February 10, 2011

Yep, Mamaw has been accepted into The SeniorCollege of Greater Des Moines  for that writin and publishin class. They changed the time from 1-3 to 2-4 but she says that’s no big deal. I might as well figure I’ll be alone for 4 weeks! Well, just one day a week so I shouldn’t be complainin too much.

Poppy got duded up and off he went first thing this morning. He came back with a big frame and all kinds of red envelopes and cards. I asked him what that was all about and he said, “February 14th is Valentine’s Day so I bought cards for all of my SWEETHEARTS. And he sat down and signed them and made out the envelopes and everything all by himself. Oh Mamaw did look at each one, seal the envelopes and put a stamp on each one.

And then Poppy gives Mamaw a big smooch and says I’ll see ya tonight. She asks if he will be home for dinner and he said no. He’s goin to the Fonda Nursing Home to see his Mama and then on to Fort Dodge to see his daughter, Reggie and her family. He always takes them out for dinner…I don’t think I miss goin today—last time I was there was Halloween and they had those God-awful decorations that scared the hell out of me…we’ll just wait on ya here Poppy but be sure to get home to us later.

Mamaw has been digging in my ears. She thinks I might have an infection. I hate it when she gets in there—but I love it when she caresses my ears…makes me sleepy. But she’s right—I’ve been digging a lot so I suppose that means I’ll have to go see Miss Jessica again.

She was on a really lengthy phone call today. I thought I was gonna pee myself but I got out just in the nick of time—still on my leash. Gotta tell ya, it’s a bummer…and again she made me go in my kennel while she took Ozzie out the first time. And when she brought him back to our house he really wasn’t crazy about stayin so she took him back about a half hour early cause he was antsy. Don’t know why though—he got his SNAPS—he got 4—I got 2. Maybe he wanted some attention and she was busy writin again…

I laid down and put a watchful eye out for Poppy about 4:30 but he didn’t come home. I was grateful she hooked me to my leash and took me out when we did the Ozzie thing at 5:00. I get excited and concerned waitin on Poppy so I need some exercise. She brought me in the house though when she took that crazy rollin green thing with the trash in it to the curb. That thing is absolutely DANGEROUS TO MY HEALTH!

I tried to be content on the couch with Mamaw—but where was My Poppy? She finally said we’d go to the waterbed—and she took that damned e-reader with her. I guess that’s better than nothing. I hear a noise about 10:00 p.m. and I cock my ears, I can’t wait, I jump off the bed and run to the living room, jump up on the couch and bear my tummy cause MY POPPY IS FINALLY HOME! He came to bed and we all talked and loved a while…that’s what a family is all about.