This is the story of a not happy day. But I hope the telling makes your day brighter...
Everybody has days when things just seem to go wrong. Recently, I was going to meet up with my husband for lunch. He works year round, whereas I am still in school with a flexible schedule so some days I go meet him for lunch. Anyway...Rags (my dog) was not cooperating. Amazingly enough, Price and I had picked a restaurant that allows dogs on the patio. It's a local sandwich shop that has a variety of yummy selections and Rags was supposed to come with us. I wasn't quite ready to leave, but I looked out on the porch and Rags was sitting there just like he was supposed too. I shut the door for a minute and finish up some things and then go to find Rags. Leash, check. Harness, check. Dog, ummm, where did he go!
So I call. Usually, especially when he only has a 5 minute window, he comes right up, tail wagging. Nope, not this time. I call and call and call. Finally, my landlords get tired of hearing "Ragsie, here boy, come on Rags, let's go for a ride!" (I would too, if I were them) and suggest I call a different dog he likes to play with instead. Well, there is no sign of Sophie either. So I call-on the phone-my husband to tell him that I won't being coming to lunch on time, if at all.
After giving up, canceling lunch, and getting ready to bake myself into oblivion (I cook when I'm stressed), here come's Rags, barking at my landlord's grandson on his bike. This earns him a doggie time out inside while I call Price to see if he can meet me for lunch. He can, and we meet at the restaurant. He gets our order, things are going well, Rags is finally behaving, and...
It starts to rain. We are outside...at a restaurant...with a dog...There is no getting out of the rain. After a very soggy lunch...I go to a store and buy Rags a dog toy. Yep, that's me, sucker to the very end. After all of that, I succumb to the puppy eyes of my two year old little gray furry creature...and buy him a dog toy. You can see which one of us is trained. And it's not the dog.
P.S. The food at this restaurant is amazing! The sandwich selection is unreal...in the winter they have marvelous soup, and I have never had better pita chips anywhere else in the whole world. Maybe soon I'll figure out the whole posting of a picture thing.
Anyway, Enjoy your food.
And Have a Very Happy Day!
