The housemate is away for 8 days. The dogs and I are surviving: short walkies, one at a time, alternating who goes first, we have a routine for them getting fed and let out twice at night before I leave and turn off all the lights except the kitchen, to match the routine they already know for when I come home in the morning and feed them and let them out. I got in extra bagels and icecream at the last supermarket trip. The transit people decided last week that they weren't really interested in providing buses, so this week I'm walking to the other bus stop where the expresses stop (6 days a week) to increase the chance of getting to work non-late.
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