Oh boy, where was I?

OH, right! The hotel!

So here I am, with these two strangers who are (I hope, I hope, I hope!) going to be my FOREVER home, and they're called "Pa" and "Dad" respectively... and the first thing that happened, was Pa got out of the car! EEK! I stood up and watched... I was very nervous. I panted a lot. I'm LOUD when I pant. But... then he came back out! YAY!! I was happy again!

My Outrageous Adventure had begun. New life, here I come!

But you know, every new life has to start out with priorities... and I knew what MINE were.

potty potty potty potty potty...

Oh sure- tell me that wouldn't be on YOUR mind, after driving for an hour? hrmf! A lady has to powder her nose regularly, you know.

So I got my first walk- the first of many, while Pa taught me all I had to do was ask, whenever I had to potty, and *POOF* he would run me right out there. yay! I kind of liked the way this worked. Dad drove off, which kind of wierded me out- but... after I explored the hotel room a little (and you know, I was thinking that this wasn't a very BIG home... ) I found out he only went for something called "fast food". WOW. I LIKE fast food!!

I got my own burger (no onions or mayo please. onions are poisonous to dogs, and mayo... well, lets just say that Pa thinks I ought to watch my figure a bit...) and a few fries too! I was so yummied up! I was very happy. I laid down between the two beds, and I SNUGGLED Pa. Mmmm. happy day!

He gave me a thing called a GREENIE, and oh my goodness... that was SO yummy! They watched me as I gnawed a little on it, and nibbled, and picked... and they talked about the old dog, and how I was so different than he was- apparently, he ate even BIGGER greenies like they were nothing- but I find them quite chewy and hard, and so it took me all night, plus part of the morning to finish MINE! I am a very delicate chewer, Pa says. Dad calls it a 'nice soft mouth' and since it seems to make him happy, I can't say I have any plans to change it...

They asked me to do things sometimes, like 'Sit' which I know! ...or 'Lie Down' which I only heard that very day... and sometimes, something they called 'Sit Tall' which is kind of begging, if you ask me.... to sit on my butt, with my paws curled to my chest, and sitting upright... hrmf. How unladylike! ...but I was willing- at least, for one of those yummy molassasy-peanut-buttery cookies Dad had brought!! YUMMY....

I also figured out when they asked me to "Up!" that they were giving me permission to climb onto the bed... wow. that was so soft and springy, and warm... it was such a nice little night. I liked it.

We all went to sleep- there was two beds, and Pa and Dad got one... but you know, for a long time, I slept RIGHT by that bed on the FLOOR... with Pa's hand on me! Whenever he moved his hand, I nosed it back onto me. nonono... ME. Don't forget ME...

But Pa didn't feel very good during the night. He got a tummyache, and I kept going up to nose his tummy and worry with him. He got up in the middle of the night for a while, and we watched TV. He got to feeling better, and went back to bed again- and while everyone slept, I snuck up onto the other bed. hee hee... They woke up, and I was making myself at home there, all pretty and snuggly... and being VERY polite.

Well, I got a breakfast of something Pa called 'Lamb Loaf'... while everyone packed up the car again- and we were going into the CAR for another DRIVE! Holy cow, I thought... not only do they have a small house, but they spend most of their time in the car... how strange these people are!

Oh you wouldn't believe where we went though. -but this is getting long again, so you'll have to wait untill tomorrow, to read about THAT! hah!

Big Bertha