well, that was sarcasm…sort of…
5am - wake up…make coffee…feed dogs…make sure sami doesn’t poop on the floor…make sure magoo doesn’t claw his way back into the room, make sure sami doesn’t pee on the floor…make sure magoo doesn’t try to kill sami in his efforts to play…pack up lunches
530am - shower…take magoo into the bathroom…make sure he doesn’t try to claw himself back into the bedroom
545am - out of shower…make sure sami hasn’t pee’ed or poo’ed while i was in the shower…clean up if he did
6am - wake up alexis…my favorite time of the morning…sleepy alexis very adorable…not the usual hardass she seems to be…unless magoo decides to wake her up himself…then she’s cranky…
601am - out the door with sami and magoo…make sure they both pee and poo before coming back in…
625am - coffee in mug…lunch in bag…don’t forget note…
645am - look over to alexis to see if she’s about ready so we can leave together…
650am - out the door hopefully for an 86 bus to exchange place…if not…the vans to journal square…
745am - walking quicking into the office…
8am - time for a nap…but no…users are whining…yes i know it’s my job…but do they have to start so damn early?!
1pm - lunch…in office…at desk…outside? sunshine? what outside and what sunshine? the temperature as far as i’m concerned during the hours of 8-4 is always 74 degrees…
3pm - out the door…catch train downtown to meet with alexis…then path…and then bus…
5pm - arrive home…hopefully sami hasn’t poo’ed in his crate…but usually i’m not that lucky…alexis is getting ready to wash sami…magoo is looking on and trying to say hello to everyone…then out the door to the dog park if it’s not raining, or too cold. otherwise, it’s out the door for a quick walk in the neighborhood…
7pm - dinner…hopefully something healthy…
10pm - exhausted…both of us are trying not to fall asleep on the couch…damn, we’ve gotta walk the dogs one last time…get dressed, out the door, make sure sami pee’s and poo’s…make sure magoo poo’s and pees…
11pm - we collapse into bed…sami in his crate…magoo in the bed…
2am - sami whining to be let out of the crate so he can sleep stretched out on his pillow…let him out…pee on pad…then to the pillow…
5am - wake up…
cycle continues…
wanna know the funniest thing? i wouldn’t have it any other way. i read somewhere in some dog lover book that when you own a bulldog and a pug, the snores become music to your ears…and they’re right. we both feel calm and at peace when we can hear them breathe…which is never difficult.
my life now…yes, it’s hectic, it’s running around, it’s ulcer producing sometimes…but i really wouldn’t want it any other way. i have the love of my wife, the adoration of my “children”…what else do i need? there’s no better “thank you” than a kiss from alexis, or a snuggle from the boys…maybe i’m simple…but i’m content with this…
hope your every day is as action packed as mine is…hope you’re content with what you have…but never forget to strive for more…
- steph
