Happenings

It has rained nonstop over the last two days. Right now, it is absolutely pouring down rain. But rain is a usual occurrence that isn't really worth blogging too much about.

However...

On Wednesday morning, I awoke after a long sleepless night. I am typically one who has no trouble sleeping, mind you. So I decided I was going to sleep an extra hour before attempting to go to work. The PLAN was to arrive at work just before devotions at 9:00 a.m. Well, it turned out that I was not able to get into the bathroom to begin getting ready, as our other roomie beat me to it. As I was waiting my turn, Audrey (owner of the house) knocks on my bedroom door, and says I need to go outside right away and bring Blue into the house. Here's what had happened - the two rottweilers at the end of the street were loose. They are a male and a female, and the female rot had just killed Scotchie, a.k.a. "Blue's Girlfriend." So here I go, outside, trying to help nab my already shaken up pooch and lure him into the house. Needless to say, it had been raining all night long, the ground was super muddy, he was super wet, and our attempts to catch him were unsuccessful. So Audrey drove up to her grandmother's house, and he followed her there (thankfully), where the rottweilers' owner's dad was trying to catch the male, who was still on the loose.

I found out later that the male is relatively calm. Of course, when you SEE a 250-pound muscular rottweiler face to face, "calm" is not quite the first word that pops into your mind to describe him, right?

So, I just went into the house and proceeded to get ready for work. The clothes I was wearing were all wet and muddy, thanks to Blue, so of course, they went straight into the laundry. I finally arrived at work around 9:40 a.m. - not too far after my projected time of arrival. Audrey called me a little later, and informed me that they were able to finally catch Blue. Her mother just called him, and he went right to her. That little stinker! She also told me that someone else shot the female rottweiler. I remember, as we were trying to catch my pooch, we did hear gunshots in the distance. So I suppose that's when it happened. Apparently, someone called the police and animal control, so Audrey's mom tied Blue up, and I'm glad she did. He will probably be tied up for a few days, until all of this clears up. By the way - as far as I know, the rottweiler owners were gone while all of this was taking place. So I'm not sure how all of that panned out.

And there you have it. It was quite an eventful morning Wednesday, to say the least. But at least no humans were hurt, and things seem to have returned to some form of "normal."

Whatever that is.