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<DIV> Another overly , glorious day with Annie, my son came over last
night to visit, he knew I was feeling depressed with my back and he came over to
CHEER me up, he insisted we go for a ride to get my mind off my
pain, well, I thought that i remembered that GOD had given me a
brain once , but I must have lost it or misplaced it, because it
sure wasn't in my head last night, upon much insisting on my sons part, I
relented and agreed to go for a ride, ( in his pickup truck )
now this just isn't any pickup that anyone would want to ride it, it
is a man's truck, the kind you see in the back hills of Kentucky, I believe we
call them beater trucks. no air conditioning, ( the temperature was 86 here and
humid) no carpeting on the floor, no extend cab, and plastic seat covers.
( get the picture ? ) he wants to take both Bassets ! my heart is in my
throat , but how bad can it be ????? so the girls love the
truck and all the windows are down and the back sliding window is open and
everyone is happy, happy, happy !!!!!!! we decide to drive through the
park and then all H%$#& breaks loose. Annie spots the 8 pairs of
mommy and daddy geese and 36 baby geese ! she goes crazy and starts
barking and she tries to jump out the back sliding window, all the time Maggie
is just taking in the sites. the rest of the park is in a up roar , I grabbed
Annie by the back leg as she is making her exit out the rear sliding
window for the Basset 500 and the goose relay race. Joel hits the brakes,
Maggie lands on the floor under the dash board like what just happened
? I am yelling for Joel to get Annie, Geese are running every where and
Annie is just going crazy with barking and trying to get to the geese. I'm
not sure if I was crying because of the pain or because of the situation . Joel
finally got Annie back in the truck and she is panting and drooling
like YEA !!!! that's is so much fun, let's do it again
mom, ok , huh huh can we please, please, please ?
She reminds me of that stupid dog in the Disney movie Homeward Bound !
the dumb big white Goober,</DIV>
<DIV>Well, We all survived that ordeal ( barely ) and Joel said
we will to do it again soon ! NOT me !!!!!!! I am going to
stay home and look for my Brains !</DIV>
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<DIV>Time to go to the therapy pool</DIV>
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