(baby hank in his first sweater)

so today during my “pop walk” with jess with the one dimple (like lu and my grandma) it came out that jess’ dog, zeus, died earlier in the week and she was missing her walks with him. i am not sure when she recorded this class but i just started bawling. i had to really grab onto the sides of my tread to make sure i didn’t get distracted by my grief and fall off. i have to imagine that she is the the kind of person who would have a frenchie, like hank, and i was pretty gutted. 

(jess was still totally inspiring even though she is in mourning…)

the summer we decided to get a dog the kids and i spent HOURS imagining what we would name our puppy and “zeus” was top of the list… theo and i were both reading percy jackson at the time. i LOVED how those books put the greek gods and their “demi god” children in present day new york. ultimately, when we met hank (who already had that name) we felt it was so perfect for him that we couldn’t change it, even though it was never on our list.

(hank the first day we brought him home)

(he pooped out from all of the excitement and took a nap on my knee)

(the percy jackson books are so much fun!)

MAYBE jess didn’t have a frenchie because she said she used to walk him THREE times a day… i couldn’t get hank to walk with me that much for love or money or even peanut butter so perhaps she had some other kind of dog. still… it is terribly sad to lose your dog and i am already bracing for it even though hank is only four years old. 

(when he was a baby hank would only walk two houses down and i would have to carry him back… he doesn’t walk much further now)

i feel like i am going to have to take all the rest of jess’ classes so i can get more information about her dog situation. i’m hoping she has a new puppy to walk with, although i know zeus will always be in her heart.

to read more about hank click here or here or here