Good morning! Back again, this time with a new definition for insanity: sitting on the floor trying to sort laundry with a dog fight on your lap! Wherever I am that is where they decide to scrap.
I guess they love me. Either that or they want to kill me so they can take over.
When they get going like that, I just tell myself this, too, shall pass. We have gotten over the housebreaking hurdle and we are almost over the paper and furniture chewing. Not to mention “give blood, raise puppies”. My hands aren’t always bloody any more. (Found I had smeared blood on the front door the other day! Give the local constabulary pause had they reason to stop by.) Most things get resolved.
In fact I reflected upon how I will miss the girls being pups. Lots of crazy little things puppies do that mature dogs don’t do can make great stories. Anyone ever come home to discover ‘someone’ had gotten into the greenhouse, ripped out old tomato vines and made a pile of them in the middle of the living room floor? Thought not. That was a new one for me, too.
I just console myself by remembering the disasters make the best stories!
So, I gave up on sorting laundry and moved on to some things I can do with puppy interference. There really almost always is a plan B.
I am delighted when Lin shares with me the humor and comments coming out of some of the people in the Facebook group. These people – as you also are – are still fighting. They are coping. I know this because they know the disasters really do make the best stories. They (sort of) have plan B and they are still able to laugh at themselves.
Disaster? Nearly using a glue stick for Chapstick. Why, shut my mouth! Literally!
Then there were the ‘recommendations’ for avoiding AMD. Stay young and pick your parents carefully! Should work like a charm! I promise to try that next time!
Life really is the funniest thing that ever happens to you. That famous philosopher, Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, said “From there to here and here to there, funny things are everywhere.” He was so right!
I found a website called laughterremedy.com. This guy, Paul McGhee, suggests we try noticing humor everywhere. Things people say and do. What we say and do. Signs. Church bulletins. Everywhere.
Why laugh? And perhaps more important why laugh at yourself and your situation? Helpguide.org reports laughter decreases stress hormones and increases your immunity. Laughter increases endorphins, the feel good hormones.
All very true. But I want to add one more reason. Can you really take something ridiculous (such as a ‘bed’ of dried plants in the living room) all that seriously? Not if you see it as ridiculous! Gerry Hopman in The Power of Humor tells us humor can provide a different perspective. Suddenly the situation is not that serious.
Bottom line? Keep laughing. Keep looking for the absurd. Keep coping. And please share the silliness. I need the laugh!
written February 11th, 2018