going out in public – The Pick-Up Artist

High time for a road trip

I’m happy to report that Gunther and I have hit another milestone together! We went away for our first road trip and overnight excursion, which meant he was with me 24/7 at every venue and during every activity I participated in. It was an excellent opportunity to put the skills we had learned together toContinue reading “High time for a road trip”

Put to the test

If you saw my last blog post, you might be wondering, “Did they pass, or did they fail?” I wish I had an answer for you, but it’s going to take a few weeks to find out as I wait for the PAWS Client Services team to review the video. All I can tell youContinue reading “Put to the test”

One for the books

A few days ago, Aidan, G, and I returned to Barnes & Noble—this time without Connie. It was far more crowded than it had been during our training session from a couple months ago, which gave G many more opportunities to become distracted. I know I’ve mentioned before that I think G always tries toContinue reading “One for the books”

Oh, the places we’ll go!

Back in June, Connie, Aidan, G dog, and I went into the studio where I work to get the lay of the land and introduce my co-workers to my new service dog. It was my first time back to the office since late March of 2020 when the pandemic hit. To be perfectly honest, beingContinue reading “Oh, the places we’ll go!”

Solo flight

In my last post, I mentioned that a lot has happened that I haven’t had a chance to update you all on. One of those things was that a few weeks ago, I did venture out with G on my own. It sounds monumental, but I did choose the situation very carefully. I was goingContinue reading “Solo flight”

On the run

Have you ever had one of those moments? Where your heart stops beating and feels like it just dropped into your stomach? And you imagine a deep baritone voice dragging out the words, “Oh, Sh*t” in super-slow motion as the voice-over narration for your life? That was me two Mondays ago in the Costco parking lot. WeContinue reading “On the run”

Out & about

Things have been quite busy for me on the work and personal front lately, so I haven’t had the chance to give an update until now. But rest assured that everything is going extremely well. I’ll do a separate post specific to the progress of our in-home tasks, but the big news is that weContinue reading “Out & about”