Today I got to spend a good hour with a three-month-old puppy. This particularly pup (Maya) is the cutest damn thing I have ever seen. I was technically "at work" but there weren't any customers because God turned up the thermostat in Paris today. It was sweltering, and people tend to stay inside if they're sweating buckets.
Our new job is at the outdoor book market (if you're ever in Paris on a Sunday, check it out! It's fabulous... it is the march� Brassens right near the Parc Brassens. Great ambiance and - even better - TONS of books and people interested in books. I'll buy you a coffee) and one of the booksellers has just integrated Maya into his life.
Maya is the perfect puppy because:
- her fur is soft and fluffy
- she is clean
- she doesn't yip
- she is the littlest ball of incredible fluff that I have ever seen
Kathypath took her for a "jog" down the street, and from the back, Maya looked like a bunny hopping along. We took turns coo-ing and caa-ing, and her owner was really chill about it, not all protective and annoyed by the attention we were smothering her with. He said, "I'm going to be over here (motioning to somewhere far away), so hang out with her as much as you want, and put her in her cardboard box if you leave." The problem was the Maya has outgrown her cardboard box and has figured out how to jump out of it. We didn't mind, though. We just kept on wanting to hang with her. Even her sharp puppy teeth hardly hurt. She's just precious.
Cutest moment of the day, though? When Maya flipped over her water bowl and started rolling her belly in the spilled water to cool down. So she's not only cute, but smart, too. I bet you all the dogs in the hood want her.
Kathypath and I are going to begin working Sundays at the outdoor market, so stop by and meet Maya if you can. We'll be the only two young women in the place, with one of us most likely holding a ball of fluff in her lap.
This summer is gonna rock. It takes so little to make me happy. A summer job working at book market with a puppy nearby. Pure bliss. The one drawback is that it gave me the I-want-a-puppy burning hardcore. My master plan is to get TheBoy to come to stop by the market one day - just so he can see where I "work" - and then I'll introduce him to Maya. I don't envision him being able to resist her charm (NOBODY can), and maybe he'll fall in love enough to want one of his own. Then, Kathypath is going to "surprise" me with a puppy, and well, since it was a gift, I can't exactly just turn the poor dog away... right?
Sounds like an excellent plan to me. I'd love to drop in... outdoor book markets complete with fluffy puppy = my idea of heaven. Not sure I can really stretch to a jaunt down on the eurostar though...