Man, I guess I should be careful what I post! Yes, I did go check out puppies last Friday but no, I did not bring any of them home with me. This required an enormous exercise of self restraint. (If you need to ask yourself why, I can only refer you to the previous post. Can you believe how frickin' cute corgi puppies are? It's insane!)
A little more on the back story. So my sister and I have been working hard on convincing my mom to let me (us) get a dog. Any rational being might say that one look at one of these critters could melt even the hardest hearts of stone. Said rational being has never met my mother. Sometimes, it mystifies me that my mother, who grew up on a farm with several dogs, dislikes dogs (or any pets) so much? (My grandfather was a great lover of dogs and even in the hardest of hard economic times always made sure his dogs were well fed.) I can only speculate that she mentally classifies pets in the same category as large yachts or expensive cars, i.e. ludicrous luxuries wholly unnecessary for survival. Being how she views her own children as enormous burdens (and we actually have the ability to feed and clothe ourselves), the idea of a living, breathing thing (i.e. dog) totally reliant on her to use the bathroom, get exercise and stimulation, and be fed while not promising to provide her a cushy retirement seems like an insane waste of resources. * sigh *
In all fairness though the specific timing of my puppy visit points to the larger problem (I mean other than my crazy mom) at hand. Last Thursday, I walked into work and checked my email, where I learned that I was to essentially to wrap up what work I had on hand and to go home. The case that I'd been working on (a project I believed would last at least another 6 months) was suddenly on some indefinite hold and I was suddenly without work. Such is the life of a contract attorney trapped in the world of complex litigation. I'd planned on going down in May to check out a puppy but with the wind completely knocked out of my sales and suddenly a free Friday, I trekked down to Oregon to see Cameo's litter. (
Cameo is cousin to the wonderful
Norma.) I was particularly interested in this litter since there was a little red boy available. As far as I can tell, reds are less common among cardigan corgis but (in my opinion) particularly awesome and cute. If you can't tell from the picture above he took a liking to me too and Audrey (the breeder) said he was all mine if I wanted him. Could there be a more perfect convergence of circumstances?
* sigh * Ok, so I'm sure you've figured out by now that I'm terribly impatient about getting a dog but the timing just ain't working out. I can't justify taking on the responsibility of a dog with this dicey employment situation. I mean one day you have work and the next day you don't. The news totally blew me away...I was (by all accounts) doing good work and I thought I had enough work to at least get me to through July. I figured that that would buy me enough time to really nail something more permanent and the steady income stream and schedule could accommodate a dog. Turns out that wasn't the case at all! The truth is, if I can't justify this to myself I certainly can't convince my mom (not that it looks like she's going to ever be convinced). It's very maddening....the good news is that I just got a call this afternoon to come back into work tomorrow. I just got back from a Mariner's game, have really enjoyed my few (surprise!) days off, and would rather be sleeping in tomorrow but boy am I relieved that this hiatus was so brief. Not the most welcome scare but a good reality check no less. This is probably more than you wanted to know about either my family or my work life but the story is what it is.
Anyway, I hope you don't stop reading just because there isn't a cute corgi puppy around just yet. I'm still working on that one and it's taking me a lot longer than I thought. :( I guess in the mean time I'll have to distract you with more crafting. (More on that later this week!)
