Retirement has finally happened. I am no longer driving truck for Stevens Transport. I may have to find a job to make about $2000.00 a month, but that won't be forever. I am looking for work from home work, and since I write and type really well that may happen.
I have been off work for about a month now, I still have my CDLA and am adding doubles and triples to it. That is needed if I get the drive away job I have applied for. But for the most part I am just retired. I have plans to go fishing and have gone deer hunting twice now. I will probably get a deer this week. My brother Bob, aka shoreparty got me a 8 mm mauser rifle to hunt with. It is really very pretty and very accurate to about 200 yards on open sights. If I make it a serious deer rifle I will have to get a scope for it. That may happen for next year, or I may get a modern .308, or a 30/30 to hunt with. The Mauser is nice, but ammo is about $2 a round, so that sort of cuts down on how fun and accurate it is to shoot.
Jessica is growing fast and is pretty much completely house broken. She has accidents, but usually at the doorway and because I didn't pick up on her wanting to go out. She is getting pretty good at telling me that she needs to go. She sleeps through the night and goes in the morning. After her breakfast she usually sleeps another hour or so and then we go for a walk. I have been walking her at least a mile a day, and when I can we do two. Her legs are getting longer, and she is starting to learn that the leash is for her protection. She tolerates it most of the time. But without is she stays right with me when we walk, unless she is in explore mode. She comes when called though and sits when told to. She also drops anything when told to leave it.
This week she started bringing toys and balls back to be thrown again. Not 100% of the time but most of the time. She also sits and waits to eat until told it is OK to do so. All in all she is a smart little girl and pretty loyal. Still growing daily and she is about 15 pounds and about 12 to 14 inches tall. Her legs are growing fast. I have had many dogs, lots of rescues and fosters that were older, but Jessica is the first puppy I have had in a long long time. She is a challenge and a joy at the same time.
