This morning I heard a big truck backing up into our driveway. Dusty was sitting in the window and must have seen something he liked. I saw him perk up and he made kind of a chattering sound. Well, I had to go to the window and take a look and see what the UPS man was bringing (and to see if he was cute of course). When I got to the window it was definitely not the UPS man, it was a huge white truck and what I saw scared the heck out of me......

Now from Dusty's perspective he thought he was getting the biggest 20ft scratching post in the whole darn world, complete with heavy twined rope wrapped around it here and there. He was probably thinking, "oooo Mommy really does love me, gotta love that Pets.com".

Mommy on the other hand had a different perspective and was thinking someone had been keeping track of the fact that she hasn't gone to church in 30 years and they finally sent out the "crucifixion police" to teach me a lesson. I mean it was a 20ft high wooden cross complete with rope just in the right place to bind my hands and feet. Eek!

Of course it was neither, just the Electric/Power company delivering the new telephone pole to replace the broken one out back. Dust was very disappointed but I on the other hand sure as heck was relieved. What a way to start out the morning!

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August 18, 2000