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| Solei enjoying some downtown with us outside |
Stay-at-Home Dog Mom (SAHDM) is not a long-term career aspiration, but I jumped into my new role with gusto.With all my new found time I planned to paint, cook, clean, decorate, garden, read, write, lunch, cocktail, swim, dance, lose ten pounds, learn a new language, and find myself. I dreamt of recovering from all this work with idyllic afternoons sipping margaritas on the porch, reading Saveur magazine or a beachy novel- the dogs snoozing by my side. Apparently I forgot one major factor; my dogs are special.
Yes, everyone thinks their dogs are special, and they are all special for different reasons. Luna and Solei's expertise; commanding attention. They are attention commanding geniuses. I knew this before my "sabbatical," but I thought maybe their desire to command attention was related to our being at work all day. I actually convinced myself the dogs wanted to spend every evening hanging on our every move to make up for all the hours it took us to put a roof over their heads and food in their bowls during the day. Anyone who has a "special" dog knows this notion is insane, and here are our stories.
As a graduate of the Sherlock Holmes College I noted the following: Exhibit A.) There is a hairy legged man beside you. B.) Your sunny hued divans are smushed beside each other, which is indicative of some sort of you know what relationship. C.) Your pooch appears to be the reincarnation of Einstein. D.) You have marks on the tops of your feet from sandal abuse. E.) You have a large bruise on your left leg from a confrontation with a hard object. F.) Your pink toenails indicate you want to be a girly girl, but your muscles are pushing you in another direction. Stay away from ice fishing. G.) I concur about your talk of dogs. As a collector of gemstones and rocks in general, (one of many hobbies), I can tell you that rocks will never speak ill of you. The same is true of dogs. We bred all the wolf out of the dog, but it wants to be a part of the pack. It wants to follow you, the Alpha Male or Alpha Female. Uff-da. Dogs read our faces. They KNOW how we feel. If the dog could talk to you with words it would say "I love you!" every single day. If you can't get a hug or a kiss once a day, you can always get a lick from your dog. Do dogs love us? You betcha!
ReplyDeleteAbout your Steve McQueen departure from corporate entanglement. Remember to follow your heart and get on your hypothetical motorcycle and try to jump that barbed wire fence. Life has konked me on the head enough to know that some are not meant for A.) Minnesota B.) Being a cog in a machine C.) Unhappy.
ReplyDeleteDenis, thank you for reminding me of this blog. I started this when I got laid off in 2013, and it never took off for me. Take two; my job got downsized again and I am taking another summer as a stay-at-home dog Mom. The nails are still pink, the crossfit bruises ever present, and the dogs two years older and wiser.
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