I shall not be able to tell you how Aristotle and my Mistress are getting on until they are home again as they have not had any opportunity to ring me since they left. I imagine Aristotle is thoroughly enjoying being the centre of attention and having our Mistress all to himself.
I have been thinking about the routine I have let my life fall into and concluded that I have become stuck in a middle aged rut. I think it is time for me to shake myself out of my complacency and have a carefully planned midlife crisis. Now, I’m not the sort of dog to sport a pink Mohican and I’ve already done the sports car thing when I was a puppy, so I’m looking for a more adventurous idea of how to shakeup my day-to-day activities. I could conclude that it’s time to go on a diet, maybe get a little more exercise, pumps and weights and try to recapture the rugged look of my youth. Sadly, I can only conclude that firstly, I like my food too much and secondly, I’m just too lazy. Which leaves me looking for a midlife crisis which is neither too dramatic, nor too much effort for me to achieve. When my Mistress has these moments she tends to decide to do positive things, like the time she decided to take up the keyboard. I don’t think that I was born with her energy. I’m wondering whether my midlife crisis could be limited to ambling round the garden and watching the world go by the window. Perhaps what I really need is another puppy to bring up in the way I have with Aristotle. Maybe my feelings are more about the fact that he is now reaching adulthood and doesn’t need the same level of guidance from a father figure dog. Please don’t get me wrong, I would be the last to suggest adding anymore to our family it’s as much as I can do to keep up with the ones already here. Perhaps I could take on a mentoring role for young puppies elsewhere who are missing out on having a father. Of course I also see myself as being very successful in a Dragon’s Den type role, I may now be letting my imagination carry me away. A dog can dream.
Alfie Dog with a little help from Rosemary J Kind alfie@alfiedog.me.uk
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