spooky

on my ride home last night i had a checklist in my mind of things i needed to do. find calvin's halloween bucket, get our popcorn/goldfish crackers in a bowl, pick up calvin, get him costumed, etc. i got home feeling good about the ride. i opened the door and saw oliver with his ears down and posture such that he did something bad. then, i noticed an odor. oliver had diarrhea on the floor - again the new carpet - and all my good thoughts and plans when out the window.

that put a damper on things for me but calvin was unaffected. that kid loves going door to door and asking complete strangers for candy. he was cute as can be in his little shark costume. we got home late and robin put the boy to bed while i started in with the carpet cleaner. we took turns with the fun and all in all it was cleaned up mostly well. i'm not sure what is going on with that dog. he is back in his crate today and will be for the foreseeable future. i can say this, i will not be an advocate for another dog ever again. he used to be unusually ambivalent, at times disobedient and generally annoying but now he is becoming destructive. i'm having a more and more difficult time justifying him in our house - we work hard to have a comfortable and clean home for our son and poop all over the floor is the opposite of those things.  

planned rest day today. ride in tomorrow and then it is estabrook! a little further than i like to go for a cx race but i really want to race.

happy thursday.