out of the gutter

OK so I have pick my self out of the gutter again. Things are not 100 present but what is. I have found a new hobby backpacking. I have not actually gone yet but I like to ware my pack around the house and I just when to my first class today. It ran over an hour and I learned more in those 4 hours than I have in years. It was so cool I made this thing we backpackers like to call a Pepsi-G stove. It is a stove made out of pop cans and we got to make our own. So cool. Any way now I am ready for the trails and how awesome is that. One day couch potato next trail packing mama. My next quest is to learn how to pee standing up. I don't want to have to squat out there with that big heavy pack on and it might be cold and my butt does not like the cold. My goal this year is to get out side a lot and so far I am not doing to bad I take the dog for a mile walk 4 or 5 times a week and I went hiking with him last week end at the Glen. That was hard cos there were too many smells and he did not know what to do he had to mark all of them. It was a struggle but we got through it and by the end he was ok with other things smelling like other things smell. This dog thing is crazy. Oscar is a 4 year old big black retriever lab mix that can not get enough love, and I have tried. He likes to eat trash cos he was a street dog. So now the kitchen doors stay closed at all times. But he is so cute and lovable that it is hard to be mad at him. He is the best.