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For one nighttime rabbit sighting, he bolted & took me with him; knocked me down over a short retaining wall. Big scab on my ankle. Another time he crashed into my shin HARD. Big bruise.

It's very Jekyll/Hyde. He's a perfectly behaved & conscientious adoring companion at home.

He needs to gain about 5-10 pounds. And he needs some training on nighttime leash manners. That's when his aloof livestock guardian nature comes out. He is on high alert, ready to defend the neighborhood from every rustling leaf.

Our neighbor has been fostering him for a few weeks so we (current pets included) have had ample opportunity to spend time with him. New name forthcoming.

The whole 9 yards of licensure & all the rules that come alone with it, unfortunately!

Another option is to become an authorized alternate caregiver, which is just a simple background check but you wouldn't have any agency support, etc. You're kinda "just the babysitter."

I hoped Brandi & band would perform Mama Werewolf. And they did! It captures who I am as a person & my relationship with Rose so so well. I'm imperfect & moody & too zealous but I did something right raising her because she's always my silver bullet in the gun.

The concert fell on Rose's 14th birthday. The most easygoing person, she happily told us to GO months ago when the show was announced.

For the next 837 times we have to cancel special plans, we will always remember this one exceptional win.

O M G

I know this isn't news to anyone but me. Professional nail care is ubiquitous and beloved. I'm glad I've finally calmed down enough to participate & enjoy it.

Today my nail tech said, "there's so much we can't control in life. So if you can make your nails look prettier, by all means do it."

Growing up working class & then spending many of my formative years in the DIY underground punk scene, this luxurious little femme ritual always seemed like class treachery. But now I'm all in.

The rx components of a mani & pedi feel SO GOOD & the result looks so healthy. & gel polish is amazing!

Before heading to urgent care, she vacillated between a sobbing plea for sedation if she had to get stitches and "well, I guess this is what it's like when people get their lip pierced' haha.

If you're not swatting at me when I walk past the chair you're sitting in, are you even a cat? Do you even deserve to live here?

So I've got a cat & a dog I'm not excited to look at. They're great family pets, but there's no oxytocin rush when we interact. Continuing to chase that Bruno high.

Our cat Rigatoni (the cat who showed up in our yard last winter; kids wore me down & we let him move in) is also not a ten in the looks department. He also has a very even, tolerant personality. I like my cats large, long-haired, & spicy.

Poor Fiver. You are so good. So sweet. So well-behaved. So cute with your toys & cardboard box-shredding. Truly exceptional, safe, & loving with kids....but you do not make my heart sing.

Because Fiver is a 60# fine-boned super mutt. That look & that size do not make my heart sing. I want a dog who looks & acts like it will save me from drowning or dig me out from an avalanche.

Shortly after Bruno died, there was a pair of 4yo & 5yo brown female Newfoundlands at a rural humane society. I was obsessed but held back because my heart was too tender; I was not ready to have another dog or 2 live just 5 years with our family. I now wish I had at least met them.