Memorial Day
Long weekend, four days to be exact and STILL not nearly long enough. Granted the weekend was more like 4.5 days since on Thursday we had our company picnic out at the track. Unfortunately it was pissing down rain so the only thing we were able to see on the track was trucks desperately trying to get the track drivable...it never worked. The guys played some poker after we had our box lunch (from Juggs no less...this is the second time Juggs has catered and we have NOT had fried chicken...dammit Juggs fried chicken is fucking awesome) then we all traveled down to look at the garages. Which most were closed off so we couldn't look at any cool car parts. Finally after getting rained on we returned, I joined a game of Euchre, after it was over I headed home.
Next day was a bit more eventful. We did some shopping, I had to pick up some stuff so I could grill out, hot dogs and turkey burgers. I had decided to splurg and get good hot dogs, and damn did it make a difference. We had to head back to the house and pick up something for my neice, she went in the house and she doesn't like Piper to jump on her, she cleared the door just enough that Piper got out.
Again.
I chased after her, having her in my sights the whole time. I was probably out well over an hour wandering around muddy, marshy retention ponds trying to get close enough to grab the damn dog. Finally I gave up, I mentally said fuck it she would either come home, be picked up by someone nice enough to give us a call, or she'd be picked up by animal control and I would get fined. I walked away...then Piper ran past me.
Bitch.
I walked further, she did it again. Little bitch was following me home but staying out of arms reach! I even know she was following me home because I had to backtrack next to a retention pond and she STILL kept running past me until I caught up to her.
Finally my sister and neice found me and the dog, my neice tried running after Piper and I told her not too, it would just make her run. I happen to notice an abandoned house that was fenced with the gate wide open. I tell my neice to stop following Piper and stay where she was. I casually walk into the yard and call Piper to come after me. She did. After pretty much ordering my neice to shut the stupid gate I stood in the middle of the yard at which point Piper got this "Oh Shit" look, I eyed Piper and very sternly told her to get her butt over here and sit down. She did.
Talk about exercise, this body was not made for running and trekking through a damn marsh. It took a good two days for my shoes to finally dry out.
She SO didn't get the treat I bought her that day.
Of course after that day she had been so up my butt that if I stopped I literally had dog snout where the sun doesn't shine. She knew I was angry.
After that the rest of our weekend was pretty low key. I definitely enjoyed the time off work that's for sure. Piper did end up giving me a nasty bruise on my elbow. I was playing with her I came back with my arm as she lunged forward with her mouth and her teeth caught me right in the divot of my elbow where the nerve is. Hurt like a mofo and I couldn't swear due to the two year old standing right in front of me!
Zoo was cool, got some good pictures of some of the newer animals. We have wildebeasts, warthogs, cheetahs and bats now. The tiger forest is also pretty rad, it's a pane of glass all the way to the ground, no more fencing so the tigers can literally seem to walk right up too you. I'm still really looking forward to the panthers and gorillas!
I didn't do much yesterday, last day off work and all. Stupid work! Always gets in the way of days off!
Next day was a bit more eventful. We did some shopping, I had to pick up some stuff so I could grill out, hot dogs and turkey burgers. I had decided to splurg and get good hot dogs, and damn did it make a difference. We had to head back to the house and pick up something for my neice, she went in the house and she doesn't like Piper to jump on her, she cleared the door just enough that Piper got out.
Again.
I chased after her, having her in my sights the whole time. I was probably out well over an hour wandering around muddy, marshy retention ponds trying to get close enough to grab the damn dog. Finally I gave up, I mentally said fuck it she would either come home, be picked up by someone nice enough to give us a call, or she'd be picked up by animal control and I would get fined. I walked away...then Piper ran past me.
Bitch.
I walked further, she did it again. Little bitch was following me home but staying out of arms reach! I even know she was following me home because I had to backtrack next to a retention pond and she STILL kept running past me until I caught up to her.
Finally my sister and neice found me and the dog, my neice tried running after Piper and I told her not too, it would just make her run. I happen to notice an abandoned house that was fenced with the gate wide open. I tell my neice to stop following Piper and stay where she was. I casually walk into the yard and call Piper to come after me. She did. After pretty much ordering my neice to shut the stupid gate I stood in the middle of the yard at which point Piper got this "Oh Shit" look, I eyed Piper and very sternly told her to get her butt over here and sit down. She did.
Talk about exercise, this body was not made for running and trekking through a damn marsh. It took a good two days for my shoes to finally dry out.
She SO didn't get the treat I bought her that day.
Of course after that day she had been so up my butt that if I stopped I literally had dog snout where the sun doesn't shine. She knew I was angry.
After that the rest of our weekend was pretty low key. I definitely enjoyed the time off work that's for sure. Piper did end up giving me a nasty bruise on my elbow. I was playing with her I came back with my arm as she lunged forward with her mouth and her teeth caught me right in the divot of my elbow where the nerve is. Hurt like a mofo and I couldn't swear due to the two year old standing right in front of me!
Zoo was cool, got some good pictures of some of the newer animals. We have wildebeasts, warthogs, cheetahs and bats now. The tiger forest is also pretty rad, it's a pane of glass all the way to the ground, no more fencing so the tigers can literally seem to walk right up too you. I'm still really looking forward to the panthers and gorillas!
I didn't do much yesterday, last day off work and all. Stupid work! Always gets in the way of days off!