Truths and Half Truths

Because Laura Asked ...

... and because I am fundamentally unable to refuse that woman anything:  Here is Desdemona, with Allie ... Desdemona is the one on the left.

By Leaps and Bounds ...

Nobody's eyes are open yet, but compare the size of these lil buggers with the post down below ... same bed - just a lil more full.

Like They'll Keep These Names When Someone Who Is NOT An English Major Adopts Them

1.  Romeo
2.  Desdemona
3.  Puck
4.  Antony
5.  Othello
6.  Juliet
7.  Ophelia
8.  Caesar

As you can tell, Allie named the lil squirts (pun intended).  She claims their personalities match their names.  So far, I have yet to see any of them exhibit much more personality than "Hey, where's the milk bag?" and "OK, I'm all full.  Time for a nap."  But what do I know?

Anyway, they got names.  And I am still resolved that none will be staying.  So yez can all just shaddup about that.  Ain't gonna happen.

Five. No, Wait. Not Five. Eight.

It's a Boy! And a Girl! And Another Boy! And Another! And ...

So.

Allison:  So, you know how you see something and think you remember it, but later it turns out you didn't remember it well at all ...?

Me:   (warily)  Yeah ...?

Allison:  So, the five puppies ...?  Not so much five.  Eight.  But ohhhh ... so cute ...

Me:   But ... eight.

Allison:  But cute.

Me:   But eight.

Allison:  What, you were gonna say "Yes" to five, but "No" to eight?

Me:   Well ...

Allison: Alright, then.  But look ...

Me:  It's a Pound Puppy.  You know?  Like the ones we gave you when you were kids.

Allison:  No, like the real Pound Puppies.  The ones you gave us were raggedy-ass knockoffs.

Me:  Still.  OK, what's the story on the mom?

Allison:   Some assholes took her in to be euthanized because they " ... just didn't have time for a dog".  The vet said "She's five weeks pregnant.  I'm not euthanizing this animal."  So they just walked away.  How could you walk away from her?  Look at her:

Me:   So ... what now?

Allison:  So, they grow.  And you decide which of them is the cutest of the bunch and ...

Me:  Don't even think it.

Allison:  What am I, new?  But hey, you want to fool yourself, go ahead.  Anyway, I have to go out now.  So ... good luck with them ...

Me:   And so it begins ...

Why You Should Never Allow Your Kid To Volunteer At The Humane Society

Today, Allison came home and announced that, because of an outbreak of kennel cough at the Humane Society, a dog and her day-old litter of five pups have to spend time in a foster home.

Guess whose home?

And since we have an existing dog, not to mention two cats, the new arrivals will have to be put up in a room separate from the rest of the house.

Guess whose office?

But it's OK.  She promises she'll look after them, and that she'll feed them and take them for walks and clean up after them.

Guess who's heard that before?