[Archie's Mom]

I'm leaving for a trip soon and my good friends, a married couple with two sweet Golden Retrievers, will be keeping Archie for a week. I am totally anxiety-ridden over it -- not because I don't trust my friends -- they are two of the most responsible people I know and they love Archie -- I just dread being seperated from my little baby! He and the two other dogs get on well and my friends will watch closely to make sure he doesn't get smooshed by them (we spent a few days with the dogs together earlier this summer and it went well). These friends are honestly the only people I would trust Archie with for that period of time, but I just can't stop fretting over it. I left him last summer for a week while I was on a cruise at a kennel/daycare place and got good reports on him -- BUT -- he ended up with a case of kennel cough that took months to cure. I was fretting about him the whole time I was gone and couldn't wait to get him back in my arms! So this time, my wonderful friends offered to take him (free of charge, too), so that I could not worry about his health. I know I sound neurotic -- I know I'm going to cry all the way home in the car when I drop him off. Oh, let me shut up!

Here's the object of my obsession: