In Other News

The dogs are finally gone. When I arrived home on Friday there were no dogs in sight, and they have not returned, and it really is nice to not have those dogs around. I spent about an hour and half cleaning my front yard and pool area. The pool alone is going to cost me upwards of $100 to get back to "pre-stray" condition. They tore up every floating device, there's mud on the bottom, and they also introduced mustard algae into the pool. Clearing up mustard algae is time consuming and expensive, but the alternative is swimming in powdery gunk, so to the pool store I must go.

I doubt that the dogcatcher picked them up b/c I had finally gotten in touch with her and uh….unpleasantries were exchanged. I do not know how they ascertain a citizen is responsible for stray dogs that are not picked up in a timely fashion, but I have received a total of 9 tickets for various animal ordinances, which my Dad was gracious enough to offer his assistance with. Then last night I finally checked my mail (I stopped checking it because the big dogs would jump all over me and dirty whatever I happened to be wearing), and found three envelopes from municipal court, each of which contained about 9-12 summons to pay tickets no later than the 28th of September or a WARRANT WILL BE ISSUED FOR MY ARREST. That's how they said it too-all in caps. By my count I've managed to amass about $2,300 in fines, and that's only because I didn't open the third envelope. So, then there's that. I believe I may officially be on the lam in the near future. Start watching "Cops" and see if I make any cameo appearances.