lizardblog ( the blog of liz creech

October 31, 2005
A couple of Interesting things

Last night, for the first time ever, I took my kids (the three older ones) to the local haunted trail that is put on every year. Either they have been too young or we didn't have the money or whatever. I would say we had a "good time". Things like that don't really bother me. They are "fun" yet can be startling and that is what is best about it. I don't mind the gore, because I know that isn't real, but when someone jumps out at you unexpectedly - WOW!! You should have heard the kids talking all tough before they went in. It was pretty funny when they started hollering and grabbing on to me once we went in. There was one part I couldn't look at - they simulated "The Ring". That is one movie that still bothers me after seeing it only one time. As we entered that part and I realized what was going on I just shut my eyes and held on to the kids and let them lead me through - craziness!!

Friday night on my way home from work another interesting thing happened. First, let me say, that I am an animal lover. I would have like 10 cats and 17 dogs and a couple of horses and any other animal that someone else didn't want. I would be poor due to having to care for some many animals and I would probably smell like a dog - HA! Also, let me say that I am not that way because Alan won't let me. That IS A GOOD THING!! It is kind of silly how attached we get to animals that don't have eternal souls. I still love animals though.

So, I was driving down Man 'O War just after leaving work and look over into the median and see a dog running full speed down the middle. It is busy as I got to leave work a little earlier than usual and I couldn't see how I could safely pull over and "save" this dog. So, wisely, I went on up to a turn lane and put on my hazard lights and opened the car and waited for the dog to catch up to me. I kept hoping it wouldn't veer out into the road. I didn't have long to wait as it was running so fast. As soon as I could see it, it was dark and I had gone around a curve, I stated calling it and hoped it would come to me and not be one of those scared of people dogs. Thanks goodness it came right to me and wasn't hard to persuade to get into the back of the van.

Now, I am good for bringing stray dogs home. I have done it several times and Alan gets a little upset with me. I totally understand where he is coming from, it is just that I can't help myself sometimes (a bit of eye rolling going on with that statement-HA!)

It had a collar on with an address and phone number. I called it and must have dialed it wrong because I got an error message. By this time I am thinking Alan is going to kill me for bringing home another dog. The second time I tried the call went through and a man answered. I asked him if he had a dog named Ellie and if she was missing. I was going to just take her to him but he suggested we meet at the McDonald's next to the Mac Shack. We got there almost at the same time and man was he relieved. He reached in his pocket and pulled out money, which I promptly refused. I don't do things like that because I want a reward, I do it for the love of the animal and I don't want anything to happen to them. So, I told him to come visit me at Macaroni Grill and we would call it even. He gave me his business card and I thought that was that.

The next night it was toward the end of the night and I am getting drinks for a large party when another server comes and tells me there is a couple out front asking for me. I thought it was Bryan and Heather Sherwood coming to say hi. I got out there and it is that guy and his wife. Their names are Mark and Lucy. She was really grateful for the safety of her dog and was quite insistent that I take the money she held out to me. They were very generous and that is the money I used to take the kids to the Trail of Terror last night.

So interesting things happen sometimes and it is good.

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