More New Mexico

As you can guess, we're still in New Mexico. There's no reason that we would not be, but it was a bit of a drag this week. The problem was the springtime, even though it hasn't come yet.

In New Mexico the wind blows a lot for several months, and it has just started. It's really gross when that happens because the sky is blotted out with dust and it's too windy to do anything outside. It's even worse here because of the white sands. You can taste drywall just by walking outside.

Needless to say, it has been blowing recently. Blech. It was windy from Friday through Sunday. On Sunday we actually went to White Sands to meet a friend, and in the minute that our car door was open everything got covered in a thick layer of sand.

We also took Heidi to obedience class on Sunday, and she was much better this time. This behavior can probably be attributed to the prong collar that we bought her on our trainer's recommendation. The wind was annoying there too. People's hats were flying off, and just keeping your eyes open was painful.

We forgot to measure Heidi yesterday, but when she went to the vet last week she had only gained 1 pound. She hadn't been eating well for a while, so we have to put gravy on her food. Between wiping her after she goes to the bathroom and preparing meals for her, she is a bit of a high maintenance dog. That and she still freaks out when we leave the house. Oh well, she's just a puppy.

I've ridden my bike around town a bit and it has been fun. It's great to get some exercise while returning a movie, for example, and it's a lot of fun to travel at a more leisurely pace through alleys and streets that I don't normally see.