I m just saying that to butter you up because there is going to be a surprise waiting for you when you get home. Good surprises include homemade brownies, a day when no new bills come with the mail, the discovery of a five dollar bill tucked in the pocket of my jeans that I had forgotten about. From the sounds of it, I wasn t convinced what awaited me at the end the day could be classified as a good surprise, especially since there had already been one surprise on this Thursday that didn t have a happy ending.
Nothing takes the joy out of a morning run quicker than a discovery like that.
I thought about that dog all morning, a little black chow, probably no more than nine weeks old. Dead dogs can break your heart. Burying a beloved pet is sad, grim business. Midway through the afternoon, Softie had his answers. A neighbor thinks someone dumped the dog and drove off.