living the dog's life

there was a time i was retired from the working world, a few times in this life in fact... two years floating freely, then eight years (with six of those floating freely and two taking care of the family at home), then another year and a half, then another year and a half... in between those retirement i worked long hours (averaging more than sixty a week with one two year period averaging more than 80 a week with one week reaching 125 hours) and saved much dollars and but the past year and a half i am back to the long work week averaging 60 plus and this past week was about seventy five and that's not what i meant in the title, but it relates so there it remains...

what i mean is, i am often living on the dog's schedule these days, though not nearly as much as jackson does because, after all, jackson has taken care of our 16 year old puppy since before he was a year old and i've just adopted him for the last seven years or so... still, this is one of those dog's life weekends cuz jackson is away for he sister's birthday and i am home with the kids and i don't have the heart to wake the poor old guy cuz he creaks (and aches) with every step so i wait for him to wake and limp on out to let me know he has to go out... he's having fewer accidents lately, but aging is a hard road and we deal with it day by day... probably will get new carpet once he moves along out of this life, but until then, we're gonna love him with all we've got... and be patient and accommodating to his needs... i've got little time for any other life activities between work and softball and maintenance tasks (like taking the car in for service tomorrow at 7am and softball at 10am), so might as well be good to happiness while he's with us...

just getting home from the friday night softball and it was a poor showing for the home team, though at least i can be satisfied with my performance as i went 2 for 2, scored twice, and knocked in one run... we only scored five as a team though... losing sucks, but it's even worse when i personally suck and i didn't tonight so some consolation in that... love to play, win or lose, so onward we go...

and what else is new?... you? :)