A Pause from Review for Real Life

Just not sure about our move from Aspley to Fitzgibbon. Our house sold and we were encouraged to quick, quick, quick find a new place so the new owners could move in and the old owners could get paid for the house. Fortunately, on practically day one of looking (actually one of the first days my family was in town!) I found a house that sounded great on Realestate.com. Close to the Caboolture train line, fenced yard, and two, count 'em, 1...2... air conditioned rooms! Woohoo!!!! With the help of a friend we managed to inspect the property while I was in Alice Springs and Kevin was on Creek Street. Like magic! and we got a quick acceptance of our application. Anyway, with the exception of never having actually seen the house we'll be moving into in two weeks, everything seems PERFECT. Until this week. Monday Kevin got the message that a red light camera on Beams Road (the major road that leads to our new subdivision) caught him on the wrong side of yellow. Wed. the news is that another camera on Beams Road found him going 75 in a 60 KPH zone. This house is becoming expensive...and we aren't even going to it regularly!

Real life story #2 and a long awaited story from Ann at work. Actually, Ann was at work but not working. I took Zelda in on Friday to draw blood to do a geriatric profile (liver, kidneys, thyroid, CBC) with the ultimate goal of anesthetizing her for a dental in the near future. (Goodbye doggy breath!) After the venapucture (and fishing 2 Kleenex and 1 Styrofoam popcorn piece out of her roaming mouth), I called to arrange a pickup of the sample from the lab. The phone call seemed odd. Really odd. They never ask me for the owner's name or address or phone number??? I mentioned this to Rob and Di and they said maybe it was a new person working at the lab- but they weren't too interested. Not until the lady from the pet cemetary came in with a green plastic body bag to collect Zelda! How is it possible to look at a phone number pasted on the phone and misdial it so as to get another veterinary related agency IN THE SAME CITY????

Waiting at home for me was a message.

"...from the pet cemetery. There's been a call for a pick up for Zelda from (insert vet clinic) in Bald Hills. Please call to confirm cremation."

Thank God I made this error on my own dog!

Wow! Everyone should know that one of the spell check choices for Woohoo is Ohio!