Totsi the Dog has a few thoughts on her day...

Hello. I am Totsi, resident canine of Casa Didgeridoo, and all around seer of most things good. Today is my birthday, and I am seeing to it that it is celebrated in an acceptable fashion, with breakfast for dinner and no mention of a bath. However, that is not what I would like to talk to you about. I would like to talk to you about the decision my mommy made for us to take a break from writing so much for a month and focus on other things.

I am worried. The house looks like we're about to move, and even though mommy says we're not and is always sure to put something in a closet so I can see her do it so I will know we are staying, I am concerned. It looks like we are ready to have people come pick things up. She says that daddy is going to have a cage or a cave, and then she laughs and says it's really a home theater. She says the bedroom is going to be a princess room, and then laughs some more and says it's just going to be painted a better color and made nice. She says the shelf is in the hall because it is going to go up the stairs, but it's lined up just so it can go out the door. I certainly hope she is not bluffing, and that we are going to stay in this house that is my home and where I fully intend to live.

And then there is the other thing. August was weird. And I don't mean a little off, I mean it was weird. Mommy does this stuff she calls yoga and that means that she gets on this little mat and performs all sorts of strange things, but all through the month of August she took this stuff to a whole new level. For instance I had just gotten her to where she eats sensibly, but she's gone off kilter again. Do you know she ate nothing but fruit and didn't have her coffee for three days? I stayed right by her side because I was so worried about her general state of being, but I wanted to hide. I do confess to loving watermelon, and there was plenty of that to be had, but Mommy is not a woman who needs to be without her morning coffee. It is not natural for her, and it is dangerous for others. Actually, now that I have thought about this, it was her voluntarily going without her coffee for three whole days that worried me the most. I will tell you the straight-up honest truth: Her doing that made my kittysister, Foot Foot, seem normal. Mommy even looks like she shrunk a little, but she does seem like she feels so much better so maybe this really is a good thing.

And that having been said, I hope you all have an enjoyable first day of my month. I feel so much better having expressed my concerns, and they seem a lot smaller now that I've shared them with you. Maybe this isn't so bad, and perhaps I have been worrying needlessly. Mommy did tell me we're going camping in a few weeks to celebrate our birthdays, and Daddy did say we're going to have all kinds of snacks in the home theater. So maybe I should enjoy these little changes that don't seem so big anymore.

Enjoy your day, and dance some.

Totsi Tatertot Didgeridoo