handed now. I can map a few rarely-used buttons to foot pedals and I think I'll be all set! Now I just need to find a friend or two to play with this digital model train set with me...
