Thursday, July 12th, 2012
Central Park East - 7:00am

Good morning!  Today was the first morning I took Bear and Sofie alone to the Park.  I've been working on walking with them both because up until now (and frankly, including now), it's a bit of a challenge.  Keeping Bear on my left and Sofie on my right and both on short leashes seems to work best.  When we got into the Park, I didn't let Bear off the leash, but I dropped the leash.  And....I kept the leash dropped for the entire walk.  He was so good - he never really ran very far away from me.  He met lots of new dogs and he and Sofie played chase constantly.  It was wonderful to watch - the reason I got two dogs.  They looked so happy I'm pretty sure I had a constant smile on my face. 

Best part of all?  Well, now they're both lying on the floor next to where I'm writing this - completely sacked out. 

This morning we get to find out the results of our cloning experiment yesterday.  I always get a few butterflies when I'm about to find out the results of my own experiments, but today they're intensified.  It's a very simple experiment and should work, but it's still exciting and makes me a little nervous.  I'll keep you posted as to how it went.  Aside from that it's my last day teaching.  I would like to keep going throughout a few more weeks - but I'm also really ready to start devoting my 9 hours daily to Grégoire's lab and get down to business with this workin'. 

Have a great day!!