Thursday, September 24, 2009

Houdini isn't dead....

.....he was just reincarnated as a goat. Sammy, our older goat, is the more adventurous of the two. Early this week, I was in Roanoke, but Sharon came home to neighbors telling the tale of seeing Sammy walk across their yards, peering in their windows, and then wrestling him back into his pen. Last night, I came home to first spot goat poop on the walk and then see Sammy trotting up my neighbor's yard. We first thought he was escaping by climbing up a wood pile in their pen (which was probably the case the first time), but it looks as if he escaped yesterday by pushing against the chain link and squeezing under. The fence has now been reinforced with tension wire at the bottom, so let's see if that holds back the mystical wonder goat.

As many of you may know, I'm in an unemployed state right now. I won't go into it here, as it is a pretty tense thing between me and my previous employer. However, I have some very good prospects out there, but they are both corporate entities, and they tend to take a long time in the hiring process.

John and I have now spent about 3 quality months together, and it's evident that we've bonded closer in that time. When I'm working full time, I only see him for 30 minutes or less in the morning and maybe 2 hours at night (if I'm lucky). I need to get back to work, but I will miss the time with him. He just turned two, and is growing up waaaaaay too fast!

Sharon has her next doctor's visit Monday, and this is the all-important boy or girl ultrasound! I'll let everyone know!