One of Those Days!

Yesterday was just one of those days.  You know the ones where you are just so glad when it is over and you just want to crawl in bed and sleep?  That was my day!  The kids got here and couldn't play outside due to the weather so they kept wanting to run through the house.  Lately they keep wanting to play in the water.  And they just don't understand why that they keep getting in trouble for it because, they keep doing it over and over and over and over.  And the boys, being boys like pick on Gabbie to make her cry, so of course she does everytime.  They tell she isn't pretty or she has cooties or sothing like that and  her "heart is broken forever!"  Yes!  She is that much of a Drama Queen at 5 years old!  Then if they get bored with that they fight with each other.  Or they want to "play" with Mylie.  They play with until she  has had enough and starts snapping at them.  They think that's funny, until she she connects with skin.  They get no sympathy!  Shoulda left her alone when she told them too.

Finally it's nap time and Lili (Holly) comes over.  She has a new dog she is trying out.  My sister and brother-in-law seem to have a beacon on their house that sends out a signal that says "All strays come here! This is a safe place!"  As such, they already had 5 dogs last week when Nickey found this little Sheltie running down the middle of a busy road.  He is a sweetheart but a bit timid.  Since Holly and John already have a rambuncious Boxer (Cino) she is trying the sheltie out to make sure he adjusts before keeping him.  If it doesn't work out then he will go back to Amy and Nickey's.  Amy said Nickey is already missing him. 

Anyway the 3 of them came over yesterday for me to meet who might be my new granddog.  So of course any idea that the kids might take a nap was gone!  Four dogs in the house?  Not gonna happen.  And Mylie hates Cino so she barking her head off!  Cino is louping through the house trying to see everyone (he is like a small horse).  Abby is trying check everyone out.  The new dog doesn't no what to do or think.  And the kids are all right in the middle of trying to be heard over all the barking and growling and posturing for the alpha positioning.  We finally get thing settled down a bit.  Apparently Holly's new dog has named himself Buddy.  She said that was what re responded to, wasn't what she wanted to name him.  Bu tit must have already been his name.  He has a fetish about shadows.  He stared at my wall and kept trying to catch his shadow.  Over and over again.  Holly said he does that all day.  Cino would go over to him and look trying to see what he was going after and then look at him like "Dude! There's nothing there!"  Cino has a very expressive face.  And you have to remember while all of this is going on, everytime one of them move Mylie starts growling and barking at them, but from the back of the couch and right behind me.  And then Abby will come over and bark at her.

Finally everyone left.  My-my got up in lap and passed out.  Abby collasped on the floor and passed out.  Roger and I just sorta sat there in stunned silence until we summoned up the strength to get up and go to bed.