April 13, 2011
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What was I thinking?
Does a mid-life crisis really exist? Do people actually go a bit nuts in the autumn of their years? Well, I can attest that perhaps this age old theory could possibly be true. I remember my father in law divorced his second wife, got a perm in his hair, took on wearing tons of native American jewelry and bought a huge Cadillac. This was only second to his new look of tight jeans, a white belt and white shoes to match. Dance fever look out.
So, as I mentioned a few blogs ago, Dan and I decided to get yet another dog. Like two Chihuahuas weren’t enough to drive us to straight to the funny farm. I had always wanted another German Shorthair Pointer. Dan, being the macho hunter, wouldn’t be caught dead being seen with Chihuahuas. So we together embarked on a new journey of getting a puppy.
Perhaps this need of wanting another dog stemmed from my son being stationed in a remote base in Afghanistan and my constant worry. So, what else would take my mind of my son participating in a war? Why a puppy!
Since her arrival on February 15th our life as we shall say has consisted of paper towels, thousands of walks, toy stuffing everywhere and the vacuum cleaner being constantly run! Having smaller dogs for quite some time now, a larger dog has made such a difference in the wear and tear of the house. If you remember from yet another previous blog, Chihuahuas do not go out in the rain. Thus, nothing to worry about with the carpet. The new dog, “Patch” rolls in the wet gardens and then loves to show us her new color of “brown”.
She feels that the kitchen table is her new buffet table. She has eaten my $700 pair of progressive glasses off the end table. So far the damage just keeps mounting. But, I know this will pass hopefully by one year of age. Fear not nerdy people, I am one of you… Yes you,…. people with duck tape on my glasses until the new ones come in.
I do not regret “our” decision for one minute. (okay, maybe when I say my glasses.} Now I know why people have children at a younger age. I just need a nap! LOL!
Here are the latest pictures taken yesterday at the vet. Patches is now 17 weeks old. She has gained 8 pounds in three weeks. Dan took this picture of me. Notice on the left side of the picture there is an old lady with white hair holding her dog “Mopsy”. Was there a subliminal message here when he took this photo!
Next time if you hear me speak of a crazy idea, please feel free to speak out.
Lady having a mid life crisis in background left as well.
