First, I have to thank my dog for always making me feel better about myself. This morning as I made my coffee, I looked at the dog & kittens and said, “OK, what shall we all work on this year?”
Kittens: “What is this ‘work on’ thing you speak of? We are perfectly cute, there is nothing to ‘work on’.”
Me: “Good point.”
I looked at Moxley.
“Well Mox, you’re the awesomedog and really, there isn’t a thing you need to work on either. Guess it’s just me that needs to improve.”
Mox: *UUURRRRRPPPP* as he barfs. (Fortunately in the kitchen, easy cleanup.)
Me: “Aww, OK, that’s nice of you. You can work on not drinking your water too fast and then running around like a banshee and barfing.”
Beyond the dog not barfing up his water and the cats continuing their quest for world domination via cuteness, there are some other things I’d love to see in 2010.
– Lord Stanley’s Cup coming home with the Washington Caps. (Who should be playing in the Winter Classic today, but NBC and the NHL are full of morons.)
– Civility in the political arena. There is this really nifty concept where people “agree to disagree” on various subjects that works quite nicely in lieu of ridiculous name calling. (Note to all parties: The minute you play the Nazi card, you automatically lose the argument.)
– For the economic recovery to actually make it down to regular people and not just Wall Street. It’s great that the markets have come back, but until people can go to bed at night without worrying that they will lose their house/job/everything, the recovery isn’t complete.
– More reading. I need to find my library card again. (Or just suck it up and pay the $2 for a replacement, which will guarantee I find the old one.)
– More patience with my grandmother. Things are only going to deteriorate, and she’s never going to get that prescription for Valium that the rest of us so very much need her to have. On the flip side, I also need to remember she has never, ever called with an actual emergency, and she hasn’t died as a result of getting my voice mail instead of me, so the guilt needs to go out the window. (Probably all easier said than done.)
– For the awesomedog & superkittens to continue to get along so incredibly well. And for Moxley to not be quite so nervous when Lily is in “Oh Moxley, I LOOOOOOOOVE you!!” mode. (Right now she is cuddled up next to him, on her back, fast asleep. Shame she doesn’t feel secure around him.)
– To learn how to clip the cats’ nails. I chickened out and had the kennel do it while we were in PHX. (Which also reminds me, the kitty clippers were the item I forgot to get at PetCo yesterday.) I suspect this may be the easiest of my 2010 endeavours.
– Improve my housekeeping skills. OK, the skills are there, just getting off my lazy ass and doing it. I just have a knack for finding a million things that are more interesting than cleaning.
– Finally, to find a bit of direction in my life beyond just keeping my grandmother from calling 911 to ask what day of the week it is. I think this will be the most challenging task of this year, as my grandmother’s situation has become a bit all-consuming to me as I have been having a very hard time convincing myself that I do not have to make myself available 24/7, and this has put a real dent in my doing anything new or different.