Key Lime Pie Day

Key lime pie, so said Dar to Kerry, is "a lot of sour with a little sweet on top just to fool you."

I've never tried key lime pie before, but I find Dar's words apt. (Does, and will, the aftertaste linger, though?)

The Sweet:
No-Name Doggie has a boyfriend; or, at least, she has a Labrador friend who seems to be as crazy about her - if not more - as she is about him.

He lives two blocks away, at number 69. He is about her age (I'm guessing), is about her coloring; that is, creamy-golden. I had him pegged for the taciturn and silent type. He is usually lounging on the front porch when I walk No-Name Doggie past. Unlike other dogs, he wouldn't bark, and didn't rush towards the gate to her.

However, No-Name Doggie was persistent and refused to be dragged away from his front gate until he was nose-to-nose with her. She would stick her paw through the bars of the gate and jump up on her hind legs to get his attention, to get him to go to her.

After two days, he now waits impatiently at the gate for her. Today, he was not only already at his front gate when No-Name Doggie and I were a few houses away, he even broke his silence and barked to her when she didn't cross over to his house from the other side of the street.

Seriously, I think they'd make a perfect couple; they complement each other so completely: he is as reticent as she is frisky. I try to walk her past his house at least twice a day because it's just so sweet to see the two of them together.

When I walked her past his house tonight (the third time today), I almost wanted to ring the doorbell at number 69 and ask if he could come out to play with No-Name Doggie.

Maybe I should ask his owner(s) if I might be allowed to walk him ... or am I being too crazy?

(Oh, the Devils also won their thirtieth game today, in OT.)

The Sour:
A day which went that smelled not-so-good and tasted flat-out bad, which was rounded off with something so acidic I think I just might get stomach ulcers from it.

I guess I won't be getting a PGDE from the NIE afterall.

I'm having little panic-flashes whenever I think of the (short term, never mind long term) future because I can't see even a hint of it.

What should I do - what can I do?