📣 Impawtent Announcement 📣 Mom, Dad + hubro are on their way home! I repeat: MY FAMILY IS ON THEIR WAY HOME! It really is FriYAY!

Today’s not just Thanksgiving, it’s also hubro’s 19th birthday! I’m so excited. Only one more sleep ‘til I get to celebrate with him!

🦃 Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 to all my frens who celebrate it! Look at this silly post my sitter fren, Angela, made of me. 🤣

Mom, Dad + hubro hiked in the rainforest to explore some caves in Puerto Rico today. Mom was really disappointed that she couldn’t wear her high heels.🙄😂

I’ve been doin’ runs and fetches and funs with my sitter fren, Angela, so we took a picture to send to Mom, Dad + hubro to show them I’m happy (but not too happy bc I miss them, of course.)

It’s #TongueOutTuesday so here’s the tongue, but you don’t get the ears, too.

While Dad was sitting by the pool + hubro was doing schoolwork + Mom was tasting a local gourmet coconut based vegan ice cream in Puerto Rico, I’ve been out adventuring with my sitter fren, Angela. #TongueOutTuesday

This is funny. Mom went across San Juan to try gourmet vegan ice cream in a charcoal activated cone that’s been nominated for a James Beard Award. She didn’t want to miss trying it only to find out they’ve opened a 2nd place about 1h from our home! She says it was AMAZING!

M, D + hubro stopped to watch this guy walk past along the old fort wall in Old San Juan. They said he was very friendly.

M, D + hubro are enjoying Puerto Rico. Mom loved the streets cobbled with (really) old blue glassy bricks in Old San Juan. They were used as ballast on ships coming from Spain then discarded before return trips when the ships were filled w gold, sugar, ginger, etc.

My sitter fren, Angela, took my weekly photo today. This was our first shot. I didn’t think it was right to make it a challenge for her like I do with Mom and I knew she’d give me all the treats anyway.

My sitter fren, Angela, and I did 2.5 mile walkies this morning!

My sitter fren, Angela, took me for morning walkies first thing. Morning walkies! I don’t usually go for walkies until later. I really likes Angela.

So, while my sitter fren, Angela, and I were going for walkies, getting fresh air + exercise, M, D + hubro were visiting the Bacardí distillery taste testing rum.

Feelin’ goofy.

New trail walkies was so much fun! My new sitter fren, Angela, knows some really fun places. I hope she’s gonna keep the adventures coming. She’s staying with me all week!

We went for walkies after breakfast then I had a rest. Now my sitter fren, Angela, is telling me the plan for the rest of the day: we’re going on a trail walk on a trail I’ve never been to! Imagine all the new sniffs…

My family’s in Puerto Rico trying some yummy food like this tuna tartare w mango. They’re going to rest up for tomorrow’s fun. Me, too. My sitter fren Angela played big fetches with me AND we did a trail walk! I’m gonna need energy bc she says tomorrow we’re gonna have more fun!

I watched the train pull in and then I watched all the people and then…hubro got in the car! I did a kissy attack and big tail wags then jumped in his lap and gave him lots of lovin’. This is hubro’s first trip home from college and I wanted to be sure he knows how happy I am!

Whoa. There was an accident at our corner and there are a gazillion flashing lights! Two cars both hit the same telephone pole. There are two flat bed trucks waiting to take them away. We don’t think anyone was badly hurt but there are two ambulances, too.

HUBRO’S HOME!!!

We’re at the train station waiting for hubro! He’s gonna be here in 15 minutes. M+D say that’s soon but I think it feels like forever.

There’s more exciting news! M, D + hubro are going to Puerto Rico for Thanksgiving break + hubro’s 19th bday (which falls on Thanksgiving this year). I’m gonna stay home + have adventures w my new sitter fren, Angela. She’s gonna spoil me + we’re gonna have tons of fun!

Mom said she had something impawtent to tell me. Hubro is coming home tonight! And I’m going to the train to meet him!

It was such a pretty afternoon that Mom took a break from work to take me for walkies in the woods. Thanks, Mom!

Mom and I walked ALL the trails today.

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Swish.

Mom: You’re so alert. Me: What’s a lert?

Today’s hike was a sniffari!

Mom forgot to share my #TongueOutTuesday from this morning.

Look! 👀 Mom just pulled in and saw this pretty red-bellied woodpecker.

For some reason, Mom thinks this is really funny.

Mom + I played “Catch me if you can!” I won. She didn’t catch me, even with me ‘flying blind.’ 😂🍩💨

M+D hosted a community event this morning then they surprised me and we went to the lake! I did something called blending in. Evidently, I’m quite good at it.

Tonight is the 8th and final theatre performance at hubro’s school. He runs the lighting board. They’ve had an awesome run. Ubu Roar is a crazy, chaotic show w lots of cues and they totally pull it off. The college president is in the audience tonight…break a leg, cast+crew! 🎭

Mom + I did long walkies. She’s going to do more exercise and I’m…not.

Pupdate: My desperate pleas and puppy eyes did not work and I’ve been brushed. I repeat, I’ve been brushed! I’m very not happy about it, but I did get treats, but still… hrmph.

I am activating full force desperate puppy eyes trying to get out of a brushing.

Mom’s getting the brush out. 😕

Are you coming, Mom?

Mom + I went on a Saturday sniffari on our favorite trails. We’re not used to it getting dark so early so I had to do a few less sniffings so we coukd “move it move it” to get back before dark.

Mom gave me some table scraps in a cardboard container and forgot about the container, but I thought it was the best part!

Mom stopped on our walk and said “wow.”

Swish swish

M+D are hosting a community luncheon Sunday. Mom is doing the floof arrangements today. She’s been arranging floofs for hours! (pics to come) I’ve been snoopervising from under the table) which Mom says is more like snoozervising. I still get treats for helping, right?

Hi frens. Busy day here. I was out and about with M+D this morning before work kicked in but it’s been pretty boring since then. I’m keeping an eye on things, but there’s not much to report. Hopefully, tomorrow will be a FriYAY!

#ThrowbackThursday to 2 years ago when Shadow was settling in for a snoozle on his “day bed”… ❤️🌈🐾