We hate springtime! 3 Attachment(s) Summer cannot arrive soon enough. My apologies for the length, but I need empathy, lol. (The pics are not from today) I decided that today would be my day to scoop the poop during my walk with Eddie and Jack to the local park, so I brought a garbage bag and a scooper. Since the snow is soft and deep, I wore snowshoes. On my way down there, a couple neighbor kids, 5 and 4, decided they wanted to join us as they often do. No problem, I thought. Once we got there, the snow was particularly punchy and soft. The Yorkies and the kids were miserable in the slushy stuff. About 100 yards into the park, Eddie had had enough. He turned around and headed home, much to my dismay. I couldn't leave the kids, so I decided to let Eddie fend for himself on our relatively isolated street while I found a shortcut to try to head him off. Hauling what was now probably 15 pounds of dog doo/snow, I ran into a soggy mess. Even on my snowshoes, I sank in up to my knees and fell to my side a couple times. The kids, meanwhile, were starting to panic and whimper. The water was spilling over their rubber boots. I finally decided to pick the kids up one by one and carry them to solid ground. That worked just fine until Jack decided he didn't like being so far away from me. With a kid in one arm, a bag of poop and scooper in the other, I watched Jack dive off a ledge of snow into what for him was neck-deep slush, soaking his fleece coat and booties. I still couldn't drop the kids, so I sloshed my way to firmer ground and flung the 4-year-old. I then scooped a now-shivering Jack out of the pool of ice and grabbed the 5-year-old too. We made our way toward home and found Eddie giving us a bewildered look as he waited patiently at the edge of the park. I hope the neighbors weren't watching, because the thought of a 50-year-old with two Yorkies and two kids in tow fighting for his very life in a city park not 100 yards from his front door is embarrassingly comical even to me. Summer can't arrive soon enough. |
it sounds positively miserable!!! Poor Jack, poor Eddie and poor Mike!!! |
UGhhhhh that does sound horrible - I am so sorry. I am wishing you, Jack and Eddie bright sunny skies from Florida! Murphy and Mia send lots of warm hugs and kisses to Eddie and Jack. Poor babies! |
Thanks for the sympathy, lol. I don't really deserve it. It's not as though we were in the wilderness or anything. We were 5 minutes away from a hot shower! |
We're in Canada and while we don't have a lot of yucky slushy mess right now, we usually do at this time so I totally know what you mean. We've still got some now, though! Ugh I hate it too! Chloe's not allowed outside in the slush. She's too small & even in her coat & sweater shivers like crazy. She's an inside-only dog until summer *sigh* |
ahh Mike that sucks. I'm glad we're done with snow (hopefully) over here! I hope summer comes soon for you guys! btw - I adore your avi. |
Oh My Gosh - BIIIIIIIIIIIIG HUUUUUUUUUUUUGS! I'm sure you didn't think it was funny at the time but to read your story, it is pretty funny. I could just picture that. We've been lucky with snow here in Indiana - Don't envy the weather there but I'll bet you've got more comfortable summers! ;) Thanks for sharing! |
I'm sorry that the weather is so yucky, In our summertime when its 110+ I will be wishing for some of that |
It really has been a Monday for me and your last paragraph made me laugh - thank you for that. :) Now that I'm done laughing, you have my empathy. |
OH no! :( It sounds absolutely dreadful! *Sending you a huge cup of tea and sympathy now*;) I'll go to the store tomorrow and see if I can find some sunshine for sale and then I'll box it up and mail it to you! :D Hope it warms up there soon enough!:thumbup: |
Thanks, everyone. Yes, you have my permission to laugh out loud. I would have paid money to see the show if it happened to neighbor instead of me! I told the story to a friend and her comment was -- why the heck didn't I drop the 15-pound bag of poo??? LOL. NOW she tells me! |
Awww... I can sympathize. There's nothing worse than the slushy mess at the end of the season. There's huge snow puddles at the end of every street and you just can't walk anywhere without getting splattered with the wet stuff. Soon it will all be over, so hang on! Hugs to Jack and Eddie from Snickers and Baxter. :aimeeyork |
Sounds miserable. |
"flung the 4-year-old." How far did you "flung the kid"? As usual, it was enjoyable to read your visual "a day in the life of Mike, Eddie and Jack" plus the neighbor kids. Ever try a "hot toddy" to warm up and buy some tulips...spring is here in Seattle. Oops! That probably hurts, doesn't it? 70 degrees on Friday and Saturday. Flip-flops, no coats but cooler today. Can just see you with that huge bag of poop. Too funny! |
YUK! I couldn't handle it! Time to move South!!!! |
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