I have no idea what prompted this now.
On Saturday evening
kragars_shadow and I went to a friend of his' place for a birthday celebration. They have a dog. A very well behaved beautiful dog. I spend a good deal of time paying attention to her, and then to one of their cats.
Now, I refuse to have a dog in an apartment. There isn't enough space and midnight pees just would suck. I'm too lazy to walk something a few times a day. With our current lifestyle having a cat is on the edge of too much responsibility. And don't get me wrong, I love my cat.
But sometimes I miss having a dog. I grew up with dogs. BIG dogs. I played with dogs before I played with kids. Yes, they're big slobbery stinky masses of fur. But they love you unconditionally, will always snuggle, and sometimes I miss having one around.