Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I have survived two full weeks without Jason. Kind of. I'm learning new levels of frustration every day and learning just how long my fuse is before I explode.

These two weeks have not been without their highlights -- I saved my first dog, appropriately named Zoey, from animal control. Work has picked up and I am running on more cylinders than I thought I had, and I already have my taxes turned into my accountant. The dvd of our wedding and our picture cd finally arrived and I get the pleasure of reliving that day every evening. I also cry every single time. Man, I really loved our wedding and am thankful we were able to capture the experience on film.

I LOVE my couch. I love my couch so much that it seems silly. I wont ever mind being in the doghouse and "having to sleep on the couch", and neither will Jason. It's a Pottery Barn sofa that is big and plush and you can sink right into it and fall asleep in 5 minutes. Jason and I can both stretch out and watch a movie without being in the other person's way. It's a great entertaining couch because of it's L shape and how the coffee table fits into place. It's just a ridiculously awesome couch. Ask anyone that has sat on it.

My adventures in Dog World continue and today I was pushed to my limits. I left the dogs unattended for 5 minutes and when I heard them wrestling I came back to make sure the smallest dog was still alive. And instead of a dead or injured canine, I found my injured couch. My beloved (and expensive) couch had the linen slipcover shredded away on one side. Most people will say it's my fault or that I had no business with an expensive couch -- and to those people I say "shut up". We wanted nice things, quality pieces that we would enjoy sitting/laying/lounging/sleeping on. And we fell in love with this sofa. Slipcovers CAN be inexpensive but such is not our luck. It's nearly a 2 week paycheck to replace it. I saw shades of red that I didnt even know existed when I realized what the dogs had done. I learned a very important lesson -- do not leave dogs unsupervised. Not yet at least. Ours are too young and too new (to us) to be trusted alone.

The couch was the second injury this week -- the dogs also chewed up my Pottery Barn coffee table. Anyone know of a good wood repair person???

Jason's departure is allowing me to grow. To test my patience. To see just what I'm made of. So far everyone has survived but the furniture has not. I am getting wiser by the hour and the jaunt through Dog World just might be my greatest challenge to date.