Let's start with the good news. The move to my new house went very smoothly. I actually have very little stuff here so it didn't take much time to pack and move my stuff. The weekend was action packed and a lot of fun. Saturday night we were invited for dinner to a family's house and had a delicious meal there with lots of wonderful conversation. Sunday we went to church and then invited over several friends for lunch. We enjoyed a lazy day of sitting around, eating and talking. In the afternoon we went for a walk and took pictures of all the campaign posters. At night we went next door to a super bowl party. Of course I was really quite serious about cheering on Seattle. Unfortunately they didn't win.
Now for the bad news. The house I am living in comes with a dog. I am not normally afraid of any dogs and when people make comments about being afraid of this dog I never understand why. Max is a big dog but relatively calm... or so I thought. Well, Sunday afternoon we had him tied up because one of our friends is afraid of him. When we went to go Jenny was going to untie him but I offered. He's always been pretty calm around me. As I walked behind the house he was very calm. I petted him in the head a few times and talked to him and he was perfectly still. When I went to untie him he sunk his teeth into my arm and wouldn't let go. I had to pull my arm free. To say the least I was quite shook up. We cleaned the wounds and they look alright. Unfortunately, I am now terrified of the dog. All I could think of last night was the dog and how I am going to make myself unafraid of him. What drama!!!
Other than that things are pretty calm. The government told all school to close last Friday and all of this week. (for the elections) We are closed Monday through Wednesday this week only. Today the streets were very calm and I came into work. Although there's no students there's always work to be done.
4 comments:
Hey Kimbit,
It IS scary to be bitten by a dog. I hope your arm is okay. On a positive note, I guess the dog will be good at scaring away intruders.
We've been following the Haitian elections a bit. The CBC did a feature story last night on the elections. Hopefully everything will go smoothly.
Love Amy
LOL. . . kimmy that is horrible!!
remember the time amy was bit in the bum by the dog down the street. . maybe she can give you some counselling on how to get over it!
Thats pretty weird tho. . i would be scared of the dog too!
gwen
Thanks a lot Gwenny--it was bad enough that Mom exposed my behind to the whole neighbourhood but now you've shared this with all of cyberspace!! I guess I won't be able to counsel Kim after all since I'm obviously still not over it. : )
Amy
Ah sisters!!
Thanks for the advise girls.
I did remember the incident with Amy and that dog. I also remembered that it didn't forever traumatize her so I figure I'll get over it.
On a funny note, I went to the store today and bought oven mitts. This afternoon I spent sometime petting "Max" with them on. A funny site I'm sure but I feel safer.
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