Monday Meanderings...

So I missed Friday Felicities, can this be Monday Meanderings??? My day today was filled with a dog. I mean, I was excited, (and a little sad) that an incredibly benevolent and sweet friend agreed to take Brandy to the Atl. Humane Society for me. Which, unlike the local h.s.'s, do not require a spaying, vaccinations, etc. to accept an animal. So they came this morning to pick her up. I cried, but I knew she would be adopted soon, out where people could see her and all. BUT, the shelter was full. They couldn't take her. So, now we are back where we started, with a bit more info on spaying, and a list of other shelter's numbers. This dog is such a fabulous dog, if anyone would just meet her, they would love her. "Well," you ask, "if she's so great, why don't you want to keep her?" Well, besides the fact that we already have an 8 year old Beagle who requires feeding, watering, walking and potty breaks, I have four little kids to take care of. Two very wild boys, 4 and 5 that scream and yell and run and jump and want stories read and Lego towers and sand castles built and dragons and astronauts drawn and DVDs put in and want to know why water freezes and why monkeys can't talk and how exactly do the two sides of the magnet really repel each other, and blankets tied around their heads and fights broken up. And, I have a 2 1/2 year old feisty little girl, who wants Buzz lightyear gotten down from the top of the dresser where she threw him, and stories read, (pages out of order, with silly voices), and makeup put on, and chips to eat, and asks for her vitamins 67 times a day, and has made an art form out of antagonizing her brothers, climbing everything in sight (in cowboy boots and a purple plastic bunny hat) and stealing the baby's pacifier. And I have a baby. A beautiful, sweet, chunky, smiley baby who wants to crawl all over you and nurse every 2 hours, and cuddle with her favorite blanket (thank you, Dana) and be flown airplane style around the bedroom. And I have three meals and snacks to make for said children, dishes to clean up after said meals are made, mountains of laundry to do, bathroom trips to enforce, diapers to change, potty training, errands to run, groceries to buy (and somewhere in there find time to eat and shower and make myself look halfway presentable by the time my dear husband gets home at who knows when)......basically, I'm a normal stay at home mom of four kids and I don't have time to give attention to a sweet and rambunctious dog.........So, please pray, as I have been, that someone will see the posters, respond to the posting on the websites, hear about her and want to take her home and give her a good home. Because while this is certainly a good home, it's just not a good home for a lively dog. Now if someone would take one of the children.....