J.T.
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Good news: My mother just finished getting through my report card. Straight A's. :D
Bad news: She still thinks I'm stupid.
Good news: This is evidenced because I've been seeing her look at countless SPCA and humane society sites, looking at pictures of dogs that are all, totally completely obviously coincidentally, up for adoption within the city, and she expects me to believe she's just looking "because they're cute". Note that she even had to hesitate for a few seconds to think up that excuse.
This isn't just a spur-of-the-moment thing. It's been happening for months since we had our fence built in our backyard, which my dad has cited as the main reason we couldn't have a dog before.
In case I'm not being subtle enough, I think my mom's trying to surprise the family with a dog. The last time she tried to surprise us with anything major was the time we went to Florida three years back, and she couldn't hold out, so I'm hoping she'll drop the ball and outright confirm my suspicions pretty soon.
Note that I've never had anything like a dog as a pet before; I've had a bunch of goldfish that I killed when I accidentally turned up the water temperature (hey, I was three, leave me alone), a hamster, a toad, and a betta fish. (The toad kinda pissed me off; the first time I tried to feed him his crickets, a few got out, but rather than teaching me how to keep the crickets from getting free, my parents decided to ban me from trying to feed my own pet. Then, when they forgot to feed the toad for a few weeks on end and he starved to death, they blamed me. um, wat.) The fish is the only one who's survived to this day.
I'm seriously excited for this, because I love all animals, and I've wanted a dog since I was about five. So this is really big to me.
Fingers crossed. :D
Bad news: She still thinks I'm stupid.
Good news: This is evidenced because I've been seeing her look at countless SPCA and humane society sites, looking at pictures of dogs that are all, totally completely obviously coincidentally, up for adoption within the city, and she expects me to believe she's just looking "because they're cute". Note that she even had to hesitate for a few seconds to think up that excuse.
This isn't just a spur-of-the-moment thing. It's been happening for months since we had our fence built in our backyard, which my dad has cited as the main reason we couldn't have a dog before.
In case I'm not being subtle enough, I think my mom's trying to surprise the family with a dog. The last time she tried to surprise us with anything major was the time we went to Florida three years back, and she couldn't hold out, so I'm hoping she'll drop the ball and outright confirm my suspicions pretty soon.
Note that I've never had anything like a dog as a pet before; I've had a bunch of goldfish that I killed when I accidentally turned up the water temperature (hey, I was three, leave me alone), a hamster, a toad, and a betta fish. (The toad kinda pissed me off; the first time I tried to feed him his crickets, a few got out, but rather than teaching me how to keep the crickets from getting free, my parents decided to ban me from trying to feed my own pet. Then, when they forgot to feed the toad for a few weeks on end and he starved to death, they blamed me. um, wat.) The fish is the only one who's survived to this day.
I'm seriously excited for this, because I love all animals, and I've wanted a dog since I was about five. So this is really big to me.
Fingers crossed. :D
