Horse-deers.

Yesterday morning, both kids were at sleepovers.  I was moping through the house at six o'clock in the morning, not yet ready for the day and still wishing I was in bed.  The dogs decided to wake me right up by both running to the front window and letting out a series of growls, barks and howls.  I, too, ran to the front window and saw four deer.  Very, very large deer.  But then I rubbed my eyes awake and realized they were not deer, but instead horses.  The neighbor's horses.  They were headed for the back yard so I turned toward the back door.  When I slid the door open, I could hear somebody talking.  There is an eight-foot fence that separates our neighbor's yard from ours and after listening for a few seconds, I could tell that my neighbor was talking on the phone.  And here is the very first thing I eavesdropped on:  "They're just gone!  I don't have any idea where they're at!  FOUR!  FOUR horses have just vanished!!"  And from where I stood, hearing what he was saying and seeing the four horses standing directly on the other side of the fence, calmly grazing and having no idea they might be doing anything wrong, I had to take a long moment to laugh before I woke Kenny up.  After explaining the situation and opening the back door for Kenny to listen to the neighbor, who continued freaking out over his lost horses, Kenny also had a great laugh.  Then, he pulled on his shoes and chased the horses home.  

Work was good, but short.  Low mail volume = I go home early.  The one dog that I have sprayed tried fooling me by getting a haircut but here's something I learned last week:  Most (most) little dogs get seriously terrified if I simply bark back at them.  It works best if I bark like them and even better if I flail my arms.  I accidentally did this without realizing one dog's owner was sitting on his front porch, but to my relief, he thought it was hilarious when his dog tried running away from me and tripped over his own leash.  

Tomorrow is a no-work day and I just can't wait to take the kids to the fireworks stand and then spend the day blowing things up and eating grilled food.  Yay for independence!!!