Being Admired is Exhausting

Recently I have had many admirers...don't get jealous yet :) They all happen to have four legs, and a tail!

While everyone else is vacationing on the beach, I am vacationing at their houses....well sadly it's not much of a vacation. Don't get me wrong, I love hanging out with the dogs and cats, but if this is what mothering is like, I am going to be worn out!

So my charges...first there's the Warners' dogs and fish...and oh yeah Shawn's disgusting scorpion. Bailey is a Shih Tzu; he is the sweetest thing, but wow I don't think there's much besides air between his ears. Then there's Magic - I don't quite know what kind of dog he is, but he looks like a blonde Alaskan Husky. He's an old man now, scared of lots of things including his food bowl. I have to hold the bowl as he eats so that he doesn't get scared. I don't get it either :) My third dog is Ellie, who is a Shepard of some type. She is hyper and leaps almost as tall as me every time I walk in the door. She's had kennel cough, so the poor thing sounded like an old lady until today. She growls, and it sounds like a motorcycle is reving up somewhere near by.

At my parents' house, we have the two cats, Josie and Mary. Mary is the old lady, who has an attitude and is not afraid to tell anyone about it. Josie is into mischief 24/7 though she knows that she can't talk me into opening and closing all the doors for her (She has my parents trained)

Last but definitely not least is Stella. Stella and I have bonded in the last couple of years. She's a very good listener, and makes me laugh constantly. She's not a morning dog, and like her eggs cooked scrambled, not runny. She loves the heater; in fact today I had it on, and she was oscillating with it. Quite a sight to see a dog leaning with the heat :)


I am physically exhausted, but it's nice to have admirers. I work at home now, and I don't get much interaction during the day unless it's via e-mail. It's been nice to have someone to share my happy moments (though Stella just opened one eye during her nap when I told her how excited I was that an AJC reporter called...). I miss the constant interaction that I had when I was working full-time, but I feel very blessed to be where I am now. God is good, even when I have whorish tendencies towards him....but more on that later I have a dog scared of a hat that I need to attend to :)