A sunny but cold watershed day

Well, today was my watershed day. Kate decreed that yesterday was her watershed day because she walked Miss Murray this morning at 6:00 am when it was 12 degrees. And this, I am happy to report, is just the beginning because Kate is going to walk Miss Murray every morning and feed her. Plus she is going to get a 85 in her course on Digital Design Planning. How do I know this? I just do.

And today was my watershed day because Kate walked Miss Murray again and was up and showered by 6 am without any prodding. All of this momentous change came about because we got Kate a new phone. Her 3rd new phone. She always wants something better. This time she wanted a touch screen and the ability to have more data. I didn't want to pay for it so we came to this accommodation: She would walk Miss Murray for $1 a day for basically the rest of her life to pay the $30 monthly data charge. Woof. What is this hole in my schedule. I have been walking dogs for so long that it almost seems really strange to me not to go out with Miss Murray at the crackers of dawn. But I imagine that I am flexible and will be able to manage this deprivation.

Do I look deprived yet?