This Week’s Check In finds Jason at the tail end of vacation. Historically Jason has had some questionable luck with jobs when going on vacation and the experience has left him more than a little anxious. Despite the past, Jason worked through some of his former challenges and enjoyed his vacation. Jason discusses with us his anxiety and how he delt with it, spending time with family that came to visit, and spending time with his youngest son. We top it all off with some discussion of a couple of movies Jason recently watched.

This week we speak with our guest Alan. Alan has been living and working with a service dog. As part of our monthly animal segment, we invited Alan to tell his story of how he found his dog, trained her, and what it has been like living with her day to day. Alan speaks with us about some of the challenges and stereotypes he had to deal with at work, and just being out in the community. Alan also gives us an overview of what it takes to be a service animal, as well as the differences between a therapy animal and a service animal.