As one could imagine between selling our current house, starting a new job for one, looking for a new job for one, and looking for a new house for two, Kelli and I haven't had a ton of free time lately! Our house has been listed for four weeks now and each Sunday we've had an open house, all of which have generated some interest and we feel closer each weekend to the right person finding our house to be the perfect fit!
Each time we have an open house we load up our two labs and take them either into the dog park for a few hours or down to Grandpa and Grandmas house in Stevensville. This would normally be a fairly routine task as we would load them up in the back of the pick up, inside the topper, and head out. Well we sold my old pick up as my new job brought with it a new work truck that I had a tonneau cover put on which meant the dogs would ride in the back of Kelli's subaru. This turns out to be quite the show for anyone who happens to give us a look as we pass by, Duchess appears to be afraid of my driving, can't say I blame her, so she pings back and forth from side to side yelping the entire way! To make things even close to bearable Kelli has to sit in the back seat and hold her collar and continuously attempt to calm Duchess down, to no avail! Dan and Donna's driveway is exactly 43 minutes from our house, but feels like 4 hours with the dogs, by the time we slid in sideways yesterday afternoon neither Kelli or I could get out of the car fast enough! Kelli opened up the back door and both dogs took off to the neighbors yard to investigate the smells and ten minutes of wrangling later we had them secured in Dan's garage.
It was clear when we walked in the house that we we're slightly frazzled, both of us were mere seconds away from "accidentally" leaving our two dogs at their grandparents! We both settled down by raiding the Dobson's fridge like a couple of college kids, then sat down to watch my Cowboys play. We all know how this ended, in case you missed it, they mounted the best comeback of team history in the second half only to loose the game, literally by inches, as Dez Bryant's fingertips were out of bounds on what would have been the game winning touchdown catch! The heartbreaking losses I endure as a beloved fan of America's team continue to mount, each one stinging sharper than the last.
So we loaded up our dog's, put on some ear muffs, and headed home. The whining continued out of Duchess on the return trip, not nearly as bad though for some reason, and I told Kelli this was the last trip they would take in her car! We knew we could remove the tonneau cover from my new truck and haul them in the open bed around town, but we didn't really want to do this down the highway as Kashi has never rode in a pick up like this and the last time Duchess did she was four and fell out! The girls grandparents were also concerned about this and little did we know Dan was conjuring up a plan as we drove home.
Today Kelli and I got our Christmas presents from her parents a little early, two large dog kennels with insulated camo covers! Now the girls can go any where we go safely! They will be very much appreciated and well used! I don't know if the Dobson's know it or not but they more than likely just saved us on a ton of therapy and medication! Now wether we're just going to Stevensville for the afternoon or for the weekend after we've moved, the dogs have a means of travel that makes everyone happy!
It seems like since we took this new job for me and decided to move we've been caught in a storm that seems to be getting worse. I told Kelli today that we just need to listen to Gary Allen's new song to understand that everything truly will be okay. His new song's chorus says that "every storm runs out of rain", even though we feel like we're smack dab in the eye of this storm, we both know that it too will run out of rain and brighter days are ahead of us indeed!
Remember, someday everything will make sense, so for now laugh at the confusion, smile at the tears, and know that everything happens for a reason!
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