ode to lentil

yesterday, eli received a text asking if anyone would be interested in watching a dog for $75 a month. as true to my nature, i jumped on board, with a "tell him, sure!" (in case you haven't learned this about me, i am unable to say no to anyone needing help or selling chocolates or such for school fundraisers. in fact, the first time we pulled into the driveway as new owners of a west jordan home, the kids of the neighborhood apparently had already pegged me as a sucker. they sold me two half used pencils covered in duct tape and no erasers for 2 bucks...this is a true story)

i was about to the end of my hospitality limit as we had had people over for 6 nights in a row. i LOVE having people over, but i hate keeping my house clean for so many days. i need a couple of messy days to work on hodgepodge projects to keep my sanity.although lately my projects seem to consist of cleaning out my "stuff it in the drawer, people are coming" spaces. anyway, this couple took my "sure!" literally, and their darling medium sized dog bounded into our lives last night on the tail end of my hospitality streak.

i'm quite sure this dog should be in some kind racing, as she ran insanely fast circles through the house. fat old lentil had a hard time keeping up. between this new little whizzer (literally) and lentil's big butt, chairs and children were flying all around the house like the wicked witch of the west was coming to visit. since she apparently likes to sleep on the couch, i decided to leave her in the basement. she quickly determined she would not stay in the basement and howled at the top of her lungs until we let her out. to counter her couch sleeping arrangements we covered all couches with the chairs that were previously flying around the house.

to her credit, she didn't snuggle up in our bed, but she did get in twice with baylee and once with landon. i woke up this morning to landon's, "ahhh! get out!" and then lentil's ferocious barking, as her pea-sized brain didn't seem to remember that there was a new dog shacking up with us.

i trudged downstairs before 7, a big no-no for this mama, and let the dogs out, who promptly charged their way to the next county. when they finally returned, they galloped inside and little miss promptly slobbered up all of the water in lentil's dish, making sure that slime covered every inch of cabinetry. she then proceeded to race track around the house again, slowing only to leave a trail of pee across the carpet.

she cowered properly when yelled at, which softened my tone a bit. i tied her up outside. she promptly wiggled out of her HARNESS to accompany the middle schoolers walking through our yard to school. this time when she returned, her fate had already been decided, so i packed her up along with the keyboard and headed for worship practice.

all this said, i kinda like the little thing and hope she finds a nice home to stay in the next month. her wild escapades have left me a little snarky today, and i feel thankful for a fat lazy 10 year wiemeraner who usually drives me crazy.