Dog Training

I got a dog a year ago and he is wonderful.  Rocket is a loving but very high energy Labrador Retriever.  I wasn't really training him and I can't explain why especially since I really like watching and having a well trained retriever.  But that doesn't mean it is too late.  We have bumped up his training lately and he is really taking to it - like all Labs do.  Every morning, Rocket wakes me up and we head down to the middle school.  I through the bumper for him and he shows off just how fast he is.  We have fun but it is time to turn him into a well oiled retrieving machine.  His training starts on August 15th.  Why wait until then?  Well, he is at a kennel starting tomorrow while I attend a family reunion and then he will be having his balls cut off on August 11.  Yes - I decided to have him neutered.  So stay tuned for updates and videos about Rocket and his training journey.

Procrastivity

 I learned a new word today - procrastivity.  It means "an activity that one does to avoid doing another task".  I learned it from my ADHD app that I bought 3 months ago and am just now using.  And it describes me perfectly.  

I procrastivity everything.  From paying bills to writing proposals.  It doesn't mean that I don't get those things complete - it just means that I do something else before the task that I am supposed to be doing.  I recently learned that I have a rebel personality from a podcast that I listened to and followed it up with the quiz for personality types.  This rebel personality is a part of my procrastivity.  

Strange word but it does describe me perfectly.  I will go record new videos instead of finishing the ones I am working on.  I will go for a run before I walk my dog.  I will go to sleep rather than check my email.  Fun times.

I have been working with bullfrogs all summer long.  It has been an experience and I am learning a ton.  I have learned more about bullfrogs that I thought possible.  My favorite procrastivity has been to go catch more bullfrogs rather than enter the data I have already collected or conduct the literature review needed for the papers I hope to write this winter.  I have learned that you can catch a bullfrog with a piece of red cloth or a turtle lure.  I have caught them by hand.  I have caught them with nets.  It has been a blast.  It has been my procrastivity...