8:45PM last night: Fell asleep on a pallet beside John McRae's bed.
10:50PM: Woke up just long enough to set my alarm for 11:50PM so that I could wake up to register for Created for Care's March retreat. I go back to sleep on the floor, because I'm too tired to go to bed.
12:03AM this morning: Oh, crap! The alarm didn't go off, but I'm up. Let me go see if I can register on my phone since our home internet is jacked up.
12:09AM: Can't register on phone so I text Mary Leigh and ask if she is up. She is - YES! She agrees to register me. Phone won't pick up inside so I take our conversation to the front porch where I'm deathly afraid that a snake will attack me at any minute. The dog insists on going with me. Finally, it is done. The dog had finished his business and I'm registered for March. Whoo hoo!
12:30 AM: Out of curiosity, I check to see why my alarm didn't go off. I'd set it for 11:50AM. You know, I could have registered for the retreat when I woke up at 10:50PM had I stayed up another 10 minutes, because it was set at Eastern Time Zone.
12:40AM: John McRae wakes up crying. I go get him, get him back to sleep and finally get in bed.
Don't stop here...it gets better.
7:20AM: While buckling John McRae into his car seat, Bubble Puppy jumps into my car.
He never jumps in my car. He hardly ever rides anywhere with us,
BUT TODAY he decides he's going to tag along for the ride.
He starts off in the driver's seat, but moves on to the passenger's seat where
the contents of my purse have poured out.
7:25: I call Daniel to tell him that I cannot get the dog out of the car. He thinks I'm crazy for calling him because 1.) I should be able to get a dog out of a car & 2.) There is nothing he can do about it over the phone. I just needed moral support.
7:30: The dog has migrated to the very back of my Acadia. I have every door open trying to shew him out of one of them. He begins to shake all over. I start thinking he must have gotten bit by a snake or that he is having a seizure since 1.) He never jumps in my car & 2.) He is shaking. John McRae is steadily telling him, "Bubble Puppy, get out of Mama's car. You can not ride in Mama's car to school."
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| World's most adorable Bull Dawg (JMc is representing in his MSU shirt today) and the world's most annoying, stubborn Australian Shepherd. |
7:30 AM: Since I think the dog is sick, I pull out of the drive way with both of my boys loaded in the car assuming I'd be headed to the vet after dropping JMc off at school.
It's a miracle. Bubble Puppy decides that he is completely well and decides to ride along side brother and smile at me and tell me through his freaky "see right through you" eyes that he has out-smarted me. Undoubtedly, the air was blowing a little too cool for him causing him to freeze.
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| Sneaky Bubble puppy in the floor of world's grossest, dirtiest car. |
7:40AMish: Pull up to drop JMc off and he begins telling Mrs. Stephanie about our
morning turmoil with Bubble Puppy.
Then, upon returning to my crunk (yea, I'm southern) car, I realize that Bubble Puppy has locked me out of it. Enterprise PD is called by the sweet highway patrolman there to drop off his kid. Then, the sweet police officer from EPD comes to unlock my car. Who knew? They both told me (with grins smeared on their faces) that it is a very common occurrence for animals to lock their owners out of vehicles. Fun times.
Then, I drove back home to return the dog for the day before going to work. Bubble Puppy jumped right out, went poopy, and was ready to go in his pen for the day.
Thank you, Bubble Puppy, for waiting until you got out of the car for that!
I guess he just needed a little excitement for the day.
In the midst of all of this, many smiles were brought to several sad faces. Today is a very sad day for our community and even if I was an hour and a half late for work and had to drive all around the world and back (And having to get the law involved), I'm glad that my troubles brought smiles and laughter to folks who really needed it today. I'm sure the teachers and students at TSS are still listening to JMc tel the story about, "Bubble Puppy got in Mama's car. Mama said Bubble Puppy get out of Mama's car. You can't go to school." Then, he goes on to tell about "Bubble Puppy was shaking and shaking and lock Mama out of car. Ha Ha Ha."
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Yep, this is a picture of Bubble Puppy laughing at me while I was waiting for the door to be unlocked!
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| Severe Cuteness. |
XOXO,
Stacy