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<p class=MsoNormal>It’s me again – Norm!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>GOOD GRIEF – Poor Mom is now bald from pulling her
hair out over the past 36 hours. Ya’ know, we are scheduled to
leave tomorrow morning at 5:00 dark o’clock on our road trip and so what
happens yesterday ??? You won’t believe this!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>First of all, Mom gets up and trims all of our toenails,
cleans our ears, brushes our toofers. Dad goes to breakfast with a bunch
of retired teachers. The plan is that when he gets home, he will give
everybody a bath. Sounds like a good plan, huh? Then, Mom notices
that Johnny is having a personal problem with his Poop Chute; nothing was
coming out of the Poop Chute no matter how hard he tried. So, Mom calls
the vet and tells them that “he did it again!”. Johnny has a
bad habit of eating sticks, then the sticks get stuck and he has to go to the
vet and have the Roto-Rooter treatment. So they say to bring him in
later in the afternoon. But Mom keeps the eyeballs on Johnny and he is
looking kind of puny, so Mom calls the vets and says “We are coming in
now.” They say Okey Dokey, so Mom goes in to put her shoes and
socks on. THEN ALL HECK BREAKS LOSE! Dad comes in the door, starts
grabbin’ his short saying OMG! OMG! Mom goes to see what is
going on and Dad collapses on the floor. Mom goes running (and she doesn’t
run very often) and gets Dad’s explosion medicine, I think it is called
nitro-something. Then she gets on the telephone and calls the fire
department. Wait a minute, Dad’s wasn’t on fire! Then
she calls Granny Pat and tells her that she has to come take Johnny to the vet ‘coz
she had to go with Dad to the people hospital. SIRENS! LOTS OF
SIRENS! AND FLASHING LIGHTS! AND 42809842 NICKZILLION PEOPLE!
I was watching this all from the observation deck in our back yard. The
men put Dad on a bed with wheels and put him in the ambulance and ZOOMED away!
Mom got us in the house and she left too. Granny Pat came and got Johnny
and they left. Mom came home 4230 nickzillion hours later, without
Dad and without Johnny. They both had to stay in the hospital
overnight. Mom was having a FIT! She kept saying I am going on a
road trip with or without them! What do they think they are doing??
Who do they think they are?? Now I know what RANTING AND RAVING looks
like!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>So today didn’t start very good. Mom went to the
hospital to see Dad. She was still ranting and raving. She talked
to the vet. She was still ranting and raving. She went to the
grocery store. Still ranting and raving. She took us over to Granny
Pat’s for baths. Still ranting and raving. Then, finally, so
good news. Johnny could come home; he got Roto-Rootered and was
unplugged. So Granny Pat went and got him and brought him there for his
bath. Then Dad called! He was going to get to come home too!
Finally, Mom stopped ranting and raving and she was SMILING! we ARE going
on our road trip tomorrow! Dad and Johnny are tired and grumpy
tonight. They keep saying something about not being able to get any rest
at the hospital. But Mom is happy. She says they can both sleep all
day tomorrow in the van. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>So, watch for us on the road – VIRGINIA BEACH OR
BUST! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Drools to ya!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Norm (and the rest of the Red Bay Gang)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Grady, Hoagie, Johnny & Opie<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Sandi Wittenberg - Mom to the Red Bay Basset Boys<o:p></o:p></p>
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