I thought it was a fine time to adopt a new furry addition to our family so the kids and I visited puppy after puppy, seeking the right one. 'We won't get a puppy until it speaks to us,' I told the kids after we left yet another puppy behind. 'It has to be the right dog for us.'
Well, we found that dog. A 9-week old St Bernard who not only spoke to us, he walked right into our hearts the minute we met him. So now we are in the midst of puppy training. I had forgotten how much fun that is. I'm going to buy stock in a paper towel company.
Our renter is treading on my last nerve. She's a slob of the highest degree and is getting a little too comfy in my home. She was supposed to be here only for a month or two and it's been six. OH.MY.GOD.YOU.NEED.TO.GET.OUT.NOW. I told her a while ago she has until February 1 and then she's going to find her belongings in the front yard and the locks changed. Coming home to a disgusting dirty kitchen and a messy house is not acceptable and I can't take it anymore. Even though I've told her she needs to clean up better I don't think she's physically capable of it. Buh bye. I'd rather live in a cardboard box than share space with her for too much longer. At least my cardboard box would be clean.
My daughter was sick today. Who's going to stay home with her? I asked myself. I raised my hand and called work to say that I wouldn't be in. So sorry we were just closed for twelve days and now I'm out again. <insert awkward 'I'm a good employee, honest!,' uncomfortable laugh> Could I have called her father to ask him if he could take her? Nope, I'm not physically capable of that. And isn't it in the divorced mom handbook that you won't ask your ex for anything? Maybe it's not in the official handbook but it's in the one that I follow.
Perhaps once my house is mine again and the squatter leaves I'll get the spring back in my step. Maybe once the puppy stops peeing on the floor eighty-seven times a day, I'll be chipper again. My house is 94% tile or hardwood. Why does the puppy run to the closest scatter rug to take a leak? Must be in the puppy handbook.
He's lucky he's cute.
He's soooo cute!!! My kids want a new puppy, too, but we are going to wait until after ski season (everything here revolves around ski season) Well, that is if we are still living here. I think I need to sell our house, I believe that is in the divorce handbook as well :(
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry about your house! That sucks so bad. I'm probably going to face that reality in the future too. It's so hard to run a house on a fraction of the income that you used to. Puppies do make everything better so I would definitely check into getting one after ski season! :)
DeleteI have the same handbook as you. Flat tire and stranded, nope, not gonna call him. All the snow school closure days, nope, not gonna call him. Outside of one of the kids going to the hospital, ( which has happened)- not gonna call him.
ReplyDeleteGood for you K. Find your own path,
Our handbooks match! He did offer to stay home with our daughter because she's still sick today. I said okay because I gotta actually go to work sometimes! My pride made it very difficult to say yes but I swallowed it down.... Hope your kids are okay and the trips to the hospital weren't for anything too serious!
DeleteHe's adorable! Maybe you could give him something that belongs to the squatter and train him to poop and pee on her stuff. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad the jerk actually offered to take care of her. It's the least he could do after all he's put you guys through. My step-daughter fell down the stairs at her mom's house when she was little and we found out about it several years later. My hubby was a good ex; mom was the PITA.