dogs should live forever.

Back to snoring, after learning nothing from this experience.

Honestly I thought his second brain cell would pick up the slack here while the first one was drunk on water, so that's on me.

a man is wearing a sweater with birds on it and the word schitts creek is on the bottom ALT: a man is wearing a sweater with birds on it and the word schitts creek is on the bottom

Wally gets a chew stick

Wally drinks a lot of water

Wally picks up stick, pokes his soft palate, pukes up water

Wally, looks at me and:

George Washington remembering Valley Forge and seeing this and just

Also *not* having the freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want and to hell with the health and safety of everyone else

Is kind of fundamental to the whole "military" thing.

Taking the greatest military ever known, in part because it's the greatest logistical machine ever known, and going "you know what, bring back scurvy and flu because freedom".

Waffles has an internal supervision timer. I can walk away to do whatever but if I don't come back or make noise within a certain amount of time he'll come see what I'm doing.

Like how if kids are quiet you know it's A Problem.

The stage of having a new shih tzu where he insists on literally supervising everything you do

Before he realizes you're a crappy employee but won't quit and can't be fired so he just does whatever he wants and assumes you'll get him if something goes wrong.

Wally is making progress but he's A Youth and needs a reliable routine - clock-wise, not just event-wise.

I got spoiled with Waffles because now that he's older, *neither* of us is a morning person and being alive before 9am is just RUDE.

They have me getting up at 7am so Wally doesn't have an accident because he's still training

And then the AUDACITY to be SNORING immediately after they eat. They've just been sitting here LOAFING.

Meanwhile I'm too tired to exist because I slept like 💩 and have a headache.

a child is laying on the floor in front of a carousel . ALT: a child is laying on the floor in front of a carousel .

This also works.

This feels about right re: where I'm at mentally

I HATE IT HERE

what's funny is before we went to that game I didn't have a hockey team. could've ended up with one doing good at hockey but noooo I have a team that fits nicely with the rest of my disappointing sports allegiances.

why you gotta point it out 😭

why did I stay awake for this why did I have hope

Stop zooming in on that kid's face we get it he's a BABY and he did hockey good 😩

a cartoon penguin holding a gun in a snowy field ALT: a cartoon penguin holding a gun in a snowy field

He's banging his little drum now but if they don't get it together this is gonna be him in ten minutes

The "let's go pens" chant sounds as tired as the team looks.

Go check on Iceburgh and he's just in the corner like this

a bald man wearing a plaid shirt and a vest is standing with his hands on his hips in a crowd . ALT: a bald man wearing a plaid shirt and a vest is standing with his hands on his hips in a crowd .

This Pens game is just

a woman with long blonde hair is smiling and wearing a white jacket and a pink shirt . ALT: a woman with long blonde hair is smiling and wearing a white jacket and a pink shirt .

welp brb getting yet another degree

Wally tried to get at Waffles's pupperoni puzzle one of the first days he was here and Waffles almost *shanked* him.

I told Wally that Waffles might be old and grumpy and cozy now, but he's from the streets, and not to forget it.

The playpen that was supposed to keep Wally in is actually used to keep Wally out

Because he's still kinda skinny and will absolutely swipe anything Waffles eats or is about to eat.

a woman wearing a headband and earrings says what do you mean ALT: a woman wearing a headband and earrings says what do you mean

(I have literally no idea how to even think about getting there or what that looks like 🫠)

Sometimes I'm sad because I feel like I should be doing *more*

But more what? Literally what use is there for my Frankenstein's Monster skill set?

If you can think of the ideal job for a criminal lawyer turned software engineer with a background in political science and international conflict

Then I have questions because what.

In a perfect world I use the skills I got as a trial lawyer for people and negotiating and teaching, the knowledge and writing from the poli sci degree, and then more skills from software engineering to do SOMETHING.

But I have no idea what that thing is and I hate it.

Okay honestly I still feel this now and then because I use my JD and first undergrad degree as office decorations 🫠