Am I Grounded?

Here I am at the ripe old age of 43 and I am still afraid of getting in trouble with my mother.  If you have ever seen “the look,” you know why.  I can even feel it over the telephone; it scares me and turns me into a little girl of six.  Therefore, I have been putting off telling you what I’ve done.  You knew it would happen.  When I went to work for the animal rescue, you said to yourselves, “Lord knows what she’ll be bringing home” and “it’s not like they don’t have enough animals as it is.” 

Well, he kept getting out.  He figured out the heavy duty dog door and climbed the high kennel fence to the wild unpenned outdoors full of coyotes and raptors.  I kept bringing him back inside but he had gotten a taste of freedom so persisted. 

David

was conveniently out of town, actually out of country and out of reach by cell phone.  I couldn’t call him and ask if we could at least foster the desert wanderer so he would not get eaten before his time.  Well, if my husband can fly to Cabo San Lucas with a bunch of feeling-their-second-adolescence bachelor party weekend participants, I can save a doomed feline from certain death. 

I told him about it when he called from the airport.

“I brought Midnight home.”

“You did.”

“Yes, he kept getting out and I had to save him.”

It was a quiet yet accepting conversation.

Less than a week later, we received in the mail the quarterly edition of “The Roundup,” a publication from our local Rio Verde Horsemen’s Association.  I write for it, as does my boss at the shelter.  In her column, she mentioned Midnight, a 16-week old part Siamese black kitten who had been rescued by two boys as he was being chased by coyotes in the desert.  I showed it to

David

who immediately picked up the telephone and called

Nan

, telling her:

“Midnight, now known as Apollo, is not going anywhere.  We love him.”

We now have two cats, four dogs, seven turkeys, four ducks, thirty chickens, three

Angora

goats, four Shetland sheep, and two alpacas.  Oh, and three hamsters.  I guess we should hold off on getting that pig.

Comments

[Debbi]

What's one little piggee? Get the piggee. You know you want to. Everbody's doing it. ;) Yay for Apollo!

[Teresa Metts]

If it helps....you make me feel better....we have 2 dogs and 7 cats and I had a really hard time not looking at the kitties they were giving away at walmart! lol