The Australia Trek
Susan Bundlie
<<How's the Australia-trek going?>>
Great! He's now in Tasmania and planning to stay a couple weeks in
Hobart, which is down south. He called last night, in fact, and said
that he had been driving in a brutal rain storm the night before and the
car had gone out of control, spinning one-and-a-half times around and
landing in a ditch! One of the those I want to know about AFTER it's
happened and I know he's safe!
Under that heading, we came home a couple nights ago to find the kitchen
ceiling raining! Water was just POURING out of the recessed lights--all
over the kitchen island, the (hardwood) floors, the counters, etc.,
etc., etc. My daughter's boyfriend (manfriend) leaped onto the island
and pulled out the recessed lights, dumping the stored-up water
out--something I wouldn't have thought to do, bless his heart. An
overflowing toilet upstairs caused the problem. My other daughter was in
the basement and didn't do anything 'cause she thought it was raining
outside!
Now I'm dealing with insurance estimators and contractors and what-all.
I'm not telling Eric about this until it's all been taken care of, since
he can't do anything from 10,000 miles away. He'll come home to a
stronger, more independent wife, that's for sure!
Oh, one other thing--we turned onto our street last night and saw a
police car at the neighbor's house. I pulled up in front of our house
and realized that our neighbor and a policeman were heading toward us
with really concerned looks on their faces. I assumed we had been
burgled (spell check didn't have anything to say about that!) or
something, but what they told us was that our dog had been outside
(about 20 degrees and snowing here last night) for hours and wouldn't
let anyone come near her! Poor little baby cockapoo. Apparently my
daughter had let her out and forgotten to let her in. It's illegal to
have dogs loose here--a policy I totally agree with--but we let ours out
in back and she pees (spellcheck did get that one-?!) and comes right
back in with use watching the whole time. The poor thing was cold and
thirsty and terrified and just yelped and yelped when she saw us. After
determining that we aren't deadbeats, the police guy left, but I thought
our neighbors acted a little strange (after all, they had been cajoling
our dog for hours before calling for help). I'm going to make soup and
bake cookies for them today.
I guess all's well that end's well! And NO one will EVER forget about
the dog again!
Susan
Great! He's now in Tasmania and planning to stay a couple weeks in
Hobart, which is down south. He called last night, in fact, and said
that he had been driving in a brutal rain storm the night before and the
car had gone out of control, spinning one-and-a-half times around and
landing in a ditch! One of the those I want to know about AFTER it's
happened and I know he's safe!
Under that heading, we came home a couple nights ago to find the kitchen
ceiling raining! Water was just POURING out of the recessed lights--all
over the kitchen island, the (hardwood) floors, the counters, etc.,
etc., etc. My daughter's boyfriend (manfriend) leaped onto the island
and pulled out the recessed lights, dumping the stored-up water
out--something I wouldn't have thought to do, bless his heart. An
overflowing toilet upstairs caused the problem. My other daughter was in
the basement and didn't do anything 'cause she thought it was raining
outside!
Now I'm dealing with insurance estimators and contractors and what-all.
I'm not telling Eric about this until it's all been taken care of, since
he can't do anything from 10,000 miles away. He'll come home to a
stronger, more independent wife, that's for sure!
Oh, one other thing--we turned onto our street last night and saw a
police car at the neighbor's house. I pulled up in front of our house
and realized that our neighbor and a policeman were heading toward us
with really concerned looks on their faces. I assumed we had been
burgled (spell check didn't have anything to say about that!) or
something, but what they told us was that our dog had been outside
(about 20 degrees and snowing here last night) for hours and wouldn't
let anyone come near her! Poor little baby cockapoo. Apparently my
daughter had let her out and forgotten to let her in. It's illegal to
have dogs loose here--a policy I totally agree with--but we let ours out
in back and she pees (spellcheck did get that one-?!) and comes right
back in with use watching the whole time. The poor thing was cold and
thirsty and terrified and just yelped and yelped when she saw us. After
determining that we aren't deadbeats, the police guy left, but I thought
our neighbors acted a little strange (after all, they had been cajoling
our dog for hours before calling for help). I'm going to make soup and
bake cookies for them today.
I guess all's well that end's well! And NO one will EVER forget about
the dog again!
Susan