New Year, New Attitude

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Today, I was thinking of things to be grateful for and thought of my dog.

Its funny, but H saw her at a friend's house and found out they were trying to find her a home. He insisted I meet her 'cause "she was such a sweetie". So now I have her.

I now let her sleep on the bed at night (MB was always off limits to our pets) for company and as an early warning system for anything weird (living in the boonies). She greets me when I get home, she's warm, she wants attention, gives attention, is someone to care for, and she snores like a freight train. Hey, she almost keeps me from being lonely.

So here are my questions that I've been stewing over.

1) I'm going on a short trip soon (3-4 nights). Do I ask H if he would like to watch her for me? She was "our" dog and he told her when he moved out he wished he could take her with him (he really did). He seems to miss her a bit.

2)I plan on acknowledging H's b-day with a quick text, regardless of what he does on mine (I expect he will ignore mine). Our anniversary follows that very quickly. Should I just ignore it? I feel that I should.

Any thoughts out there? That month has always been a celebrated one because our b-days and anniversary were so close. Last year we had a great little weekend trip that he went to great effort to plan. He did a great job, too. It kills me to even think about it because H was probably thinking of getting out then and I had no clue.

As for my b-day, I've never had a party since we were married, so I'm going to open invite people to show up at a pub to share my b-day with me. Nothing big, but I feel the need to celebrate with people other than just my fractured family.