Failed Intentions

This has been a hard week. I wasn’t going to talk about this. It’s embarrassing, or rather, I feel ashamed. But we wound up adopting a dog last weekend and then returning him to the rescue three days later. 

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Distorted Thoughts and Dogs

I’ve mentioned before that Hannah and I are doing the Noom program. It’s still going pretty well. It’s all psychology-based, mainly DBT-type focused, and it’s almost magical the way it’s been helping us.

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No Dogs. No Pets. No Meat.

I have been avoiding writing anything on my blog for a few reasons. One of them is that I’ve been sick. Sick like a dog. Like a lazy dog. All I do is sleep. It’s the flu. Is it? Is it depression? Probably. It’s both. It sucks. There is no dog here. And that’s okay. It is? Well, I guess.

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Instead of What

I’m glad the holidays are over, other than the fact I’m not able to spend as much time with mjp. He gets more days off on xmas and New Year, and then it’s back to the grind again. I should be back to painting, I guess. Or, at least I should be doing something else instead of what I have been doing, which would be what, I’m not sure, but I should be doing something else instead.

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Misc. Rambling

So, we are thinking about adopting another dog–one that is a better fit for us. We will be receiving a home visit from one of the animal rescues I’ve been communicating with to see about possibly adopting a spaniel mix named Ruffles. Get it? Ruffles??

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