It’s the second day of our trip, and boy, are we tired!

You would think that was because we’d been so busy, running around, doing the tourist kind of things. But no. In fact, we’re tired because somebody didn’t want to sleep last night. I said yesterday that we have two bedrooms, and Mom and I had decided that we’d use one to keep all our “stuff” and the other for actual sleeping, because Chappy would no doubt be happier about having us where he could see us. (He likes to keep a close eye on our whereabouts when we’re away from home—got to keep together!)

Apparently, that wasn’t quite good enough. He was reluctant to go to in his crate—kept looking up at the bed, hinting that he’d like to sleep up there—but he did . . . only, around midnight, he started to whimper and throw his towels around. Not constantly. Just a single whimper every few minutes, followed by a “They don’t love me! I can’t get comfortable in here!” toss of bedding. Because, I took him outside at 1:30 to go to the bathroom, on the off-chance that was his problem. (May I point out that it was raining, too? Always fun, getting out of a warm bed to stand in the rain! Although technically, there is a small roof just outside the door, so I wasn’t actually IN the rain.) He did take advantage of the opportunity, but still . . . we came back to the room and . . . same thing, all over again. He basically didn’t sleep until about 7:00 this morning. Of the three of us, I got the most sleep.

Ah well! It was foggy and a little chilly this morning, but it’s cleared up pretty well for the afternoon. We went into Edgartown this morning, and I bought Mom a blueberry scone from Espresso Love for her “Mother’s Day” breakfast. (I know, of course, that Mother’s Day was last week, but the last several years, we’ve been here on M.V. on that day, and . . . you’d be amazed at how quickly these things can become tradition!) We walked around and did a little shopping, and right now, are back at the room. We brought our lunch back from “Among the Flowers” and now Chappy is snoozing on the couch, and Mom is reading–which I’ll be doing myself just as soon as I’m done posting!

What did we buy? Well, one thing I can tell you is that—even though I’m really not that much of a stuffed-animal kind of person—we bought a little Boykin Spaniel “puppy” yesterday. Really, crimpy, dark brown fur, docked tail, spaniel ears–this is so obviously a Boykin, how could I, I mean, really, tell me how I could have resisted! Besides, really, I bought it for Chappy. (Yeah, that’s it!) We–I mean he–has decided to name him “Quiddick.” Yes, I know that sounds remarkably like the Harry Potter game, but in fact, it pairs with Chappy’s name: Chappy-Quiddick. I guess maybe you have to be a Vineyard person to really appreciate the silliness of it . . . (grin).

Pictures, incidentally, are taking forever to upload through dial-up, so don’t expect many for the next few days! At least I got you a couple.

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