January 13, 2004
a new dog for dotty?
A dog showed up in our backyard. That the first time it's happened in four years. So it was quite an event, as you might imagine.
BrilliantEditor was out in the snow hanging on to the big yellow galoot and trying to wrangle him away from the evil twins of doom. He managed. The dog was named Splash. We called the number on the tag and the address was about two miles from here. We were really worried.
No one answered. We hoped they were out looking for him. We thought it more likely that they were at work and we'd have four more hours with the stink bomb.
He was a pleasant enough creature, although he made two gouges in the floor. We've lived through it and now that it's been harmed, we can probably live free and easy when moving furniture. Or free-er and easier.
I decided to shove Splash in the kitchen where he very good naturedly ate three rawhide toys that Spring and Sprocket had mostly abandoned but still gnawed on from time to time. I reverse looked up the phone number and by using my super spy skills, found the guy because he's a good parent and sponsors a swim team or something.
I called his office, he came to pick up the dog, and all was well. He said, "By the way, how did you get my office number?" I felt a bit sheepish, prying into his life that way.
I said, "I found it on the internet--your daughter swims, I think and you're on a list of parents and swimmers, so I assumed it was you. Your work number was there. And by the way, your home phone number is the same as the animal rescue number in Larsen County, California. I thought that was kind of funny."
He also thought it was funny and explained that his dog might be back because he wants to play with the dogs. I said it was fine with me, now that I know he's not lost.
And there we go.
Then the electrician came. So you can imagine it was a busy day for the evil twins of doom.
Posted by dotty at January 13, 2004 07:05 PM