My pug is very jealous of our new puppy (if 55 lbs. @ seven months is still a puppy). Before, she got all my attention whenever I was home. But now I'm training and interacting with Athena, so that she'll listen to me too when she is full grown. Betty hates that. She has seriously started acting out in a horrible manner. She pees on the dog beds, and on OUR bed! We had to get a waterproof pad for the mattress! We slept with our brand new comforter exactly one night before she let go another one. I had to take that comforter to the dry cleaners, and they'll clean it to the tune of $40.

Needless to say, Phyll is reeeaaally pissed. Said she hated my dog. Meantime, our other dog, Athena, chewed up a pair of glasses that I'd only had one week. When I finally got my glass back, she chewed them up AGAIN. Now I'm pissed.

I told Phyll that Betty can't talk, so this is her means of communicating that she's pissed (pardon the pun).  Phyll is trying to accept that, though she thinks I can make Betty stop if I just did something.  I suppose I could look it up on  the internet.

Even so, we had a nice New Year's Eve -- quiet, but entertaining.  Don't drink, so I' not into th e party scene.  Hear's the rub.  I overheard my boss and the office administrator talking about firing my for my three-month review.  How bad does that suck.  (She felt I wasn't catching on to stuff that has a pretty big learning curve.)  I cried for two weeks, fearful of being out of a job.  I think it's going to happen this Friday.

I can't be off work.  Nevermind the money problems -- I go absolutely crazy staying at home  and trying to find a job.  It took me a year and a half to find this one.  When I'm hurting for a long period I start thinking about how to make that hurt stop.  My answer is drugs, and that can't happen.  It would destroy my marriage and everything I've ever loved.  Last time I was out of a job for a long period I ended up doing heroin.  But that's another story.

I love my sister so much.  She's kinda the only relative I have.  So I was so glad to be with her (and my biological mom [again another story] for Christmas. 

It's weird.  I never thought we'd do this, but Phyll and I got a play station 2 and the game "Guitar Hero".  I suck, but it's fun anyway.  Next we're going to get Dance Dance Revolution, and hope to hop around on that thing and lose some weight.  We're both pretty hefty right now, and we used to be 120lbs.

Well, dogs are barking to be fed. Best go now before a riot ensues.