An Oops and an Aaahhh...

When I woke up this morning, I spent a few minutes before I got out of bed to plot out my day.  I had several things to do, so it would be a busy Monday.  Then I remembered it's a holiday--MLK Day--so that means the post office is closed?  Damn, I had some stuff to mail.  Okay, cross that task off the to-do list.  It's time to get up and moving...but bah, I hate Mondays.
 
Coffee in hand, I fire up the laptop, then frown at the date.  And the day.  Wait.  It's Sunday?  I look again at the screen, and yes, it's still the weekend!  It's Sunday!!  And honestly--ignoring the senility issue--I felt like I was suddenly on vacation.  A whole, free, relaxing day ahead of me, made even better because it's totally not Monday!!

And that memory lapse thing?  Well, all I can say is oops...and keep smiling that it's Sunday...
  

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Late in the afternoon yesterday, the boys and I walked down the road to get the mail.  In the box was a large white envelope from friends who lived across the street from our house in Edinburgh.  I couldn't wait to tear into the package, hoping it was what I thought.
 
And it was!  
 

My 2013 Harvey calendar!

A bit more than two years ago, when we left Edinburgh, Harvey the Boxer was just a teenager, heading toward young adult.  He was sweet and slobbery and just a good dog.  I got a calendar that year, the Harvey 2011, but it had only been a few months since I'd seen him, so he hadn't changed.  There wasn't a 2012.
 
How happy I am to have this year's calendar then, showing the manly man Harv has grown up to be.  What a handsome, big guy, for sure!  I loved all the photos, the poses, the background shots where I knew exactly where the photographs had been taken.  Here are a few...
 
February pin up model...

Harvey in his back garden, begging for someone to play with him...

My favorite (love the caption).  Just a wee stick to carry around...

What a great, wonderful surprise it is to have my new calendar, to see Harv grown so big and strong, to smile at his sweet face.  Thanks so much to his Mum and Dad for sending it!!

So, oops for briefly losing Sunday, though I did find it again.  And an aaahhh for handsome Harvey and my brilliant calendar, and the friends I miss so much.

It might just be perfect timing that the calendar arrived when it did.  Apparently I have need of one...