Cutest Cards and Tuesday mood

Today I'm posting the cutest card I received. It was a difficult choice and these 2 ended up tying. The one with the dog nose and stick reminded me of Atlas. The one with the cupcakes reminded me of my 1st dog, Chester, who could do a biscuit on the nose trick. I would put a biscuit on his nose and he would not try to get it until I said "get the biscuit pup". You would usually flip it up over his head and would end up way behind him. He would sit there with a biscuit for the longest time until I told him to get it. I have to say I've missed that dog terribly. In a lot of ways Atlas reminds me of him except Atlas is a lot calmer. Chester was an Irish setter and they tend to have very short memories and are overcome by things they smell. I was always amazed how long he would hold the biscuit.
Now Atlas can do that trick. He never lets a biscuit hit the ground though. You can also put a ball in the hollow between his eyes and his nose and he will wait and do you tell him he can get it. As with the biscuit it never hits the ground.
Well yesterday was my 1st day back in my routine since my big birthday weekend. I have to admit I was pretty glum in the evening. I think seeing all those people that I used to see regularly sunk in how little I see of them now. I'm usually fine by myself and of always been something of a loner but I found I miss some of the contact I used to have. Especially with my friends from work. I still see some of them from time to time but I miss that daily interaction and the laughs we had. I was always trying to get Jolene to snort while she laughed. Julie was harder to trick and my goal was to have her shoot her drink out of her nose because I said something funny and surprised her.
That's all I have to say for today. Tom will be leaving tomorrow and so I will really be back to reality later in the week. Take care friends!