Today’s Run:  5.01 miles

Our dog, Paxton, can be a little intimidating if you do not know him.  He is a 109 pound Boxer and believe me, his bark is worse than his bite.  He is the biggest chicken I have ever seen.  But he is a very good watch dog.

This past week I made a few online purchases from Road Runner Sports.  We have talked about RRS before in this blog and you know that I really like this company.  Unfortunately, all my items did not ship together, so my poor FedEx man is making numerous stops at my residence in the next couple of weeks (some items were back ordered).

Wednesday, the first two items arrived.  They were items of clothing and came in one of those thin plastic envelopes.  You knew that nothing in the package was breakable, well, because you knew!  Well, the FedEx man comes up to the house as far as the garage and Paxton goes full tilt.  Bark! Snarl!!! Growl!!!  Jumping at the door and making a scene~the dog should have been embarrassed due to his over the top performance.  But the FedEx man, was taking no chances!  He chucked (threw) the package from the driveway, by the garage, exactly onto the doormat.  I was impressed!  I was also laughing because Paxton did not mean a word of it.

Today the poor man had to come back.  Today I did not want him throwing my package.  It was my brand new pair of Asics 2000 running shoes.  The FedEx man pulls into the drive and Paxton begins his show but this time I was ready, too.  I pop out the door and walk to the truck and the FedEx man gratefully hands me my new shoes and comments to me about how he is “…sure someday that dog is going to come through that door, Ma’am”.

I will have to watch for the FedEx man next week because he may be too afraid to pull into the drive and I do not know how far he can throw!