Collecting Unemployment, Tucker Style

I’m a housewife first and foremost. My joy is spending time in my home, cooking, taking care of my family, helping with homework…ya di ya di da.

But sometimes, one needs to get out of the house once in a while. So for kicks I got a part-time job as an IT manager. In an office. For the best boss in the entire world. In the ENTIRE world. She’s the best.

And I hope that I will still have a job after this post.

That’s Tucker in the above photo. He came to the office to visit while the boss was out last week.

He belongs to Miss Jackie, my roommate in the office. It wasn’t take-your-dog-to-work day. It was just a nice reprieve from constantly fixing things that break. Miss Jackie is a gorgeous, sweet, smart girl who is starting a masters program at Georgetown this fall.

And she’s a minx. A trouble maker.

While the boss was out, we thought it would be fun to let Tucker see what her office looked like. We wouldn’t do that while she was in…she doesn’t like animals. This way, she can’t object.

Miss Jackie thought it would be a great idea to get Tucker to sit in her leather chair.

Tucker didn’t like the idea so Miss Jackie got him a treat.

Then when that didn’t work, she decided to encourage him a little bit.

Miss Frances had to help because Tucker is one big dog.

So Tucker then becomes the boss.

Despite the little voice in my head that said, “Don’t do it.”

And in spite of the husband’s sage advice, “If you even have a small doubt about it, don’t do it.”

I’m doing it. I’m putting the photo up on our website. It will be the first time that the boss realizes that there was a dog in her office and on her desk while she was out.

Lord, please let me have a job tomorrow…