House Sitting is like Vacation!

So it turns out we won't be traveling to pick up the motorcycle after all. We almost forgot that we will be taking care of lucy the dog for the weekend for one of my wife's colleagues. That's fine, since arrangements are already in the works to pick it up sometime next week. My wife seems to be the go to girl if you need somebody to watch your house and pets while you are on vacation. This works out great for us. We have a very tiny apartment. Seriously, it is really small. Don't get me wrong, we love it, and it has everything we need and more, and our yard is HUGE, so we don't mind, but when we get the opportunity to watch pets and sprawl out in bigger living spaces, we take it!

Another bonus is that the folks who's homes we watch all have pets, and cable television!
for those of you who have never visited us, we don't have cable or an antenna for our tv, so we rely on Netflix for video entertainment. We both love pets! Our place is too small to have a dog or cat, so we have fish! They don't like you to touch them, though...

So we are packing a weekend's worth of clothing, and my allergy pills. I am allergic to cats, but I love them, so I just take drugs to deal with the sneezing.

Another exciting thing is happening this weekend. We are going to visit my Aunt and Uncle up in the Northeast Kingdom. We are hoping to hop on my bike and cruise up there for a few hours to catch up with them at their home on Seymour Lake. They have not yet had a chance to get to know my wife, so i have to bring her up there to show her off!

Wow, now that i am thinking about the weekend I realized that there is another exiting thing going on..... MotoGP! for those of you who are not familiar with it, MotoGP is to motorcycle racing what Formula 1 is to automotive racing. The race on Sunday takes place at Laguna Seca, home of the "corkscrew" This race is a big deal for American fans because it takes place on US soil, and the track is spectacular! The man to watch is Nicky Hayden. He has a history of winning races at this venue. He stands 8th in points right now, and has very tough competition from Rossi, and Pedrosa who are 1st and 2nd right now. You can't count out Edwards either. He is another US rider who's familiarity with the track may help.

So, the weekend is shaping up very nicely, and with any luck, my wife will tell me to go climbing with my coworkers Saturday morning instead of helping out with our part time weekend cleaning job...