Every time I re-live and
remember the fish-killing house-sitting incident, I crack up. It’s one of those things that happens once in
a lifetime. Let’s hope and pray only
ONCE in a lifetime.
A couple of years ago, I
was dog-sitting for my favorites in Cherry
Valley. While dog-sitting, the string on their blinds
broke. This was very unnerving because I’m
a good house- / dog-sitter. I don’t
throw wild parties. I clean up after
myself. I’m tidy and neat. I will, however, drink all of your
coffee!!! And I will consume all of the
dark chocolate in your cabinets.
Second – I put the dogs in
the kennel while I was at Wednesday night church. The commute to church was 15 minutes there
and back. So that’s a half hour. The service is always 60 minutes. Let’s say I gabbed with my friend for 15ish…sooo
basically in 1.75 hours, those dogs caused enough commotion to get the
neighbors upset and contact Animal Control as I came home to bright YELLOW
notice tacked on the door. Basically the
animal police wrote me up!!!
And lastly, I overfed and
killed their pet fish. In my defense, I
didn’t realize fish would always appear hungry.
They don’t eat until they are full.
They keep eating and eating and eating and BAM – they are swimming in
the big aquarium in the sky.
Needless to say, I did not
text or call the family. I left them the
following note…
Welcome home. A
couple of things happened while you were gone...
1. The cord on the blinds
in the living room broke.
2. Your dogs were
obnoxious in the kennel while I was at church and Animal Control stopped by and
left me a scary warning.
3. I killed your fish.
Hope you had a good
vacation!
