worth every penny

I have no idea what it is he's rolled in, but the dog found something disgusting to lie in outside, just as I was about to have an early night. And so I bathed him (removing the anti flea chemicals I had applied the very same morning having forgotten for weeks to put them on - WHY would it be the same day?). This week I have spent way way more on the dog (trip to vets plus paying someone to look after him so I can go to greenbelt) than I have earned at work.
And yet when he woke me in the middle of the night by barking, I knew he was worth every penny. At book group one of the many conversations revolved around recent burglaries in my town and how a couple of people have woken to find intruders right there in their bedroom - to say this freaks me out is an understatement. So for all his (many) annoyances, I know I wouldn't have slept at all last night if it hadn't been for his reassuring, if stinky, presence.
Lots to cram into today. I found yesterday that a to do list is way easier than a to be list. With a to do list, once you've done the task, you cross it off. Yesterday there was a few mins when I felt relaxed and I thought, ah good, I wanted to be relaxed today. Tick! When 2 hours later I was seething, unlike say mowing the lawn which when done is off your list for good, I felt I had to pop "relaxing" back on the list and so it never gets achieved - which I guess is the whole point but is going to take some practice...