Thinking of dogs makes everything better.

Work is CRAZY right now. Last week was kind of a light week, with us still setting up and getting used to our home offices, and people still remembering that I was working for them, you know? But now they have the memo loud and clear and we have two huge deliverables due this Friday. And you know, being the editor, I get the stuff at the very end, after everyone else has pushed it to the very last minute getting the actual writing done.

And I get that, you know? I do. But it does mean that at the end of the process I am crunched and crazy whenever a deadline nears, because I am the last stop before delivery, and while that's happening I can't take on any unexpected work. I started early and ended late yesterday and the day before that and I expect more of the same today. I kept thinking that yesterday would be the last day but oh, it wasn't, because there is more and more and more of this, always more components, charts and figures and appendices and on and on and on. I went to bed last night straight after finishing up the most crucial piece, and my eyes were totally red and oh, I was so tired.

But after today it really WILL be done, because it HAS to be done because there is just no more time, and running into hard deadlines like that, as scary as it is when you're mired in the middle of it, well, I kind of like it because it means that there is an end in sight, and it is clear and finite and THERE. And I like that.

And it's very convenient that today is the last day of this, because tomorrow is dog interview day! I cannot even believe that in approximately 24 hours we might be bringing home a dog, our own dog, my first dog since I left home at age 17. We could watch the American Idol wild card show with her! We can go hiking with her this weekend! All these things we normally do in the course of our day-to-day lives... well, she'll be there!

Even if it doesn't work out with one of the prison program dogs (though I really hope it does, especially as we both have a very strong adoration for one of the dogs in particular that we're going to meet tomorrow, and in fact have already started referring to our future dog by her name, and yes I know that we're jumping the gun a bit but OMG I LOVE HER), at least after tomorrow we'll know and then can go right away to one of the great shelters in the Denver area. We won't have to wait around anymore, is what I mean, because there won't be anything we're holding out for.

But OOOO I hope it works out. The thought of that dog tomorrow is REALLY helping me get through today. And just imagine how much more the dog will help when she's actually nearby while I'm working! It will be wonderful and I'm relaxing just thinking about it.