Weekend

Friday night Kenny and Leslie came over and we rented "Out of Time." It was an okay movie, although it started out pretty slow. And it's one of those movies where you keep yelling at the TV because the main character keeps doing inconceivably dumb things. So I'm glad I waited for this movie to come out on DVD rather than catching it in the theaters. Afterwards, we played some Super Monkey Ball and Mario Kart. I kicked mucho ass. Yeah, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Saturday we took Bandit to his sheep herding lesson. I didn't bring my camera with me, but he was kind of out of it that day. He seemed to shut down when she'd correct/reprimand him, which is the way he is with most things. We had a little scare right before his lesson, when this little girl came up to him and tried to get him to approach her. Now Bandit is pretty freaked out when it comes to kids and certain men. We don't have kids, and we don't know many people who have older kids, so it's near impossible for us to socialize him properly around them. This girl was doing things right for the most part, but he wasn't having any of it, and when she tried to creep up on him, he got aggressive. We talked to his obedience trainer, who told us that in instances like that, it's just best to break it up sooner and tell the kid to step away. It's something I really want to work on, but it's a slow process, especially with kids, who tend to just run up to dogs and try to put their hands on their heads. I never had a problem with Betsy, who was so amazingly tolerant of kids and so sociable (pretty incredible for a lab-raised dog), so this is pretty new to me.

Anyways, back to sheep herding. We had a little bit of excitement this time - at one point a sheep at split off from the group, and Bandit was chasing it around in this corner, with Jan standing behind him. The freaking sheep JUMPS over Bandit, right into Jan, and knocks her down to the ground. Marc and I both freaked out, and we're like, "OHMIGOD, ARE YOU OKAY?" Luckily, she wasn't hurt. It was pretty scary though!

After that, we went to the San Jose State Auction for the athletic department with Bill and Brenda. Marc and I bid on a few things, but didn't win any of them. :( We almost got an annual membership each for a gym, but got outbid at the last second. Grr!

When we got home, we rented "Radio," which was better than "Out of Time," even though it was a bit overly sentimental.

Sunday was pretty uneventful, Kenny and Leslie brought Harvey up to Dublin, and we took him to Petsmart for his first obedience class. It was all orientation, so we didn't do any actual training, and during the class, Harvey let out the stinkiest fart known to man. I swear, if you ever wondered what someone's fart would smell like after they ate a bunch of rotten eggs, you need to come meet this dog. I always thought that Bandit could clear out a room with his gas, but he has nothing on Harvey. He farted some more as we were walking down the toy aisle. My brothers said that he farted a ton when he was at the vet's office, so we think it might be stress-related. I don't know, but we need to try to do everything we can to make sure he's never stressed out!

After that, Marc and I went out and bought more live rock and then napped and watched some of the Pro Bowl in the evening. It was uneventful until Marc and I got into a huge fight (well, I was really the only one who was mad). I won't say what it was about, but I'm still pretty steamed about it. I don't think we've ever gone to bed mad before, but I definitely did this time.

And on that cheery note, there endeth my weekend update!