It looks like the “Year of Charlie and Josh” is just about coming to an end. I actually have a full-time job lined up starting in January. That’s good news (mostly), especially since it means I can afford to keep feeding Charlie all the Happy Hips chicken jerky treats he loves to eat. On the other hand, it does mean that we won’t be spending nearly every waking hour together any more. Gone will be the mid-day trips to the dog park. Gone will be the afternoons lazing in the sun together.

But it’s not time for me to get all nostalgic just yet. It just comes to mind today because I’m spending this week working essentially full-time in the office where I’ll be come January. So, Charlie and I are doing a little trial separation. We’re each getting used to not being together all day. I wonder who it’s tougher on? Probably me, since the little sh*t will just sleep the day away.

A small consolation (for me at least) is that I will get welcomed home like this again on a regular basis. At least once he gets over being pissed off at me for abandoning him…