02 September 2016

This afternoon, Alyson came with me to the bus stop to wait for Madelyn as usual. Tony, who took today off from work, stayed home to work in the garden a bit. While we were at the bus stop, Alyson decided she was thirsty and wanted her water. We can see our house from the bus stop, so I texted Tony to ask him to meet Alyson in front of the house. When I gave Alyson permission to head home, she was so excited that she started to gallop away. I yelled to her to make sure to check for cars at the driveways, knowing fully that none of our neighbors were home and would be backing out of the driveways. Alyson galloped to the first driveway, stopped quickly, deliberately looked both ways, and galloped on. She did that at all three driveways she passed on the way home.