Wait, she just walked you over to a random porch two blocks away? That's wild that Carol remembered your dog's face from a flyer and then actually spotted him. Six days of nothing and a laundromat stranger solves it, glad Rufus is home.

How long did it take before the warm-up stopped feeling like a chore? I get the logic behind it, but my brain still wants to skip straight to the real page because the clock is ticking. Curious if the habit stuck on its own after a week or two.

Dude, it's a groundhog, not a wildfire.