My favorite breed!!!!!!!!!!!!

God, guys, thanks so much for the feedback, both on the essay and the drama llamaness.

I shouldn't be surprised at anything she does, but it seems that I will continue to be. *sigh*

Dan and I were just talking about it, and I am frankly impressed with myself and all the shit I have NOT said to her. It's all because of M, of course, but her personality is just to antithetical to mine, and her crazy makes me so angry and crazy, too.

I mean, I try to avoid it, to let it roll off my back and just be "Eh, it is what it is" but the impulse to verbally go superfuckingnova-cluestick upside her ass is so overwhelming at times. But I haven't. And I won't. Unless I HAVE to. I hope that day never comes, because shit will go DOWN. (I told Dan "I'd go all Elliott on her ass! With duct tape!" Hee. I love that scene.)

I am SO not a person who takes shit or appreciates drama. Bleargh.

My cousins had Newfoundlands and they were the sweetest dogs and remarkably able to work their way through a crowded house without knocking anything off, despite their size. The youngest learned to walk holding onto the dog and then rode her. They do drool, though.

Once a week the paper runs items about animals - an advice column for pets' health issues by a vet and reports on animal control calls. Every week it includes an item about one specific animal that's up for adoption, with a picture and brief description of the animal's personality. Last week's was a pit bull mix named Glowworm.

Is her name This DOG? Probably not, but it made me giggle. She's beautiful and you should totally take her home.

I am so cold. Everywhere I sit in this house seems to be in a draft. Turning up the heat doesn't really help much, when the cold air keeps coming in -- turning the heat to 72 gets the actual temperature (outside the drafts) up to about 68, and I don't really want to turn it higher than that. I even ordered a pair of footie pajamas, but they don't fit right, so I need to exchange them for a different size before I can be warm.

Cute doggie! We found another stray today, but fortunately a friend of the owner was driving around and spotted her on our site. BEAUTIFUL young pewter female pit bull. Not well trained, but very affectionate. No chip, but at least they spayed her!

Cereal: I know it was the right decision to let PB go, but I do feel like I dropkicked a puppy. He texted me after saying, "I thought I was doing better!" Well, you were, but not enough, and you weren't doing what we'd agreed you would. Also, later this afternoon, his coworkers showed me a picture of him SLEEPING in full Tyvek suit and respirator on a job site during work hours, in full view of the street!!! I mean, come ON. No one can think that's okay, right? Except maybe for ita !'s (ita's ! ?) former coworker.

{{{smonster}}} You did the right thing, but I'm sorry that it makes you feel bad.

He needed to learn the consequences. You did the right thing.