Birthday Boy!

Today my Buddy Boy, my best friend, turns 14, which would be 98 in Dog Years! He's a decrepit old f*ck just like I am. He's the best dog I've ever had and the best friend I've ever had. He taught me pure, selfless unconditional love, and we share a connection and a bond I've never had with no one else ever. Yesterday he found a ray of sunlight shining thru the livingroom, just a small one but just his size and it was fun watching him revelling in it, just soaking it up enjoying life to it's fullest. He raised his face up to the sunbeam and then stretched out and was rolling around in it, just savouring the moment. It was watching pure joy and happiness in motion and it made me smile. Nothing makes me smile like he does. He brings such love, joy, and happiness to my heart and soul like nothing else ever can. I love him so much!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I love you always and forever.

The 20 YR old also got Employee of the Month at work and the sad thing is though like so many Post- Secondary Grads with degrees they end up working at low-end minimum-wage jobs that have nothing to do with what they trained for; she has a degree in Journalism but works at the grocery store. The generations now will never be able to afford to own their own homes with the way things are now with the economy and way-out-of- affordable cost of living; most of them have to work 2-3 jobs  and rents sharing with room-mates just trying to meet ends meet and survive and it's just so sad and so unfair. It seems like all you do is work, work, work and all for nothing; you never seem to get anywhere. Capitalism sucks. The 16 YR old comes back from Vancouver later tonight too( that is, assuming she even wants to come back) and I bet she'll be tired; being up early, early flight, 5 HRS travelling and then adjusting to the 3 HR time change and when she walks in the door I just want to run over and give her a big hug and hold on to her forever and never let go and tell her how much I missed her.......but of course I won't because I know she won't let me and she'll push me away, and literally shove me off her, scowling, and say something to the effect of, Ewww, gross! Get off! Don't touch me!! breaking my heart, so I just keep it all silently inside until it destroys me.