urine stinks

so dear old happiness seems to do it every time she goes away... jackson, that is... he misses mommy and loses his mind and since he's gotten older it's worse every time... so i went to take care of my care and then went to softball and was gone seven hours and before i left i walked and fed him and when i got back he was asleep and all appeared well, but i woke him to go out for a walk and instead of coming out to the front door, he peed in the hallway and on the carpet on the way to the front door and his urine is really stinkier than ever these days... i walked him again and then ate and napped because i hardly slept this week and really pushed myself during softball today (to the dizzy point)... now i need to motivate myself to clean the floor and carpet because the place stinks even worse than when i first walked in before the nap... all the laundry i planned to do has been put aside because the place smells so bad (he peed right in front of the washer and dryer)... as i mentioned earlier, i'm living the dog's life... happiness pees, i respond... happiness poops, i respond... happiness needs, i respond... the life of being responsible for a pet is wonderful in some ways, loving the animal and receiving the love back (or is that desperate neediness for food and the reward of not being yelled at for peeing and pooping indoors?)... but the responsibility is constant, there is no day off or break, a pet is a 24/7 responsibility... not a child, less to do, but still 24/7... and ultimately, for me, it is not fair to any animal to not be there most of the time and anyone who works does that, so that is why choose not to have pets...

would you like to swing on a star?...

narf :}