Easy Come, Easy Go
As soon as I blogged about having I rabbit, I promptly lost him.
It was beautiful weather, so I took him outside and put him in his corral in the long grass.
Then I got distracted and went inside for a minute where my dad called and we skyped for a long while. When I looked outside, there was no rabbit in the corral.
Not a trace.
I walked all over the backyard and I searched the dark crevasses and window wells but when I examined the fence I realized that the rabbit had plenty of options for escape. I let the neighbors know and walked over to the neighbors' wood and checked the front yard and back all day long, but I didn't see anything all day. I was mostly worried because he is still small and we have a ferocious dog next door and our own cat would have been happy to find the rabbit before we did. But I was devastated because he's a good rabbit and he's cute and I like him.
(Sebastian's sign)
Telling the kids was not fun -- first there was sobbing (loud, LOUD sobbing). Then they moved quickly through the stages of grief and stopped at anger.
I was the fall guy.
There were rumblings of impeachment from the far right.
In spite of Rob's optimism, dinner was a subdued affair. After dinner they put up "lost rabbit" signs around the neighborhood. Maddie decided to console herself with a shower (Maddie reacts to most things in life right now by wanting a shower). While she was gone, I told Rob that it was Betsy and Kelly's 3 month anniversary, because they were married the day the rabbit was born, and the rabbit was three months old that very day. So he called her to wish them a happy anniversary.
After he hung up the phone, he looked out the window and saw the rabbit hopping in the neighbors' yard. He tore down the back steps, ran up to the treehouse, jumped over the fence and started chasing the rabbit. I called the neighbors to warn them that Rob was prowling around their yard. He caught it in a matter of minutes.
Which is why I am still in office.
Comments
I love the missing rabbit sign & the thought of Rob running around trying to catch it made me smile.
And 3 months already since we've seen your cute faces? Happy 3 months to the Betsy & Kelly!
Mabel's been saving her money for a hedgehog for at least a year, but we've only been seriously looking to buy for about the last 4 months, and it turns out we can't find a hedgehog to buy. We're frustrated but sometimes I'm also grateful.