[TM] 272 - Do you have any pets?
Feb. 28th, 2009 02:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elementof_riskI suppose, technically, we have two, if you go with the "what's mine is yous and what's yours is mine" theory of relationships leading quickly toward marriage and such, but even more technically, Ruhun is Baileigh's dog. He and I get along well enough. I take him for walks and did some training with him and have been known to play fetch with him, but he really is hers, and I respect that.
By the same token of a gift--my Christmas gift, as a matter of fact--the puppy is mine, because apparently I "needed" a dog as well, because he was Baileigh's. Of course, Baileigh and I already were living together and had the house when I acquired the puppy, so she isn't quite as sure that she's mine as Ruhun is that he's Baileigh's, but. In theory, she is. I did name her, though now I've the slightest sort of a worry that said name might get me shot, but it was meant as a compliment.
I haven't really ever had a pet of my own before now, though, and it's a bit odd. She follows me through the house rather a lot. She is, as Ruby promised, very sweet. She likes to snuggle, which is going to be awkward as she grows into those paws of hers. But she's quiet, which is nice, and in the evenings when I want to read, she just wants to be close, and when I go out for a run, she wants to run along, though she's not quite old enough to keep up yet. She wants to get up on the bed to sleep, and up on the couch to put her head in my lap and it's just...odd to have this sort of devoted affection when really all it seems to me that I do is feed her and take her out for walks and play with her a bit. There wasn't ever time for animals before now, before I started taking fewer jobs, settled a little, and it's just...different. Growing up, I wanted one for a while, but it was out of the question, and then where was I going to keep a dog, and now there's a house and a dog and Baileigh and a baby on the way and I think back to this time last year and...sometimes it just causes a disconnect almost in my brain to think how much it has changed. Not in a bad way, though.
In fact...I think I'll take the puppy for a walk before coming back to see what I can get started for dinner.
And I wonder how many people around the world ever thought to see me type that sentence.
By the same token of a gift--my Christmas gift, as a matter of fact--the puppy is mine, because apparently I "needed" a dog as well, because he was Baileigh's. Of course, Baileigh and I already were living together and had the house when I acquired the puppy, so she isn't quite as sure that she's mine as Ruhun is that he's Baileigh's, but. In theory, she is. I did name her, though now I've the slightest sort of a worry that said name might get me shot, but it was meant as a compliment.
I haven't really ever had a pet of my own before now, though, and it's a bit odd. She follows me through the house rather a lot. She is, as Ruby promised, very sweet. She likes to snuggle, which is going to be awkward as she grows into those paws of hers. But she's quiet, which is nice, and in the evenings when I want to read, she just wants to be close, and when I go out for a run, she wants to run along, though she's not quite old enough to keep up yet. She wants to get up on the bed to sleep, and up on the couch to put her head in my lap and it's just...odd to have this sort of devoted affection when really all it seems to me that I do is feed her and take her out for walks and play with her a bit. There wasn't ever time for animals before now, before I started taking fewer jobs, settled a little, and it's just...different. Growing up, I wanted one for a while, but it was out of the question, and then where was I going to keep a dog, and now there's a house and a dog and Baileigh and a baby on the way and I think back to this time last year and...sometimes it just causes a disconnect almost in my brain to think how much it has changed. Not in a bad way, though.
In fact...I think I'll take the puppy for a walk before coming back to see what I can get started for dinner.
And I wonder how many people around the world ever thought to see me type that sentence.
