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April 9, 2008 by Alison Hodgson 7 Comments

Tonight while I was tucking Eden into bed the subject of her future work came up.  Old time readers of the blog, might recall that Eden’s first career goal was to be a “Sample Lady at Meijer” (I’d link to it, but I’m tired.) which we all agreed would suit her to a T.  Now she wants to be a “Dog Vet.”  Although I am feeling for future Meijer shoppers, I think this is a good choice too.  

“And I will put bows on the dogs’ ears,” she said, “but just the girl dogs.”
“Oh, so you’re going to be a sort of canine stylist?”
She nodded, “And the boy dogs will get sweaters.” ( In the interest of full disclosure she mentioned a certain type of sweater, but I forgot what.  It was distinctly masculine.) “The girl dogs will get sweaters too, but their’s will be Hannah Montana and High School Musical.”
“Wow!”  I said and then pulled her in for a hug.  “You are going to be a great Dog Vet/Canine Stylist.”
She looked at me for a moment, “I’ll have to look for penises, to figure out if they’re girl dogs or boy dogs.”
“Of course you will.”  I agreed.

Filed Under: Eden, my professional life

Comments

  1. Kim says

    April 9, 2008 at 3:18 am

    so how does one say “of course you will” with a straight face after such a statement?

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  2. Sherry C says

    April 9, 2008 at 4:58 am

    I love this girl.

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  3. alison says

    April 9, 2008 at 9:16 am

    Kim, practice, practice, practice! I’ve been getting this sort of stuff day in day out for years.

    Sherry, she’s good medicine.

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  4. Sheila says

    April 9, 2008 at 9:39 pm

    So a call comes in today from the office – the husband – to see if I’ve read your blog yet. “It’s great” he says, “Go read it!” 🙂
    She’s fantastic.

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  5. alison says

    April 9, 2008 at 10:43 pm

    Stu’s a lurker and a marketer! Wow. I’m so honored. I think Samuel’s holding up the West side of the country and Eden has got the East.

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  6. allison says

    April 10, 2008 at 3:34 am

    That’s a classic…. i laughed out loud…. I wish I could have heard her say it.

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  7. Sheila says

    April 10, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    Yes, and if we are ever able to get Samuel and Eden in the same room, we will have to plant some recording devices and post all of their conversations 🙂

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