The Return

Today I finally returned from a month-long training mission in Norfolk, VA where I had the opportunity to concentrate on Pediatric Ophthalmology and do some great surgery. It was nice to get out of San Antonio for a while but no fun at all to be away from Alexandra & Bruno. The two of them did a great job of caring for each other and, while Alexandra is definitely the same size as when I left, Bruno is a completely different story - Sir Bruno now clocks in at an impressive 110 lbs and is not quite 9 months old yet :) His personality however is still just as sweet as when I left (although I admit, I'm a bit afraid of him when his enormous bark errupts!).
Alexandra has pampered me with my favorite foods, movies and a plethora of "welcome-home" signs. We had a fantastic day which started with me taking Bruno for a run in the park this morning, allowing Alexandra to sleep-in past 5 AM for the first time in a month. Bruno's favorite thing is to roll in wet grass which he indulged in at our field, pictured below. He also loves to play with sticks - you can see in the pictures that he found what is rather more like a small tree :)




After returning from our run in the park, Bruno indulges in his newest activity: eating acorns...don't ask, I have no idea why.

Hmmm....do these look appetizing? Bruno thinks so.
In the afternoon, the three of us went to Starbucks for a iced coffee (Pumpkin Spice...mmmm!). The thing is, when you go out with this dog people come up to you all the time: example - we ended up meeting some rather colorful characters who can best be described as (1) an artsy bohemian chain-smoker (fiance to manager of said Starbuck$ - could turn into free Pumpkin Spiced iced coffees), (2) an Air Force linguist specializing in Serbian and (3) an Alamo Heights snooty-pants! At least San Antonio isn't without entertainment :)


Finally we finished the day with a lovely walk as the sun was setting on Summerfield (our neighborhood)...