For the first couple of days, I had visions of every type of catastrophe I could think of happening while we weren't there. I imagined waterbowl malfunctions, Hunny Bunny rolling down stairs, Charlotte hiding in the shadows not willing to take her pills, Asteroid causing serious injury to our petsitters, Ginger unifying the gang to create a dog-only version of Orwell's Animal Farm .....you get the picture. At feeding times the first couple of days, I was focused on my cellphone waiting for a call describing these disasters and more. On the second day we checked in and , guess what, everyone was doing great and having fun. No problems at all.... After that, I relaxed and enjoyed myself. I still felt a little pang of relief after every feeding time when no call came....
Homecoming was amazing, Michael had already been home for a couple of days, so it may have been over the top if both of us came home together. First, Sentry Ginger caught sight of me sneaking down the boardwalk. It wasn't long before I was surrounded by the whole group; giving me toys, playing among themselves, jumping, barking and best of all smiling :) everyone looks maaavalous....
The only casualty of our extended absence was one Coach tennis shoe, recognizable only by the color of the shards in the yard....Oh well....I'm debating throwing the other one out the back door so they can play with that one too. Is that bad training?
I was so excited to be home that I forgot to take any homecoming pictures. We tried to reenact the homecoming today, but I just couldn't drum up the same excitement (especially in 95 degree temps). Here's a couple of group shots anyway.
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| they're at least coming my way |
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| I couldn't even get this group to look at me today |
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