it’s the small things in life

At the risk of sounding cheesy, sometimes it takes one teeny weeny small thing to brighten your day. I had one of those days today where everything that could possibly go wrong, did. And I just wanted to start all over again with a new day. After a meeting with a lady about a possible nanny position (and waiting for the bus in the freezing cold, my broken hand aching) I got on the bus and saw the most beautiful dog with the saddest eyes. I think he had had a day like I did. Or maybe he just looked like that all the time.

Either way, for some reason he decided he wanted to come and sit with me for the whole journey with his head on my lap. And it made my day. I am a complete animal lover, mainly of dogs and at times like this, I just want to give my dogs at home (all the way in New Zealand) a hug. Unconditional love. So this little guy was the next best thing. His owner leant over and said that her dog had a sixth sense about people and often barked at people that he sensed as undesirable and often at people the lady didnt like herself and she was surprised at how much “McDougall” (very Scottish dog name) had taken a liking to me. What a sweety.

It makes me wonder if we should give dogs more credit for what they can sense. When my mother was sick in bed with cancer, our cocker spaniel spent every single day next to her on the bed and would not leave her side. I am so sure he could sense that something was wrong. We hear stories all the time of dogs saving family members out of burning buildings, fighting off bears to protect their owner in the wild, children from drowning in the water, and giving their life to save others in some circumstances. Look this up on google and see how many stories you find on dogs saving people’s lives. I bet a lot of humans wouldnt even do that. Dogs really are man’s best friend.

Apart from my little rant above, work has been sweet this week and the team I work with are all characters. Our main topic of conversation at work this week: About how guys dont necessarily have to be good looking but if they have charm and are gentleman-ly that can make a guy attractive. So weve been giving our (single) male colleague advice and he has a week to show us 3 females in the office how gentleman-ly he can be and we will give him feedback at the end of the week. My workmate said her grandmother had told her that one of the most important things she will teach her grandsons is how to be a gentleman and have manners. Then he’s away laughing.