For the past 6 days my life has completely revolved around a little 4 pound Pumpkin. 

Training a puppy is HARD work! 

Much harder than I expected, but I still love her just as much as I'd imagined, probably more, actually! 

She is such a sweetheart but a huge monster at the same time. 

Today we officially learned how to "sit" on command. 

(We've been working on it for 3 days now!)

Learning to sit was the only good thing about today! 

Despite the fact that I took her out to pee a million times she still managed to have more accidents just today than she's had in the past 5 days combined!  

I just keep telling myself its a process, and no matter how much she teethes on my fingers I can never stay mad at her for long. 

 

In other news, Sunday night Nate took me on a bike ride up to a hardware store on 23rd st. 

23rd st. is a major, non-bike laned manhattan street.  Tons of traffic, buses, people. 

Why would he take me here on my first new york city street biking encounter?

I don't know. 

But my terrifying experience on Sunday gave me the bravery to tackle smaller, less busy streets on my bike.  Yesterday I rode my bike all the way to yoga and back.  And today I rode it all the way to Union Sq. and back.  Riding my bike in the city gives me such a sense of newfound freedom.  

New York is already so liberating, with the amazing public transit, and the fact that everything is accessible through walking.  And now I can get there in half the time on my bike without spending a dime on the subway!  

I love it! 

I plan on riding everywhere till it snows. School, work, yoga. Yes!