so far so bad
September 30th, 2008 |Just back from Vegas late last Sunday, wife is out of town all this week so I am flying solo with the kids, literally hundreds of things to get done at work, totally strung out.
I left the yard gate open last night (as well as the garage door with all my bikes and equipment available to the world to walk away with, nothing lost).
With my wife out of town I have not been able to walk the dog around the neighborhood like I normally do so I let him out back this morning to get his relief.
30 minutes later it was time to load up the kids in the car for day care and I realized the dog was gone. Gone.
Put the kids in the stroller and took a few laps of the block to see if he was just poking around the alleys, no sign.
Put the kids in the car and drove around the neighborhood for an hour looking for him. No sign.
Toddler Smithers is telling me that we have to find him, Baby Smithers is shouting about something unintelligible. Driving and looking, looking, looking. No sign of the dog.
I gave up and brought the kids to daycare, came back to the neighborhood and looked some more, still no luck.
So here I am at work checking the home voice mail every 20 minutes hoping to hear something. The dog has a chip and a vet tag on his collar.
Hopefully someone will call.
I was in a bad mood yesterday, today is not going to be much better.
7 Responses to “so far so bad”
If you need help with the kids, let me know. Don’t stress. Been there-done that, and it’s really not worth it.
did you remember the kid’s lunch? I always forget that, then have to go back home and get the lunch, bring it back to school…
or the asthma meds? I forget those too.
or the specific “do NOT-forget-to-tell-the-teacher-these-very-special- life or death” instructions…. I forget those often.
hang in there…keep the bikes safe (first things first), keep the kids alive. the dog will show. Dont forget their lunches.
fpa
Hi there - love your blog and I am new but i had to laugh reading your post. With two young kids myself I can totally relate! I hope your dog is ok and your week gets better. It’s days like these that make me appreciate getting out for a ride to de-stress and clear my head.
Is he registered with HomeAgain.com? If so we can post his lost cause on their site and they will notify EVERYONE within 25 miles about his wanderings. Just need to go to their web site, register his chip number and you’re good.
Wellll, not EVERYONE, but all those others that are registered (like, um, me…)
Dude, put up a description of dog. I live in the hood as do others that read your nonsense
I can help out tonight.
Post up a description and about where you live. Tons of us in the south mpls area. Dogs like to wander. Leave food out at night.