Slow and Steady.

Today I am grateful to the Maine Greyhound Placement Services Center.

weird, right?

I know. This blog is getting stranger every day.

but I actually do have a really great reason for being grateful for it.

you see The Marsh doesn't like dogs. like at all. he's never had one, never cared to have one. he is without a doubt a cat person. or he WAS until i got a cat. and now he hates that cat too. but i digress...the point? keep your dogs away from The Marsh. he doesn't find them cute or cuddly or endearing. he finds them slobbery and loud.

but today as a part of The Marsh's job, he found himself supervising a group of people volunteering at The Maine Greyhound Placement Services Center.

and you know what? according to The Marsh, it didn't suck.

baby steps, people.

he's been at other shelters before with groups of volunteers...and he was always that guy that managed to step in dog poo. it sort of just reinforced that whole "dogs are evil" mentality that he walks around with.

but the greyhounds? somehow they managed to make mr. grinch's heart grow three sizes today. i don't know why i never thought about it before. they are incredibly docile, don't make any noise, and you almost always adopt them after they have retired from racing...so no puppies. and i'm not saying The Marsh and I are going to run out and adopt a greyhound or anything. i'm just saying it was nice to see him be positive about a dog experience for once.

I've always been a dog person. i wanted dogs, not babes. see how that worked out for me? but I knew marrying The Marsh the possibility of having a dog again some day may not ever happen. but i loved him enough to deal with that. I mean who throws away the love of your life for a future pet? i suppose some people might, but not me. but after having a nice conversation with The Marsh tonight...the possibility doesn't seem quite so remote. it might not happen this year. or next. hell it might not even happen for the next five years. but i'm grateful to at least have this feeling that there is even a chance at all. that sometime i may once again find myself a dog owner.

so i'm not going to push this on him. make him revert or shut down these new "pro-dog" feelings, but i'll keep it in the back of my mind just waiting for the right moment.

slow and steady wins the race.

Thanks for reading!
Lana