getting tough to relax here

she is not around much, working many hours and avoiding the discussion of money, hoping that giving a few hundred dollars every other month is enough, but it is barely a fifth of the living expenses when it does come and his savings keeps dwindling each month... and her dog is getting older and needed lots more attention and walking and with her gone a lot, or sleeping, he is needier than ever and paces and stares and needs more frequent walks and wakes him at sunrise and... it's getting tough to relax here...