Gus

 

Well, with Abby gone, and Emma’s departure looming in the following year (this year L), we were worried about Coleman.  He was so distraught after Abby left, we were really concerned about how would he handle both girls being gone. 

He’s going to be so lonely, we thought. 

He needs a friend, we thought. 

He needs a companion that will be here when everyone else is gone, we thought.

And, so, naturally, we got a dog.  His name is Gus.

Forget that Coleman is terrified of dogs.   

He’ll get use to him, we thought. 

He’ll grow to love him, we thought. 

Well, just to be clear, neither of those things is happening.  Coleman wants nothing to do with Gus.  So, yeah, it was a totally good call.  A momentary lapse in judgement that I will pay for over the next ten years.  That’s all.

(Don’t worry.  The rest of us actually do love Gus.)