Adventures in Nature!

Today is a Sunday. And it was also a sunny day! Ha ha! Okay, so that was lame, BUT after sleeping in for a really long time (cuz apparently I was like, exhausted or something), Andrew and I decided we needed lunch but we were both too lazy to do anything. In lieu of cooking, we threw on some clothes and hopped in the car...with Busters! He likes to go for rides. Anyway, there is what I would call a strip mall of sorts near our house (and near Target...) with food stuffs in it, like Starbucks. In fact, it's the Starbucks I worked at. Anyway, he wanted Jimmy John's so I demanded we also get coffee. Demanded is the wrong word, more like, required.

Long story short, we ended up sitting outside for a few minutes while we each waited for the other to purchase said food stuffs. This made us want to be outside more and since Mr. Buster doesn't get to go out very often, we thought maybe we would go to the dog park. What a novel idea, no?

After running back home for some supplies, such as Andrew's textbook (he was supposed to be studying all day after all), we hopped back in the car to go to the park. In the car, on the way there we were talking about something mundane when Andrew cut me off mid-sentence to point out the window and say, "What is the girl doing in the middle of the street?!"

Lo and behold there was a small child WANDERING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GODFORSAKEN ROAD. And not just any road. No we were on one of the busiest intersections in town. He literally stopped the car and jumped out. I watched as he just bounded across traffic not looking for cars and snatched the girl up to bring her to a safe location.

After a few seconds of stunned silence on my part, I came to and climbed over into the driver seat to maneuver my way over to Andrew and the little girl, whose name we learned was Madison.

She was very shaken up, but we gave her a juice and let her sit with us on the grass until a nice officer showed up to take her back home. Apparently, her g-pa was watching her and her siblings and when Madison said she was going to go to the park, he didn't hear her say anything or even leave. He called Andrew later to thank him profusely and apologize for not paying attention. Andy was very kind to the poor guy, since he was clearly shaken up by it as well.

So there you have it. My wonderful Andrew is a hero! Woo hoo!

Oh, and then we went to the dog park. Pretty much the most fun time ever.
Here's a note though, if you're going to go hang out with dogs who aren't restrained by anything, don't bring food with you. They think it's pretty tasty. Also, make sure you take your allergy medications. It's a good choice. Especially if you're allergic to dogs, or the outdoors.

Buster had a blast, and it turns out he is something of an adorable guard dog. Anytime a friend would come just a little too close he'd run around in circles along the outside edge of our blankie. We eventually moved to the section for smaller dogs and met a few new friends named Bailey and Bitsy, a corgi and a poodle/shitzu/chihuahua mix. SO adorable. Didn't get pictures of those two, but I do have a few of Andrew reading and of Buster guarding us.

 

What a good little protector!

Studying like a good boy

He's so tough in his skull and cross bones collar

Daddy before he decided to do homeworks

So, that is my day in a nutshell. We went to bed super early and then Buster decided he wasn't tired yet, so here I am, awake in the living room, snuggling with Busty while my love sleeps away the evening upstairs. Turns out I actually got a pretty decent sunburn from being outside, so I get to deal with that all night too. Meh. I will probably go back upstairs and watch some netflix soon. Perhaps another episode of "Taboo" since it's so fascinating and I'm a giant nerd like that.

Until later my friends! Bon soir!