word vomiting

today i'm feeling un-inspired. i usually sit down at the computer and my mind, heart & fingers just spill out onto the keyboard. i feel that my life has been quite boring as of lately. yes, T & i are getting a puppy this weekend, so that's pretty exciting, but i still have lots of concern for my sweet Dooley. i am constantly worried that she will feel replaced or left out. i hope she ends up liking our new addition. getting a new puppy also brings on some anxiety. i am one of the biggest animal-lovers, just ask my friends. between you and me, sometimes i'd rather hangout with Dooley & have a one-sided convo with her than do anything with one of my friends...sorry to whoever takes offense to this :) i swear this puppy & T's roommates will be the death of me. you see, i am also a clean/neat freak. so adding two more dogs puppies to the mix is going to create 2X more dirt, dog hair, water bowl splashing, paw-print makin' mess to the little three-bedroom house that T and his roommates share. this is MY future house that is getting destroyed!! i feel as if i walk around the boys' house picking up half-filled cups, putting shoes in their respective rooms, throwing away beer bottles, taking out a trash that has been stuffed to the brim, cleaning a dish that i did not use, picking up a wrapper to who knows what, etc. i literally have become everyone's girlfriend (not so much Hank's though...Erin takes care of him ;)) i also recently got a new part-time job so i'm working 6 days/week (moms out there - i don't know how you do it!). on top of all this, T has asked me to do some meal planning. i have found this to be the hardest thing i have ever tried to accomplish. i guess what i'm trying to write is, i think i could turn into a monster-bitch at any time. if someone  says the wrong thing or looks at me the wrong way i might lose it. i noticed myself driving like a bat out of hell this morning on my way to work...wow, that felt nice; hopefully i didn't scare any new readers away since i seriously just word vomited all over this post. thanks for letting me vent :)

please let me know if any of you ever feel like you are a ticking time bomb? or if you have a great solution to the madness that i experience daily!

i might not be posting again till Saturday or Sunday (& that's only if T's house gets cleaned), but the next time you hear from me i will definitely be posting about the puppy! until then, I hope everyone has a great rest of the week!

i was sent this photo a few days ago, this is Chief right after he fell into the pool & rolled in the dirt...can't wait till he comes home!

i took this picture this morning, this is Dooley's way of saying, "Call in sick to work Ma. We can lounge on the couch all day and break rules." too bad i didn't take her advice!

my thought process

as i was driving home from work yesterday, i spotted a small brown animal out of the corner of my eye. my immediate thoughts were: oh my gosh, there's a Yorkshire Terrier puppy playing on the side of the highway! i quickly began contemplating whether or not i should drive around the block to re-check what i had seen. when i say quick, i mean i had 8 seconds to make a decision on whether to save the puppy. 

side story: i may or may not be guilty for "stealing" dogs out of people's yards. it's only happened twice & i was completely sure at the time that both dogs were lost & needed my help. needless to say, both dogs were safely returned to their owners the very next day. =)

at the last second, i veered off the highway and raced through a neighborhood so that i could get back on the highway to save the puppy. the whole time i was picturing this in my mind...

i also began thinking: how am i going to catch this dog // what if it runs from me, do i chase it? // we already have a dog, Dooley // we're getting another dog in a week! // will T let me keep the puppy? // if i keep it, i'm going to need to get puppy supplies // i'm so excited to get another new puppy! // oh, what will i name him/her? 

i'm about to get back on the highway to go snatch-up my new puppy. it's working out perfectly, i pull out onto the highway and luckily there's no cars driving behind me. this makes it so that i am able to slow down to see if the puppy is still there. as i'm getting closer, i see the little brown ball of fur. i basically pull to a stop on the highway and look to see...

my puppy turned out to be a Nutria! a GIGANTIC RAT! i had convinced myself that i would be going home with a puppy that day, but all i went home with was a hilarious story. i cracked up the whole way home.