MATILDA

I'm crazy but I got a new puppy.  Matilda is a mix of well I'm not sure but she probably is Australian Shepard or Border Collie and Terrier. It doesn't matter because I'm a Mutt too so we go together.  In 48 hours she has brought so much life into this house and the only one who doesn't like her is Sam the cat.  She is a lot of work, not physical but the kind where I have to watch her all the time since she is only 8 weeks old and I never know when she is going to try and piddle.  Yes piddle, it's a word my mom's good friend used about her dogs ever since I was a little girl and it stuck.

Now a dear friend told me recently that they didn't understand me taking on a puppy since my plate was full.  They are probably right. I always feel I have to challenge myself, push myself to the point of exhaustion.  Two things I think are behind that.  One was being in that stupid wheel chair for a couple years.  Let me tell you about being in a wheelchair, it isn't fun, it is degrading and people act like you aren't there. I can't tell you how many people would walk in front of me when I was trying to maneuver my chair through a store or worse the friendliest place on Earth ----Disney World.  I had cigarettes nearly burn me and the  ashes dropped on my lap, purses slammed into my face,  gotten kicked by little kids feet, you name it I can probably say it was done. So next time you see someone in a wheelchair have a little compassion and be courteous.  I don't ever want to be back in one of those chairs which is why I push myself to keep my muscles working and show people I can do it. IT being anything which really I can't or shouldn't do.   The other reason behind me piling my plate too full is what my Ex told me when we decided to divorce. He said he couldn't handle being married to someone who was sick all the time so he had found someone younger.  The really great karma thing about that is the younger woman took him for every cent he hid from me.  Life is a b*tch but it can be fun.

So Matilda is now a part of this home. I love the life she has brought to it.  But I am overly tired so think I'll go do something I don't ever do....I'm going to take a nap.