A friend of mine mentioned that she committed to writing 10 minutes a day for a year and each time she skipped a day, she had to start over with day 1. She finally broke through the 365 mark and at that point it was easy to continue the habit. I was curious to see how much I could actually write in 10 minutes since it always takes me much longer than that to write blog posts. It’s not the writing that takes time, but the refining and the editing. No matter how many times I read through it, I don’t think I’ve ever clicked “Publish” without having to go back and change at least one more mistake after it goes to print.
I started 7 minutes ago, but have already been sidetracked by a phone call for 4 of those 7 minutes. I had to answer because I knew it would be NCIS calling to check on me. Why the special treatment? Because I’ve had to call the base twice in the last 2 weeks regarding people wanting to steal our dog. I file a report with the Threat Mitigation Unit and a few minutes later an agent calls and confirms the details and ensures that we are fine. I haven’t spoken to Leroy Jethro Gibbs yet, but everyone else has been very nice (TV reference).
And there went my 10 minutes.
Continuing on . . . last week some kid came in our yard and was trying to peek through our windows and when I caught him he was asking a million and one questions about our dog, whether we had puppies, etc. I was already on alert to this particular kid’s scam and shooed him off our property (there is a ton of dog theft here — either for dogfighting or resale of purebreds). I called and reported him, gave a description, blah, blah. Haven’t seen him again.
Then today Calvin was out for a run with the dog and a guy walking stopped him and asked, “How much?” Calvin told him he wasn’t for sale and when the guy persisted, he said, “No.” Then the guy grabbed the leash down by the dog’s collar and said, “Yes.” So my baby boy punched the guy in the chest and ran. I don’t know if I’ve ever been so proud. True to form, Micah didn’t want to run so Calvin was half dragging him home. If the man did manage to steal him for fighting, Micah would have been quite the disappointment.
Calvin is fine, only a bit shook up. Just another day in Bahrain! (and there’s my 25 minutes)
