Things You Do When You Have Anxiety...And Also A Dog
While driving home from work after picking up the dog, remember that you need to go to the store. It is almost 8, and the store closes at 9.
Pull into the parking lot and find a spot near the front so you can check on the dog every few minutes.
Before making it into the store, decide that there are just too many people around and you can't risk someone trying to steal the dog. Go back to the car and drive home.
Take the dog out to go to the bathroom, bring her in the house, give her a treat, and go back to the car.
Close the garage door and start the car.
Wonder if you left enough water for the dog and if all of the doors are locked.
Turn off the car. Go back into the house and check the door locks and the water bowl. Go back out to the car.
Close the garage door and start the car.
Drive back to the store and find a parking spot. Sit there for 5 minutes while you try to remember whether or not you closed the garage door.
After nearly convincing yourself that you closed neither the garage door or the door leading into the house, somehow, and the dog is now running around the neighborhood, drive back home.
The garage door is closed. Quietly fight yourself over whether to open the garage door to verify that the door into the house is actually closed.
Win with the argument that if you do, you're going to get to the store and be worried whether or not you closed the garage again, and the store closes at 9 so you had better just go.
Drive back to the store and find a parking spot.
Spend the entire time in the store wondering if you closed the door into the house and if the dog is loose in the garage.
Check out and drive home.
Get out of the car in the rain with treats, crouch down, and open garage door. Prepare to catch dog.
As soon as you can see that the door into the house is closed, sigh in relief and stand. Realize you've been holding your breath since before you hit the button.
Look inside and verify that dog did not somehow get out anyway.
Close door into house. Check it twice. Unload the car. Lock the car. Check it. Close the garage door. Disable the opener.
Bring bags inside house. Greet the dog. Check the door locks. Set the alarm.
Put away purchases. Wonder if you closed the garage door. Turn off the alarm. Check garage door. Turn the alarm back on. Check the door locks.
Realize you forgot to buy cheese.