the dog says no

woke in a wonderful place, a wonderful almost magical head-space, but happiness said no... he laid at my feet staring begging for attention, begging for food, or most likely, begging to go outside... he always wants to be outside... and that was after i took him outside for a quick pee... jackson's note said he pooped this morning, but he's still begging harder than usual so i got up and walked and now, the magic is gone... those moods are fleeting... and he just wanted to go outside, no poop (of course, he pooped just five hours ago and peed less than an hour ago) and so it will be a day of staring and begging and panting and unless i growl at him and make him feel bad and in turn make me feel bad, it's annoying and will continue until i want to feel bad...

we shall see if alternatives work today... i played with him as much as he can play these days (poor old puppy) and then sometimes if i ignore his begging he gets tired of sitting at my feet (he's old, no position is comfortable for long anymore, especially not sitting or standing) and lays down on his bed... if he does that and spends fifteen minutes on his bed i will give him a treat and if he feels satisfied and spends more time resting anywhere (and not begging) then i will give him another treat... if i remember later, i'll let you know how the day went... but the writing mood has passed, the dog said no...

as for me, i slept in almost good (still on the couch, if you remember that story and if you don't ask or backtrack a few hundred entries and if you have that much time, yay thank you and let's communicate more smiley grin) for the first time in many weeks and that felt good (and lead to the magical feeling and writing) and the plan is to relax and enjoy the day as i have a party tonight and an early softball practice tomorrow and a softball game in the afternoon that i believe is the sunday afternoon league championship game so i want to be rested so i hope not to stay out too late tonight and i hope to get a nap in tomorrow before the late afternoon game and to do all that, i start with a peaceful day today and will hopefully not have to feel bad to get the dog to cooperate... hopefully he will live up to his name today, right happiness? :)

narf :)