Lazy Days and Crazy Dogs

Today was a good day. Lazy is a relative term because my lazy may be a hectic day compared to others or vice versa. First, even though I am a Polk County guy I really enjoy a good Formula 1 race. The Spanish Grand Prix was a great day starter. Now I’ll go back to the Polk County guy stuff. Michelle wanted to eat breakfast so where does a good husband take his beautiful wife on Mother’s Day? Fat Boy’s of course. The only problem is that her little dog, Scrappy, thinks that he is her right hand man and must travel with her throughout her day. After getting him out of the car it was time for breakfast. Fat Boy’s has been a staple for Michelle and me since we started dating almost 14 years ago. She loves sharing an order of sausage and gravy biscuits with home fries. I don’t complain because it is always good and it’s a great way to carbo load for a day of sitting around. After a hardy breakfast it was back to the house for a little R & R before heading to the barn. I had to work on one more Mother’s Day card so Scrappy thought that he would assist and jumped up into my lap while I worked at the dining room table. Nothing crazy about that until he ended up walking around the house with a piece of construction paper self glued to his paws and tail. The lazy day continued as we headed to the barn. Michelle and I stopped at another go to restaurant to have a car picnic. McDonald’s always serves up a fine, okay consistent, cheeseburger and fries. Windows down, music blaring, and the world moving through its paces is how we saw it through the windshield in the parking lot. Harley’s with biker babes on the back, planes doing touch and goes, and a dog doing laps in the back of a pickup truck. We don’t own a Harley or a Jeep but we can cruise with the best of them. Roll down the windows in the Sportage, do 70 MPH, jam the volume on the stereo, feel the wind through your hair…….okay you cannot duplicate the open road in a mini SUV but damn we give it our best. Once at the barn I got to play ranch hand. Brianna and her mommy and her mommy’s mom start the process of riding. I made some cross-tie rings, threw out some hay, helped feed some of the horses, practiced my roping, and generally used my poop kickers like they are supposed to be used. At the barn there is this dog named Bella. She is insane about playing ball with anyone that looks at her. Well, I was the crazy girl’s object of affection today. This dog will find her ball on 13 acres of pasture come hell or high water. She will actually climb to the top of fences, get in trash cans, jump into wheelbarrows, and climb to the top of hay bales to get the damn ball. She has the capability to ruin whatever it is you’re wearing and doesn’t really care because the singular focus is on the ball. Once playtime at the barn was over we had one more stop to make. The family had one more fine meal before the hectic week was to begin. Subway has what we needed. Nothing is too good for our posse. After filling up on the best Subway had to offer we headed out to Crooked Lake to visit with Dad, Stella, and Tyler. Oh yeah, they have a crazy dog who seems to attract crazy dogs to visit. After watching Riley, the crazy dog, chase a rabbit one of her friends decided to come for a visit. He showed us some entertaining break dance moves and thought that at 75 pounds he would be a good lap dog for my daughter. My brother jumped into the craziness and thought that he might try to lasso Riley and Brianna. Well, one thing led to another and they began taking turns trying to rope each other. It got to the point that he had Brianna running in circles attempting to catch her. Thank god he sucked because that face plant would have been painful. After enjoying the final freezy pop it was time to wrap up the fine lazy day. Oh yeah, our own crazy dog has found a new play toy. After the initial pleasantries of welcoming us home he introduced us to his new play toy. For about 20 minutes after us getting home the crazy dog decided to chase a little lizard over the entirety of the house. Hide and seek with a lizard and a dog is a great way to end an otherwise lazy day. Ah, the simple things in life.