to smell like a puppy

bailey

I really like having a dog. She’s been so much fun. Drew’s got her pretty well trained already, and she’s picking new stuff up all the time. She likes to run around, but she’ll also come and just sit next to you (or on you, preferably) and happily chew on sticks and other exciting finds.

One of the down sides to having a dog, though, is that if you spend a lot of time with a puppy you end up smelling like a puppy. And it only works one way. So far nobody’s gone outside and said, “Wow, Bailey. You’ve been hanging out with Jaime, haven’t you?” but when I come inside, even I notice that I’m still carrying around a little Bailey.

What a price to pay, though. All that fun and all that puppy, and the worst part of it is a little after-smell. It makes me think about all the other little things I carry around in life, all the little annoyances and the little “stinks” from certain situations and even sometimes from some relationships. But when I think about all the good things behind all the minor inconveniences and consider all the upsides… What a price to pay. It’s really not that bad. Not bad at all.

All that stuff is only about as bad as… smelling like a puppy. So totally worth it.

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