I had planned on my boyfriend leaving for the Army (hasn't happened yet...) I had planned on having to leave my job for a job with benefits (my job offered me the opportunity for benefits)... basically... everything I planned on happening... didn't.
When I dog-sat for you, I had no intentions on falling in love with you. Honestly, I just was doing someone a favor. The first night, I checked on you every hour. Your sister was passed out cold on the floor. You laid on the bottom stair, looking up at me every time I walked by. On the second night, you nosed my door open and came in for a visit. I thought maybe you needed to go out, or you were thirsty... but when I closed my bedroom door and heard you plop down to sleep right outside of my bedroom, I knew we were forging our own special late night relationship. And so, I began to fall for you my little pup.
You left to go back to your owner's home and I was sad. I told my boyfriend every day, "I love that dog! I miss that dog!" When your owner said she couldn't keep you anymore and asked me to take you; I was elated, and then I was scared. What if we didn't hit it off like we had that weekend? What if it didn't work out?
The second you and I were alone together in your new home, you hopped up into my lap and snuggled me. The first night you spent here, I gave up on keeping you out of my room to sleep and dragged your new bed into my bedroom where I could see you. The first time I took you to work, you walked right up to my coworkers like we were all old friends. After some persuasion, you love my boyfriend (almost) as much as he loves you.
Every day you bring me great joy. No treats, no words, and no amount of time spent together can express properly how much you have changed my life. You are my emotional support when anxiety crashes down on me. You are a buffer in which I can easily navigate scary situations. You are my favorite conversation piece. You are my happiest hello in the morning and hardest goodbye at work-time. I adore your puppy kisses that wake me up. I enjoy the fact that you also have a bark-ista at Starbucks who makes your puppichinos.
Thank you for being the most valuable and unexpected surprise of my 2015 ZeeBee. I cannot wait to see what 2016 brings us.