Posts related to the Seeing Eye dog guide school.
OK, this is actually being written on day 6 in the early evening. I will get to the activities we had on day 6 in the next post. I forgot to write about an incident that took place in the later part of the morning after we returned from doing our route. A bit of … Read more
It is the middle of day five and I have a few minutes so I thought I would update folks about the activities that are happening thus far today: • I got up about 4:45 and started to work on work related things that I was asked to complete. There is nothing like doing a … Read more
We are now on day four and what a day it was. I was extremely tired at the end of the day, so it was nice not to have any lectures in the evening. Wait, I am getting ahead of myself. We took the dogs out at 5:30 AM and then returned and fed them. … Read more
We finally made it! Dog Day! Now, no, I won’t reveal today the name, breed or any other characteristics of my dog, but stay tuned. All will be revealed in time. I got up at 3:30 and proceeded to go down to the gym and get some exercise. I checked in on email and other … Read more
I am at the end of the day and staying up to do three days of laundry so I thought I would knock out the post for today’s activities. I woke up at 4:00 in the morning and worked on writing Monday’s journal for the blog along with answering and handling several tasks for work … Read more
Well, we made it! This was a journey unto itself. Suffice it to say, I have been proven yet again why “I hate space travel”, oh, wait, that’s a different sense of reality isn’t it 😉. Seriously, my faith in the airlines and their associated apps has been tested yet again. I spent the night … Read more
Well, here we are again with yet another Seeing Eye journal as I undertake the journey with my new guide dog. This comes at a time in my life where I have been doing a lot of self-reflection with an emphasis on my family, my career and my activities outside of all these things as … Read more
In the afternoon Kyle and I went to go see the Morris Frank statue. I have never seen such a realistic statue before. Even the textures will remarkable. The harness felt like a harness. The leash even felt somewhat like it also. The face and the rest of the statue was very cool to touch. … Read more
I got up on Tuesday at about 5:15 or so and really didn’t want to get up. The forecast predicted rain all day so I was pleasantly surprised when I found that while it was cool outside it wasn’t raining, yet! I met the guys down in the men’s lounge before breakfast and we chatted … Read more
After I got done posting the prior post I got an email from a distant cousin named Tommy who lives in Long Island, NY. He came to see me. I don’t recall meeting him before but my Dad says I had many many years ago. Later that evening we again had pizza courtesy of the … Read more