I finally got to sleep in this morning. I woke up around 10am and rolled over to see Maxine begging eagerly at the side of my bed to be picked up and kissed. I hung my arm over the side of the bed and pet her as I woke up. Finally I swung my feet over the side of the bed to find she had also left me a little "surprise" on the floor. She missed the potty pad and all...that's what I get for sleeping in. I put on my robe and slippers,dealt with the morning "surprise" and headed out the back door with both dogs for our morning rituals. As I sat there on my bench and began to wake up I see that Maxine has something smeared ALL OVER her behind...what the?! Oh goodness...somehow most of that "surprise" had gotten smeared and matted into her fur! EW! It honestly took me a few minutes to wrap my head around the situation and make a plan.I began to panic..and gag a little. Once inside she begged to be held and loved and it broke my heart not to be able to. So I quickly ran for an espresso and returned to bathe my stinky little sweetheart. It is truly one of those life moments when you have to but on your big girl panties and deal with it. I shampooed out what I could but there became a point of no return...so I got out the scissors. I cut out pieces here and there and hacked up a good portion of her $38 new hair cut.
2 hours later and some major bonding time with my daughter.... Maxine looked and smelled beautiful again.Shampooed,blown dry and brushed into a fluffy white cloud of cuteness. As for me,I was covered in dog hair and dog bath water,I hadn't showered and I still had a houseful of chores to start. I chugged down the rest of my espresso and an Aleve and got to work. 10 hours later,my house is clean and smells like bleach and 409. I finally got that shower around 4 pm only to change into clean pajamas.
No make up and no blow dryer for Mommy today.My freshly cleaned floors are quickly being covered in muddy paw prints. Poor Chipper still has to wear the "cone of shame" for a few more days. Maxine's rear looks like it got caught in the paper shredder BUT at the end of the day...it's all worth it. We are happy and healthy and able to resume snuggling both of our kids,itching Chipper's ear for him and reassuring Maxi how pretty she is.
"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother."
-- Lin Yutang
Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog.
Franklin P. Jones
How could something so small create so much of something so disgusting?
-Steve Guttenberg in Three Men and a Baby
