Day 17
Dogs are just like kids, they give you no personal space. You're sitting on the toilet and they walk right up. "Make me a sandwich," they say.
"Look, I'm kind of busy at the moment," you say. So they just sit there and stare at your face until you're done. No pressure or anything.
Then they follow you to the next room. "What are we doing?" they ask. "Are we going for a walk? Are we going to play ball? I think I have some time for a belly rub."
You sit down in front of your computer and lay your face down on the keyboard, eyes closed. "Go to sleep," you say, "I need to work."
This is where kids and dogs are different. A kid will not go to sleep. A dog will not climb into your lap and demand navigation to YouTube. A kid will go watch the Disney channel and learn to roll his eyes at you. A dog will keep your feet warm.
"Look, I'm kind of busy at the moment," you say. So they just sit there and stare at your face until you're done. No pressure or anything.
Then they follow you to the next room. "What are we doing?" they ask. "Are we going for a walk? Are we going to play ball? I think I have some time for a belly rub."
You sit down in front of your computer and lay your face down on the keyboard, eyes closed. "Go to sleep," you say, "I need to work."
This is where kids and dogs are different. A kid will not go to sleep. A dog will not climb into your lap and demand navigation to YouTube. A kid will go watch the Disney channel and learn to roll his eyes at you. A dog will keep your feet warm.
18 Comments:
Hmmm. I think I need a dog. My feet are cold all the time.
If only we had read this sooner...
I can totally relate. Being the parent of a small child means having your own personal bathroom attendant always at the ready to dispense toilet paper and advice on how to use it.
I have a dog and two cats who all literally come running into the bathroom when they hear the toilet lid hit the tank. They love a captive audience.
Oh my god. Do you know my dog? She whines when I close the door. So, evidently this puppy has been better training for our baby (due in 3 weeks!) than I thought.
Yours just sits and stares?? Funny; mine tries to hop up onto my lap and join me....
Ah yes, I also have the child youtube junkie - I thought it was ok to leave him clicking on one pokemon episode after another while I caught up on my vital staring into space time. I was wrong. When I got back he was looking displeased at some rather sexy and disturbing Japanese animation. Yes, I win the bad parenting prize again, thank you all so much.
I should have gone for the dog option.
LOL at "I think I have time for a belly rub."
This is why the bathroom door stays closed while I'm inside. I don't like talking while I'm... you know... doing my business.
One of my favorite memories is of Me using the lovely restooms at Nordstroms and Luna asking me (in her angelic, two year old, just loud everyone to hear, voice)
"Momma, you pooping?"
My dog, on the other hand was never quite this humiliating...
Aw, and a cat will keep your hands warm. Never mind you're using them to type.
You know, I always wondered just what the *hell* the difference was... thanks for clearing that up.
Ellie
and dogs don't need to be picked up at practice everyday and from friends houses at 11:00 at night on the weekends.
seriously, at least you don't have a cat that ONLY wants to be pet when you're on the toilet...
She actually pulls your hand down if you don't pet her.
I never claimed she was normal...
My dog actually likes to watch You Tube videos with me now.
My cat has his own chair next to my computer desk and when I get on the computer - he gets all happy, jumps up in his chair cleans himself and naps.
My feet ... well they just freeze.
See, this is why I don't understand the law that prohibits kenneling children.
Hmmm.. when I go in the bathroom, my cat runs the other way.
Wondering what THAT could mean.
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