there are times when strange weird things happen and i dont post about it. case in point me & gretel.
gretel is one of my neighbor's dogs. mrs. r owns three dogs, gretel (very old & blind) tyler ( big & friendly) and quincy (techniclly her daughter's but usually lives with her) so also at the house are mrs.r, her husband, mr r. and her adult daughter.
on wednesday shawn called around 4pm. i went out to sit on the back steps and talk. its the usual place i go during the day if im on the phone. i notice gretel is sitting on the stairs but none of the other dogs are out.
next thing- i hear a thud and gretel is no where to be seen.
she fell about 4 1/2 in a mirimack daisy bush.
poor shawn, i said " omy god i'll call you back" and dropped the phone in the grass.
so now i have gretel in my arms. she seems ok, definately shaken. so i call in to house since its open. it seemed to be completely emtpy. but then tyler and quincy come out of another room and start BARKING!!!! and i'm calling out "hello???" wondering what to do, someone must be home... now the phone is ringing, and the answering machine is talking, the dogs are barking i totally feel like i'm in boo radley's house (maybe because audrey was cutting packing paper with a big pair of scissors on the front porch earlier now im in a deserted house) so anyhow i got bold went to the living room and saw mr. r's empty wheelchair and realized he must be upstairs. so i just quickly and as loudly as i possibly could yelled " hi it's me catherine, gretel fell so im putting her in her basket... ahhhhh bye"
so now i feel like a total weirdo and rush back to my house. oh and called shawn back who reassured me everything would be ok.
that night i saw the adult daughter and explained what happened. she said thanks, etc i said no biggie whatever....
so yesterday i found for days now mr.r and his daughter have been arguing back and forth about what happened becuase he thought she brought in the dog and left and she contended she had no idea what he was talking about it. then i guess at point she realized her dad was talking about me.
personally im just glad i was there to help out and gretel is fine. she even sent me a thank you card today!