[vash]

we rarely get to vent about the flip-side to pet ownership. here goes:

Travel! i just bought airline tix for an extended vacation. pretty much the entire month of Dec, i will be eating asian food.

i have a cat and a dog. my dog is older, takes daily meds, has mild sep-anx. if i were near my family, they would happily dog sit for me. my wife's family is less enthusiastic. i have a hire-gun-dog-sitter. $45 a day for overnight stays..my math is fuzzy, but i think that works out to about a million dollars. (okay, about $13hundred).

i am half tempted to drive the little dude to my mom in texas..it would be cheaper!!

Cat? oh lordie. i am going to have to beg a neighbor to feed her. she is a loving cat, but she has issues. like dragging in feathered things...and vomiting..and pooping. feeding is one thing, asking someone to clean a litter box and do grid searches for lizards and other God's creatures..another thing entirely.

i ask myself this about pets.."why?!!!"