Men!

Earlier this week, my co-worker, Bart, who took us to the Extractor Plant a few weeks ago, was in with his daughter, Torie, who is about 8. He looked rather disheveled and was wearing a baseball cap. This is not his normal attire and Torie should have been in school.

When I asked what was happening, he said he had been up since 1 am. I asked why and he said that his wife, Sue, had been out on their deck trying to make noise to scare some coyotes who were bothering the horses. She made a misstep and fell off the deck about 10 feet, landing on gravel. Emergency Services were there in less than 10 minutes and took her to the hospital.

I talked to Torie for a few minutes and she said she is trying to convince her parents to get her a dog like Willow. They already have a Great Pyrenees named Gwen. We briefly discussed bringing Willow to meet Gwen and Torie and they could play together.

I asked Bart on Friday how Sue was doing and apparently she has a fractured wrist.

Steve and I were talking yesterday about what we wanted to do today. We had already arranged to meet some friends for breakfast and we needed to go out and buy a new dishwasher – my appliances must be in cahoots – the dishwasher was missing the old fridge so it decided to die! Steve said he also wanted to go for a drive to nowhere in particular, taking some back roads and maybe taking his camera.

I thought we could kill two birds (or maybe even more) with one stone. I called Bart and sort of invited ourselves over to their place for Monday dinner. I figured we could bring the food (and save Sue making one meal) and the dog. They could supply the child, the other dog, a trip down back roads (to get to their place) and a place to take pictures – from their deck that overlooks the Rockies.

Bart said that should work and he would be seeing Sue in the afternoon and would tell her then. I asked where she was and apparently she is still in the hospital and would be discharged today! I immediately rescinded our self-invitation and said we would consider it next weekend. The fact that Bart was even willing to consider it is mind-boggling! As I said - Men!