Chocolate chip pancakes, bacon (not crispy or burnt), scrambled eggs, and toast. OR A bowl with biscuits, sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, and hashbrowns (crispy).

Damn, now I want to cook breakfast tomorrow morning...

This is always a hard topic, and it gets harder when you are in a relationship sharing pets. Both owners need to balance extending the pets life against the long term financial impact. You don't want to bankrupt yourself to extend their life by just a year, but you also don't want your partner to think you would heartlessly throw away the life of an animal you both care about. It's hard to balance that decision and you both need to be on the same page when the time comes.

This just depends on the individual dog. I have a shar pei/beagle mix that isn't very big but sheds a lot and gets a strong "dog" smell after a while. We vacuum every few days and bathe her whenever she does a lot of running or rough play outside. That much exercise just makes her stink. It can be annoying but she's well behaved and fuckin adorable so it's not that bad.

How many times do I need to cook something really basic like oatmeal until I can grind enough cooking skill to make a crown roast?

You could learn how to cook a new dish that will expand the range of foods you eat and impress someone you cook it for.

Or you could learn how to perform a bit of car or house maintenance that will make it easier and cheaper to care for the things you own.