I woke up with drool on my pillow this morning.

早上醒來(lái)時(shí)，我發(fā)現(xiàn)枕頭上有一灘口水

I wouldn't have minded except it wasn't mine.

或許我不應(yīng)該介意，可是那不是我的口水

The alarm clock rang,

鬧鐘響了起來(lái)

I reached over to turn it off,

我探身過(guò)去關(guān)掉了它

and then as I laid my face back down on the pillow

接著躺回床上，臉埋進(jìn)枕頭里

I felt the wet, slimy drool on my pillow case.

我感到枕頭上又濕又粘的口水已經(jīng)流到了臉上

I opened my eyes

我睜開眼睛

and saw a smiling, panting, furry face gazing down at me.

看到一張毛乎乎的臉盯著我微笑，嘴巴直喘氣

I tried to get up but she was too fast.

我想要坐起身，可是她動(dòng)作太快了

My face was suddenly covered in kisses

我的臉突然被一陣親親湮沒(méi)

with one slurp going straight up my nostril

其中一吻，它的舌頭徑直戳到了我的鼻孔里

and another right in my ear.

還有一吻，舌頭舔到了我的耳朵里

I laughed, reached out,

我大笑起來(lái)，伸手去撫摸它

picked up the 8 pound love machine

把這只8磅重的激情動(dòng)物抱住

and held her away from my dripping face.

讓她碰不到我濕漉漉的臉

It was just another morning in a life with dogs.

這只是養(yǎng)狗人士的一個(gè)尋常的早晨

Why do we welcome these guys

為什么我們要?dú)g迎這些動(dòng)物

into our homes and into our hearts?

住進(jìn)我們的家里，走進(jìn)我們的心里?

We know going in that

我們知道，一日狗黨，終身狗黨

we are most likely going to outlive them

他們很有可能在我們之前死去

and have our hearts broke

讓我們心碎

But thousands of years now dogs have been our best friends.

可是早在數(shù)千年以前，狗狗就已經(jīng)成為人類的好朋友了

They remain one of the greatest gifts ever given to us.

他們是我們被賜予的最好的禮物之一

And even if they can't love us for the rest of our lives,

即使他們對(duì)我們的愛無(wú)法延續(xù)到我們生命的最后一天

they will always love us for all of theirs.

卻會(huì)貫穿他們一生的每一天

I think one of the hardest things for me to do

對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，最艱難的事情之一

was take my little Jamie to her first few days of day care/preschool.

就是帶我的小Jamie去狗狗幼育中心的最初那幾天

It was a heart melting thing that no parent can do easily.

那真是一件令人心碎的事情，沒(méi)有那個(gè)狗狗家長(zhǎng)能夠輕易辦到

The first day we pulled into the parking lot

第一天，我們剛在停車場(chǎng)停好車

and when I looked at Jamie

我看著Jamie

she starts to cry then I start to cry.

她哭了起來(lái)，接著我也哭了起來(lái)

After a couple days of cutting school

我們不得不曠課了幾天

we were both determined to succeed the next week.

但我們都下定決心，在下個(gè)星期，一定要成功適應(yīng)

We drive over about 6 times that weekend

那個(gè)周末，我們來(lái)來(lái)回回去了六趟幼育中心

and on the last one I had an idea.

對(duì)最后一趟行程的窘境一無(wú)所知

There was a big muddy lot next to the day care.

原來(lái)，幼育中心旁邊的停車場(chǎng)里滿是泥漿

Monday morning comes and we were ready.

周一早上來(lái)臨，我們已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備好了

All proud and confident we head to The Day care.

我們開車前往幼育中心，心里滿滿的驕傲和自信

I noticed a bunch of parents staring at us

我發(fā)現(xiàn)一群狗狗家長(zhǎng)盯著我們

and there must have been 20 little noses pressed against the classroom windows.

起碼有20只小小的鼻子抵在教室的窗戶上看著我們