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Lost in the malaise

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It would take me years to identify and accept that pattern in my own life.

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He seemed to be acutely aware of the importance of it and understood his role in it.

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Every day we would obsessively complete this two-hour routine.

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All that whining and barking to get started was just so he could get right back to where he began a mere two hours earlier.

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The performance is barely over before it’s back to bed for him, it’s as simple as that.

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I play my usual repertoire and then whatever popular music that comes to mind.

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After devouring his café et croissant, he settles in to the chair by the piano and signals that the performance can begin.

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Once we’re home, he demands his breakfast and recital.

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He must cross La Seine at Pont Des Invalides at approximately 7:25 AM so he can exchange sniffs with his girlfriend, Anjou.

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I’m left exchanging pleasantries with Madame as she attempts to improve my poor French pronunciation.

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He inhales his doggie energy bar and off he goes.

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Milou won’t move an inch before Madame gives him his treat.

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We run along La Seine until we reach Madame Dutertre’s Patisserie du Chiens.

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We run along La Seine until we reach Madame Dutertre’s Patisserie du Chiens. Milou won’t move an inch before Madame gives him his treat.

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Food, bones, water and the occasional plush toy to destroy was all he required.

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He was not only mon fidele ami, but also the most affordable coach in Paris.

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He is fully aware that unless I want to incur the wrath of our neighbors at this early hour, we best get moving.

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The only thing that will quiet him now is getting out for our morning run.

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Like any good personal trainer, Milou’s systematic barking instructs me to pick up the pace.

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Waiting for real life to begin