Charlie and the Cat

Since I've been on summer break for the past couple weeks I haven't been getting up as early as I did when I had to go to class. This morning, instead of my usual 10am wake up (I know...I'm not a morning person) I had to get up at 7:30 to have time to let CB run around before I took him to the groomer. I had an old friend help me with the early for me wake up call.

But as Chuck-a-roo and I were playing in the park I realized how much I missed being up somewhat early. It really is nice to be out in the crisp morning air with a gallon of coffee and a crazy pup. CB likes it too because he gets to play with his cat friend.
If we go to the little park early enough we always see his little (ok its a huge cat) friend. I think Charlie is more excited to see the cat then the cat is ever to see Charlie. But this is pretty much what happens every morning.
-Charlie gets hot on the trail of something

- Charlie sees Cat

- Charlie thinks Cat wants to play and runs toward him

- Charlie "plays" with Cat by running in circles around him until he gets bored (up to 10 minutes...really)

- Charlie gets bored and Cat comes over to get some petting.
(No picture, Cat moves too much) Seriously this is the friendliest (most likely stray) cat.
Not 10 minutes later Charlie then licks and walks on this dude

The End!
Ok the snail part doesn't happen on a daily basis, but it happened when I was taking those pictures.

CB is now back from Pink Pucci and looking as handsome as ever. They were extremely sweet and he was really happy when I went to pick him up. I'd say his first visit to the puppy spa was a success. He was really needing his nails trimmed (among some other things.) Obviously he wanted a post groom photo shoot.

Finding the perfect spot

Wishing he had puppy sun glasses

Look at that shine!!!

Glad to be home

Especially with his duck

Besides the CB adventures I've been trying to make an appointment with a sports medicine doctor and now I'm just waiting for them to call back. The doctor is an iron man and ultra runner, and their website says their solution isn't to tell their patients to stop running/biking/swimming/etc so I'm feeling a lot better about it. It's good to have someone understand and I really just want to be healthy and running around.

Do you take your pet to the groomers?

Have you had any good experiences with doctors? Bad?

How do you feel about google+? (If you need/want an invite just let me know)

Weekend Rundown

Wow the weekend flew by.  Good thing everyone in the Charlie house has tomorrow off to celebrate. So just a little recap of the weekend and the few pictures I snagged. Seriously I'm the worst blogger. We went to Benihana because I had never been and I didnt have a camera on me of any sort. Either way it was fun and delicious and you'll just have to go yourself if youre curious like me and have never gone. 

 

Some of our finds on our walks

An elephant or an M....cant decide

Much more purple in person

H was super hot. It was a warm weekend her in CA

Lots of oats were consumed.  First they looked like this.....

 

 

 But they almost always ended up looking like this with pbj and eaten en route to work. (oops!)

 "If I open my eyes really hard no one will notice how tired I am."

I know my mirror is gross

I think it might be time for more blush...

 Lots of these two beverages were consumed

 I ate my first (not dried) fig! Delicious! Too bad its an awful picture.

 

These were worn a couple times.

 

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Party on and get ready for some sweet treats tomorrow.

Summer lovin

After a fun weekend in the sun, life has left me with a lot of homework and chores to catch up on. It was definitely worth it. It's starting to get seriously warm here in the CA and little black Charlie was panting up a storm after only being outside for 5 minutes. It's definitely time for early morning walks so the little dude doesnt over heat. So we came inside and I made some breakfast while Charlie did a little foam rolling.

pb&j protein oats in my favorite bowl

 

 

he did this himself 

Now I'm waiting on my coffee to be coffee. Theres nothing better than a glass of iced coffee on a hot summer morning.

brewed double strength. works like a charm

And its a little too hot outside for a track workout for my liking, so another gym sesh for me.
Half mile repeats are on the schedule and I'm feeling good.
Happy Monday!

Do you prefer iced coffee during the summer?


Do you get up before the sun to do your workouts or do you hit the gym when its too hot?