True. But conflict inspires great art. BostonDevil surely knows this but the Shakespeare line, “Use me but as your spaniel—spurn me, strike me,
Neglect me, lose me. Only give me leave,
Unworthy as I am, to follow you” was inspired by the bard’s dog’s own gland dilemmas.
Heading out in a few minutes. Driving to DC today (with plans to fill up before getting all the way, maybe Delaware) then round trip DC to Williamsburg and back on Tuesday, then back to Boston on Wednesday. Picking up T-Bone from W&M.
The Quarantine Adventures of T-Bone and The Drewsk can recommence on Thursday. T-Bone will be the last in the family to be vaxxed. He's the only one without his first shot. He'll get one as soon as I can get him an appointment after we get back. After that, the adventure saga will need a new title. Speaking of adventure sagas, T-Bone will be taking courses in Old English (finally!) and Arthurian Literature in the fall.
Dogs really do seem like so much work. I like that cats don't need much and I sort of like that my cat supplements his diet. That being said, I do I feel like I would enjoy being able to take a dog in the back of a pickup truck and take a dog out to eat at outside restaurants.
Dogs are a good bit of work up front, and then depending on the breed, the daily "work" is really more fun and a positive introduction to one's routine. Like, it's good for you to go for a walk every day because your animal needs one.
The emotional companionship is also very real. I've learned that very acutely in the last year-plus.
I'm not mad at cat lovers (you may not fight me, for example), but cats creep me out. Plus I'm quite allergic anyway.
I am also a closet loner. In a perfect world I would never have a pet. I do like my family and I love to hang out with them. I have been called an omnivert and that sounds right. I love to be around people, but I need to be alone to recharge. This is why travel is good for me, because I get to go be alone and I relish that. Plus I saw that picture man. I would rather fight Aimo and she is TERRIFYING.
I don't do knives, or Russians.
Your wife is a wise woman.
Sadly, this is true for me as well. I have several cousins in whom I am deeply disappointed.
Yum! Anything with blue cheese and balsamic, and mushrooms!
This.
Way too much information!
I am NOT terrifying. Just don't mess with me.
Went down a slide and swing in a swing for the first time in years this morning.
I just finished doing my family's taxes. Yeah, it's late, but my father-in-law started special accounts for my kids and nobody told me. They were successful enough accounts that, even though my kids didn't have their own paying jobs during the pandemic and shouldn't have had to file their taxes, it turns out that the investment income meant that they did. Which proved to be one heck of a lot harder to accomplish than I had anticipated.
But the job is finally done, thank goodness, just under the wire.