I leave home for 9 weeks this Saturday.  I have a lot to do between now and then.  Most of what I have left to do is stressful last minute details.  I have to get all my year-end work projects wrapped up by Friday and at home I have to do just about everything.

• Schedule bill payments.
• Pack.
• Clean the house.
• Prepare for the house/pet sitter.
• And on, and on, and on.

But, there is one thing I’m most worried about…my furry kids, Kinley and Aker.

• I worry that the house/pet sitter won’t take care of them as I would.
• I worry I’ll miss them.
• I worry they’ll miss me and I worry that they won’t miss me.
• Most of all, I worry that something will happen to them while I’m gone.  I’d be heartbroken.

I know dogs are not the same as having children, but they are all they are all I have and I will miss them desperately.

Two of my favorites photos of them.

Kinley the wino.

Aker as Yoda.