I got the ok from my landlord today to get a dog. I've been thinking about this for, well, nearly forever, and I finally think I'm at a place where I can do it. I'm a little nervous, but mostly excited.
Nervous because it's a lot of responsibility and it will require me to make some changes in my schedule... like coming home right after work and scheduling my weekends a little more carefully. But as we go into the fall and my schedule slows down a little (hopefully!), I feel like it matters more to me to have the dog than to have the freedom. I know, some people will never get that. It just feels right.
Now the tough part comes... finding the right dog. I did a little looking today. It's so easy to fall for them! But I'm trying to stay strong and find the right mix. Relatively small, relatively low-key, but not catatonic, and cute of course. Shouldn't be that hard to find.... :-)
Meanwhile, this is hopefully my last week of utter insanity. Nicole's bachelorette party is this Saturday and Sarah's baby shower is Sunday. And after that - my party planning is over for awhile. Thank goodness! Now I just have to be careful not to keep scheduling my weeks and weekends quite so full.
This week also will mark date number 3 of the new boy. I try to make decisions by date three on whether or not I should continue the effort of dating and this one I'm pretty up in the air about. He's a nice guy. I'm just never excited to go out with him. I'm never sure if I'm just not giving people enough of a chance or if I should go with my instinct and not waste both their time and mine.
Part of me says I'm capable of really enjoying dating someone and wanting to be with them, so clearly I must be wasting my time if I'm not excited to be with someone. But another part of me says that none of the relationships where I've been excited have panned out, so maybe something's not right with that plan.
Any helpful hints out there? I'm open to new ideas. :-)
It's Nip/Tuck time. Gotta run.
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Yay for puppies! I know, some people will never get why I spend my lunch break going home to walk the dog and why Carl gets up at 5:30 so that Terra can get in a good walk in the morning. You just have to be a dog person to understand.
As for the boy situation...If he doesn't light your fire, he just doesn't. But that doesn't mean you can't just have some fun together (the clean and innocent type of fun, of course). But, now I am definitely getting the low-down on my neighbor's son. I just found out last night that he graduated from UIC and had a job offer to go to Manhattan but could not leave because he loves Chicago so much. Sounds like a match made in...Chicago:)
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