Rant, rant, growl and pant

[alrescate]

No, this isn't an entry about my dogs. (Amazingly enough I haven't posted much about the pack yet.) I'm just feeling like a grumpy person today. Have you ever had one of those days where every little thing sets you off? I got ticked at myself earlier when I got into my car and dropped a brand new book on the pavement. Now I'm very anal about my books and usually it difficult to even tell I've read them when I've finished with them. So dropping a brand new book that I haven't even opened and scuffing up several pages and bending the cover irks me. I have no idea why I let little stuff like that bother me. I mean I know that many folks in my circle consider books sacred but why do I try to keep my books pristine when I can tolerate the mess of having six dogs in the house?

My only answer to that is that books have long provided me an escape from all the troubles (real or imagined) in my life. I spent a lot of my youth with my nose in a book and I continue to prefer reading a book over almost any activity. I think I've spent more time with books than I have spent with people. If I don't get my 'reading time' I tend to be crankier than usual. (Frankly I've noticed that I'm cranky regardless of how much reading I've been doing but that's a subject for another post.) I almost always have a book in my hand and I feel anxious if I have to go somewhere and wait for more than a minute without having a book to read.

Okay, since I mentioned my dogs and I haven't bored you with all the 'cute' stories about them yet. I'll add a picture of my three of the hounds.

Comments

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Your dogs look lovely, I had imagined them being small dogs with you having so many but they are BIG!
I know what you mean about feeling cranky when you don't get your reading time, if I don't read before bed I can't sleep for example My mother tells me she prefers talking to reading, I am the opposite, I much prefer reading to talking but that will depend on the company of course :-)