A black and blue morning...

My morning started out like most weekdays. After getting ready for work, I decided to take the recycling out to the bend. As you may know, recycling can over take the kitchen table for time to time. I heard something strange. I briefly thought maybe a squirrel under Wes’s truck or something. THINK AGAIN!?!? When I opened the gate, a black puppy magically emerged out from under my car!! Next thing, I know that puppy was on me like a baby chick that has just broken through the egg shell and immediately thinks the 1st thing it sees is Momma. My 1st thought, of course was HOLY SH*T this dog is going to follow me everywhere now!! (As my co-worker said, he saw S-U-C-K-E-R written on my forehead!!) Don’t get me wrong! I LOVE ANIMALS! (Especially cute and cuddly puppies) That’s not the issue. The issue is the 65 lbs English Staffshire Terrier named Blue in our backyard. He isn’t the friendliest of dogs. (He has special needs.) So, I try to shoo the puppy off, which I know is NOT going to happen. I do the 1st thing that I can think of. I squeeze myself through the fence. Well guess who wanted to come to? You guessed it… the puppy!! I still try to shoo him off for his/her good. This puppy is just as hardheaded as I can be… DANGIT!! I finally decide to get Blue in the house b/c I’m not sure what he will do, anything to the puppy. I call Wes.

Meanwhile, the puppy has climbed under the fence and is now scratching, whining, and howling on the back porch. Talk about pulling at the heartstrings!!! Wes suggests that I put the puppy in the back of his truck with some treats. (Now, I ask you. Why would you put treats in the back of the truck unless you were planning on keeping the puppy?) Okay, I’m still afraid for the puppy but it sounds better than anything I thought of. (Oh yea, did I mention that it’s 7:45 by this time. I should be 3/4 of the way to work. But noooo, I’m still in Mebane!!!) I get some treats; put the puppy in the truck bed. The second I put him down in that truck he started jumping and whining. Completely not interested in the treats. He wanted out.

I hurry back to the house, let Blue out, grab my stuff, call Wes back and walk out the front door. I walk around the side of the house and nothing… silence. Then from the back yard I hear Blue bark, growl, and the puppy yelp… I scream and yell NO BLUE. (Yes, Wes was on the phone with me. I’m sure he’s complete deaf in whatever side he had the phone on.) The puppy scrambled, got out the fence, and headed straight for his momma, i.e. ME! GREAT!!! WTH do I do now?? Wes said that he had probably learned his lesson about going under the fence. I try still to shoo him out of my car. I beep the horn so that he would get out of the way. I back-up slowly making sure that I can see him. As I pull off, I look up the driveway and there he is… howling in the middle of the driveway!! What a heartbreaker!!

I don’t mean to sound heartless. I just know that there is no way that even if he doesn’t belong to someone that we can keep him. Blue is the kind of dog that doesn’t get along w/ other dogs.

I guess that we’ll see if he’s still there when we get home. Honestly, I hated just to leave him there. I couldn’t think of anything to do. I don’t think that he was a random stray. He was way too cute and friendly for that. He’s probably a new dog for someone who had him in a pen outside. He escaped and found his way to my house. WTH did it have to be a puppy for crying out loud!?!?

I will tell you this… Hope and pray for Blue’s sake that he doesn’t harm a single thread of fur on that puppy!!!

Monday, July 7, 2008 ... Stress, BFF of comfort food!

8:10am – Banana and Diet Pepsi

I’m STARVING!! It’s Monday and I’m the only admin showing up today. Stress is NOT my friend!! I knew it was going to be a hard day before it started. I had no idea of the amount of work that was left for ME to do. Oh happy day! WARNING: Stay out of my way today!!

8:20am – Ritz Bits Cheese Crackers

Why am I eating these DANG things!?!? I am not dealing well w/ stress!! I want comfort!!

1:33pm – KFC Snackers Combo w/ coleslaw instead of potato wedges

I’m sort of hungry but I have no idea what I want. I thought about Whole Foods… too expensive right before going on vacation. Plus the road was blocked w/ smoke or some large plume of something that I can friggin’ see through and don’t want to waste the gas by going around the long way. So KFC-Taco Bell is the 1st place on the right side of the road. I pull in and just order something. Not in the mood nor do I have time to deal w/ an upset tummy so I ordered this… I basically just wanted out of the office!!

BTW… I took 2 bites of the coleslaw. It’s NASSSSSTAY!!! A blessing in disguise!! Thank you LAWD for small favors!! He he!

3:00pm – 1 small apple

I’m still really busy… just take 1 step at a time now. Gotta sweet tooth but I wanted something healthy after the handy little artery clogger that I ate at lunch. Ahhh! What could be healthier?!

6:50pm – Marie Calendar’s Chicken Pop Pie

I waited a while to eat b/c I wanted to get some stuff done around the house. Plus I sat on my big butt all day. The last thing I wanted to do was go home and eat.

I ate the inside and some of the crust. Have you ever looked at the nutritional information on the side of the box!? HOLY CARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROME!! It’s got some outrageous amount of fat like 50 something grams… Hell, I didn’t know the thing weight more than 50 grams. How in the world does it have that much fat in it?!

9:00pm – Nestle Chocolate Chip Walnut cookie

I wanted something sweet. I honestly wished I hadn’t ate it. I could taste the indigestion… it’s purdy bad when food gives you that feeling before it even hits your stomach!!


10:15pm – Honey Nut Cheerios BIG BOWL w/ whole milk

I LOVE ending the day with cereal. I don’t know if it’s the stress from my day or the fact that Wes got some so I need some, too kinda thing that makes me “feel” like I’m hungry. No, I can’t say that I’m 100% definitely sure that I’m hungry.

BTW… I’m using whole milk b/c milk is way too expensive & Wes won’t use anything but whole milk. I gotta think of a way to change that. I’ve never liked whole milk and usually waste it. I don’t drink it when my cereal is done. I can just see my love handles growing so big that lovin’ isn’t an option anymore. HA HA!



Thankfully, my day ended so much better than it began!!