Marley & Me Page #9

is our life is here

and I'm okay with that.

Our life is wherever

we are. That's it.

- And you're not happy here.

- That's not true.

You're not happy doing that column.

You're restless and I can feel it.

- I'm not- I'm not. - I feel it every

day that you read Sebastian's articles.

I feel it every time you sit an extra five

minutes in the driveway before you come in.

- I don't do that.

- Yes, you do.

I'm checking on things in the car.

- I just think it's time for a change.

- I'm 40,Jen.

Maybe at 39, but I'm too- I don't know.

- It feels a little late to be making big changes.

- No. No, no, no, no.

- Uh-uh-uh-uh. No.

- What are you doing?

We're not old, John.

We can still surprise ourselves.

See, most girls would do a swan dive, but

you know a cannonball is so much sexier.

So you ready for your other

birthday present or what?

Yes.

It's like an embarrassment

of riches, this birthday.

They just keep coming.

It's like Hanukkah.

See, we're not old.

Grogan!

Just wanna wish you

good luck up there.

Thanks. Yeah. It'll be good. I'm gonna

miss everybody. I'm gonna miss your laugh.

Yeah. There was a good chance that every

piece of advice I ever gave you was a lot of crap.

- No, no, no. I appreciate it just the same.

- Well, at this point...

a mushy guy would tell you he's proud of you,

give you a hug and send you on your way.

Well, I'm glad you're not that guy, sir.

All right. Okay.

Grogan, just for the record,

you surprised the hell out of me.

That's my specialty.

Walking down

By the river

Water running

Through my knees

Oh, mighty river

I would love to be like you

- Are we here yet?

- No.

- Now?

- We got a couple hours to go.

- Now?

- Soak it up.

- Now? Are we here yet?

- Must be near it.

Are we getting hot or cold?

- Why are we turning into here?

- We're living here.

- Whoa!

- I want a moment of silence just to take this in.

Okay? Before the pandemonium.

Look at this.

- Here we go.

- Come on. We're here.

Marley! Marley, no!

Marley! Marley! Marley!

- Oh, nice.

- And we're home.

Hey, Andy Rooney, if you're knocking off soon,

I'll walk with you to the train.

Okay, I'm ready.

Put an exclamation point here.

Mark Twain said not to use exclamation points

'cause it's like laughing at your own joke...

but sometimes you gotta laugh

at your own joke 'cause it's funny.

It's here! It's here! It's here! It's here!

It's here! It's here! It's here! It's here!

- It's here! Come on. Come on!

- Over here!

It's here! It's here!

Come on! Marley!

Come on. Look it!

Whoa!

No, Marley!

Remember, angels can fly,

so you gotta get the wings up high.

Yeah. Now that one's coming.

- Lunch is ready!

- Okay!

- Heading in. Let's go.

- Take that!

- Marley!

- Come on, guys.

Marley, come on. Marley.

You know what, honey?

Let him be. He's happy.

Thank you.

What are you doing in

here? You going for the bunk bed tonight?

Pretty good day.

I mean, the snow. Come on.

All right. Sleep tight.

- Too much color?

- Yeah.

I mean, don't get me wrong. It's a good

piece, but you're reporting now, John.

I want you to tell the story.

I don't want you to be in the story.

- I'm pretty sure I don't mention myself in there-

- The point is...

I still feel you in there.

And all I'm saying

is less you and more facts.

Got it.

- Door's always open.

- Thanks.

Hut!

Uh-oh. Here comes the old pro.

He shows up for the fourth quarter.

Yeah. Oh, yes!

He catches it. He fends off one guy.

He's running through.

He's shaking tackles left and right.

They can't take him down.

He's got too much- Oh!

Grogan goes down!

Down goes Grogan.

- You're home early.

- That's right.

I had to come home and teach these kids

how to play football the right way.

Okay.

- Okay, guys, seriously, dinner's in an hour.

- Okay.

I want you to finish your homework and

take off those shoes before you come in.

- Yeah, take off your shoes!

- Okay.

Got him down. Got him down.

Got him down. Got him down.

Ow.

My God.

I come home and

it's like I got mugged.

Okay.

- Come on.

- What's wrong with him, Dad?

Nothing's wrong.

He's just... tired. Right, Dad?

Yeah. The football

took it out of him.

Let's go.

I don't know. I just don't understand.

Ayear ago, you couldn't wait

to be done with your column.

I know. But now I got this guy going through

every sentence with a fine-tooth comb.

I gotta admit, sometimes I miss

the freedom where I couldjust-

- What?

- It's just- It's exhausting sometimes, John.

You always wanting something

that you don't have.

Are you happy?

I mean, none of this

was part of the plan.

No. No, it wasn't part of the plan.

But it's so much better.

I'm just sort of done making plans.

Marley! Oh, gross.

Hmm, seems like somebody

needs to go out. Whoo!

All right. Marley.

Come on. Come on, boy.

Oh, come on.

Now it's really coming down.

Marley? Marley?

Where'd he go? Marley?

- What's going on?

- I don't know.

- He's not coming back.

- Marley?

Well, he couldn't have gone far. Marley?

I'll come with you. Hold on.

- Marley? I don't know where he could have gone.

- Marley?

Well, maybe he went

next door again in the barn.

- I'll check in the woodshed.

- Okay.

Marley?

Marley?

Marley? Oh, Marley.

- Did you see anything?

- No, nothing.

- I gotta go talk to them.

- Okay.

Wow, it's pouring out there.

- Did you find him?

- You know what?

He's out exploring.

You know how he loves the woods.

Bobby says dogs, when they're

gonna die, they go away to do it.

That's what his beagle did.

Mmm. Well, you know,

that's true for beagles.

But, uh, not Labs like Marley.

He's just out causing trouble.

Don't worry.

Okay, now, you finished

with your homework?

- Yep.

- Nope.

Nope? Well, let's make that a "yep. "

Come on now.

Marley! Marley!

Marley!

Marley.

Marley. Ah, Marley. You okay?

Stay there.

Why did his stomach twist? We don't

exactly know why this happens.

Most likely he ate or drank something

quickly and his stomach just flipped.

I did manage to get a tube

down there to relieve some of the gas.

- I think I untwisted it.

- He seems okay.

For now, he's good.

The problem is that once this happens,

it almost always happens again.

And if it does, I don't know what

I'm gonna be able to do for him.

He's an older dog. I honestly don't think

he would survive the surgery.

Well, we have to make sure

that doesn't happen again.

Well, most likely,

it is gonna happen again.

Well, we also talked about that maybe

he ate too fast or drank too quickly.

- Right.

- So maybe it doesn't have to happen again.

We'll monitor that.

I'm just saying you may wanna prepare yourself

that he may not make it through the night.

Maybe 10%% of dogs

survive this kind of a thing.

What-What is that number based on?

- What is it based on?

- Yeah, the reason why I ask...

is I bet that number's

based on regular dogs.

- Regular dogs?

- Yeah, and this guy here is not like other dogs.

I know people probably say that

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