I thought I’d reenter the land of blogs to tell the world that I recently became responsible for the life of another living creature. Since I purchased my own home nearly eight years ago I have thought on and off about bringing a pet into my life. The delay seems to have been that I have always been more inclined towards a dog, but I couldn’t see how a dog would actually work in my life, so I gave it up. That’s because I run, and in the winter I don't have enough daylight available around work to both run and then come home and walk a dog, as their are limits to how early in the morning I am prepared to get myself out of bed and venture out into a dark frost, so I surmised that I'd need a dog that could run. And a dog that could can run wouldn’t enjoy townhouse life, might annoy my neighbours, and so it went on.