The Next Best Thing

When you are in the prime of life...

and are suddenly banned from the living room (as the temperature threatens to go below 20 F) because your 112 yr-old-room mate (go ahead---do the math) ...

has been banned because the "pets" must make the carpet last a few years longer and it has been freshly carpet-cleaned...

 you simply do the next best thing...

That's life...and it isn't too bad.