Things that frightens a puppy

- Seagulls: they're evil and loud

- Sudden darkness: walking through a tunnel is apparently very dangerous

- Cell phones: evil

We're babysitting a puppy for two weeks. It belongs to my brother, who's on holiday. Someone else was supposed to take care of him, but became ill, so we had to step in.

Max is very cute, but too energetic, too eager to put everything in his mouth and too attention-craving to be a pleasure to have here. I'm dog-tired (pun intended) already, and that's after having him for two days.

I'm the new boss, and Hubby is just an annoying side-kick to him also, so he behaves perfectly when I walk him, but won't listen to Hubby.

My happiest moment yesterday was when Max fell asleep and we were able to watch a movie without having to look after him.

I'm sure we'll get into the groove soon, but so far it's very tiring.