This morning I let our 4 year old Boston Terrier Lucy out for her morning business. I typically do this during my morning routine of making coffee, ironing, preparing lunch, etc.. While our yard isn’t completely fenced, Lucy has never really wandered off after her first year with us. She usually does her thing and then sits on the top step waiting to be let in. The entire process takes about 10 minutes. If she has to wait longer than that she goes onto the front porch or under it.
This morning I got distracted by an emergency at work. I was checking my work email from home and found out that our VPN that connects our office to our hosting facility in Watertown, MA was on the fritz and things were not right. After getting the ball rolling on several lines of attack, I realized that I had left Lucy outside for about 15 minutes. No bid deal, I’ll just see if she’s on the porch or under it. I came up empty.
Now Yvette is ticked at me since she figures that leaving Lucy unattended is a “bad idea” in general. I’m also going to be late for work, miss my first meeting and still have to deal with VPN outage issues. This Wednesday is off to a “flying” start.
Yvette heads off in the van while I search the neighborhood on foot. Nobody that’s out and about this morning has seen her. As I’m walking back toward the house, I see Lucy coming up the sidewalk in front of our neighbor’s house. She comes when I whistle but stops when she gets close to me. She figures she’s in trouble and wants to make sure I’m not going to yell at her. I don’t (at least not then) and she follows me into the house.
Case closed. I end up being late for work and missing the first 1/2 of the meeting. The VPN problem, however, is solved before I even leave the house and my team is cleaning up the mess. They are good!
First a wandering hamster and now a wondering dog. Makes you wonder if they are chatting at night.
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