Yesterday was quite the day. Instead of heading out for our walk - we drove to the dogpark. By 5pm around here - it's very dark - MIDNIGHT DARK, but the park is still busy. The park is on a riverbank - which is just terrific if you have a water dog. BUT. At this time of year the ice is not quite formed and the water is EXTREMELY cold. And dangerous. Think slurpee/slushy with ice cubes rushing downstream. You can easily get trapped under ice and whisked away to CERTAIN DEATH. Or get hypothermia and DIE. Or just freeze into a little ice block never to be found again. Soon after we got there a fat little pug toodled out on the ice and fell into the river. His owner (slightly heavier and sillier than the 12 pound soon-to-be pugsicle) ran in after him and ALSO FELL IN THE OPEN RIVER. We heard his screaming and while someone phoned 9-1-1 - Dan ran faster than speeding
light to his truck, pulled out his construction ropes, ran back, rigged up some kind of rope throwing system and pulled this FROZEN man AND HIS DOG to shore BEFORE THEY DROWN/FROZE/EXPIRED. The firetrucks, ambulance and police cars showed up just after the guy was safe to get this seriously hypothermic dude some medical help. The emergencies crews here are terrific and were really, really fast, too. The dog and the pugsicle will be fine - BUT - not if it hadn't been for Dan. (Crash helped tug on the rope a little, too). The ONE DAY I didn't have my camera!! Sheesh!
MORAL OF THE STORY: do not jump in a nearly frozen river after your dog. Seriously. Your kids, your husband, your wife, your laptop - FINE. Please remember that you are NOT Indiana Jones or a polar bear. The guy would have died if there wasn't someone at the park with a fast-brain and miles of rope. Be careful. Watch your dogs/kids/wife/laptop around open water.
SO. Triple. Arm. Pump. Super. Hero. Dan. I love that guy. So much. Then we hopped in the truck and road away into the night for milk and eggs.
I had to know the day was gonna be great. First thing in the morning Dan's friend Adam surprised me by delivering a Peppermint Mocha Latte from Starbucks to this very pregnant girl!!! Thank you. Adam's working in California for a while and was just home for the weekend while American Thanksgiving shut down his office. THANK YOU, ADAM. Thanks you so much - YOU are as sweet as that delicious peppermint mocha latte.
I thought some of the day's good energy would spill into our grocery trip. I am completely out of HoneyCrisp apples and I THINK I AM GETTING SCURVY. I've gone from eating 2 apples a day - to no apples. How you you like them apples? So I decided to play a little apple roulette and buy a bag of Ambrosia Apples. Booo. I think my mouth has been ruined by the HoneyCrisp. Where can I get more HoneyCrisp? Have you seen them? Can you help me?
Today: A little work. A little play. It's Friday and Fridays are Saturday-starters around here. I'm gonna blast some work this morning. Design some wedding invitations for Absorb Creative. Get a hair cut. Attack some laundry. Make some calls and meet my good friend Tammy for some bookstore browsing later this afternoon. Sweet. Let's get going.
I'm brewing up a big full-fat GO-LATTE today. GO! GO!
