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So I haven’t posted in awhile. When I think about it I’m not surprised. My last post was about starting anti-depressants because, unfortunately, it was time. One of the reasons I hate anti-depressants is because even though I don’t feel as bad after I go on the meds I also notice that things don’t seem as funny, and my interests aren’t as interesting to me. I love that I’m not crying all day or snapping at my husband every other time he speaks, but I don’t feel as much like writing or taking pictures, and of course the worst side effect of anti-depressants: no sex drive.

So I guess all I have to say is that I did take my own advice and go on the anti-depressants and they are doing what they are supposed to do. I’m not angry like I was and that is terrific! Also I want a new puppy so much! My husband’s cousin who lives right next door got a new puppy who is so cute and he was telling us that there is one left and it’s free and so cute! They are a Pug/Shih Tzu mix. But I have three cats and a dog already, and we don’t really have room for another.

Dogs and Love

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My dog is really special to me. I always thought I didn’t like dogs, but since we got her I think I’ve been converted to a dog person. I didn’t really think it was possible but she seems to truly love. When she looks at me I can see the love, trust, and adoration in her face and eyes. It’s really awesome, and I finally get the man’s best friend thing.

Cats are great. They are beautiful, intelligent, they do some adorable things, and they are self sufficient. My husband says they are like love camels. They can store up a bunch of love and then go for a long time without needing much from you. Since we feed our cats by leaving the door to the food storage container open (since my youngest cat Seven wouldn’t have it any other way) we can go on vacation for a week and just leave out some large water dishes for them while we are gone and they hardly know the difference. That right there is a pretty cool pet.

But, after feeling the love that emanates from my puppy (who’s not a puppy anymore); I can’t imagine living without a dog ever again. She is a pain for vacations, since we have to bring her along or find someone to come over several times a day to let her out and feed her. For example, for Thanksgiving this year she was the 13^th body at my mom’s. She was the only dog but that’s one dog and 12 people in a 2 bedroom apartment. Overnight there was one dog, one baby, 2 teens, 2 men, and 4 women spread out over two beds, a couch and various places on the floor. It was packed, and clearly adding a dog to the mix only makes things more complicated. To make matters worse my dog apparently HATES my sister and her fiancée. Luckily this is not the sister from Texas who stayed there the whole time, but the two times my other sister came by my dog growled and barked and really worried us. This is the sweetest, most scardy-cat dog I know, but when my sister and her fiancée walked in she acted like she was a drug dog and they were smuggling something.

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But even with the added complications and with making leaving for vacation a little more work we still love her to pieces. I can’t get enough of my dog, and even though I shouldn’t, I let her up on the couch with me once in awhile if I’m lying down while watching TV. I love her like a kid, because she is my furbaby, and sometimes our kids need to be a little spoiled