This week has just flown by (and a busy week in my future).  Here are the cliff notes version of life and times:
- Back on the fitness wagon.  Fell off but with help from a few good people and a "god helps those who help themselves" attitude, climbed back in the wagon and riding along nicely.  Lost 2 pounds last Thurs.
- Wed had an incredibly good practice at our PowerPaws class.  Fin was excellent.  I was darn good.  Fin had another adjustment and is doing better, but her narrow front is concerning and I need to do more conditioning.  Time...it is so precious.
- Thurs worked in the morning and off to Prunedale to set up for the weekend. 
- Friday FIVE runs for team.  Fin was amazing.  The first two runs of the day she took 2nd place!  She took a 3rd in Snooker and a 4th in jumpers.  Unfortunately, an off course in our relay did not help our team.  Our team had too many "E's" and although we had a GREAT time, we didn't Q.  Thanks to my team mates Laurie with Bling and Terry with Archer.  I had a fabulous time with 3 Good Bi's.  A pleasure to run with the big dogs!
- Saturday, a day of almosts.  Ran Fin and Tazz.  They were back to back runs the first two classes of the day so I asked Laura to run Fin in Standard but I did all the rest.  Nine runs total.  All really nice runs with minor little things and no Q's heading into the last run of the day - Snooker.  I love Snooker.  Made a plan with flow, didn't go for the top numbers, kept it simple.  Fin took 3rd and Tazz took 4th.  Both Q's.  Fins first "Masters" Q.  I'm proud and a nice way to end day 2.
- Sunday.  Am I getting up again at 5:30 to go do agility?  Why yes.  I only stayed for the first two classes.  Gamble and Standard.  The standard run was a thing of beauty if you don't look at Fin self releasing at the start line and her handler (who could that be?) letting her go on.  I felt great throughout the run and finished thinking we had a Q in the bag. However, no Q for me.  Judge called early leaving of the table, said Fin anticipated leaving the table and left before she said the last "o" in go.  Darn it. A fun run.  Gamble...well, only 6 dogs got the gamble and we weren't one of them.
Today, work, work, more work.  I have some pork cooking in the slow cooker with ginger, garlic, and basil.  Four dogs at my feet, and thoughts of getting my spreadsheet done so I can do something other than enter data in little cells dancing in my head.
 
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I saw most of that unfortunate standard run and you two look great out there together, well handled, well run. Great dog.
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