A Birthday, Towing, Company and More

Published on by Xena, Lucy and Chia

Lucy and Xena: There’s been so much going on that it’s going to take us both to tell y’all about it. First, we’ve all been itching. Must be somethin’ in the air or the grass or somthin’. Mom says that’s why we aren’t going for walks…

Xena: I’m the only one scratching sores on my face, so I’ve had to wear the plastic cone of excellence around my head.

Itchy Xena

Lucy: As you know, the Jewish High Holidays is soon upon us, so Mom’s been working a ton of hours. I think that is also why we haven’t been going for walks.

Xena: Daddy’s 97-year-old aunt in Fort Wayne, Indiana died, and he had to drive up there for the funeral. That left Mommy with the really old truck – older than Riley, even – that was having problems with something called a clutch. Mommy learned to double pump the clutch to change gears so she could get to where she needed to go. Personally, I think she should just stay home.

Lucy: So, with all her long working hours, she decided to leave work early on Thursday and make the almost hour drive to pick up our brother Adam. He was coming to stay here a couple of days for his birthday. She used her GPS to start out, and it told her there were bad accidents on I75 and took her a back way.

Xena: So there she was, double pumping away on the clutch when all of a sudden the clutch pedal just fell to the floor. She had never been in this part of Chattanooga. She was on a two lane road with only a narrow strip of grass to drift the truck onto to get it off the road.

Lucy: But Mom and Dad have a service called triple A, so she made the call and sat back to wait with a dying phone battery. The day was hot, so she rolled down both windows and hoped the exhaust from all the passing cars didn’t kill her.

Xena: Meanwhile, our Aunt Jenny (not Auntie Jen), who lives in Ill in Noise, was heading our way with her teenage daughter and dog, Jemma. They had spent the night in Ken Tucky after visiting the Mammoth Caves. Aunt Jenny said she would detour up to Cleveland Tennessee to pick up our brother Adam, who they had never met. Then Mommy called a neighbor friend who said she would pick her up at the car fixing place when she got there in the tow truck.

Lucy: The tow truck took almost an hour to get there, but the man driving it was very nice and he and Mom chatted the whole way to the repair garage. When Mom’s friend came to get her, she had their new daschund dog with her so Mom could meet him. His name is Jake and he is middle-aged. He is going to come over sometime to get a bath and nail trim! We’ll get a picture of him then.

Xena: Anyhow, everything worked out pretty good. Brother Andrew showed up with the DQ birthday cake right after brother Adam and Aunt Jenny arrived, and we had lots to jump off the bed and bark about all night with brother Andrew wandering around, heating up food and stuff like that. (Mommy was not in a good mood the next day.)

Lucy: So, Aunt Jenny and her daughter left for Atlanta on Friday, and we were in charge of taking care of Jemma. They said Jemma wouldn’t play with us, but we all knew that Chia would change that. We weren’t disappointed, either. They ran and played for a long time, then we all joined in and had a lot of fun. Sometimes Jemma got possessive of her harness and the room where her kennel was, but we worked that out without shedding any blood. She won’t use the doggie door and won’t do her buziness in the dog lot, so Mom’s having to take her out on a leash every time she needs to go potty. At least the weather is nice!

I’m a good girl, but I don’t know where my Mom is.

Lucy: Brother Adam was supposed to be back in the group home where he lives on Saturday, but Mom called and left a message that she was without a vehicle and it would be Sunday before she could get him back. (Dad will be home late Saturday night.) Then Brother Adam told Mom that he only had enough of his medicine to last through Saturday morning. That was a bad thing. He has to take his medicines every morning and night. I don’t know what will happen if he doesn’t, but it sounded like it would not be good at all. So Mom called the person over the home and said she didn’t know what to do. The nice person named Sharon arranged for one of the workers at the house to come out early Saturday evening with all the other guys that live there, pick up Adam, and take them all out to eat. Mom was both really suprised and thankful, especially since it is almost an hour drive each way.

Xena: In the meantime, brother Andrew let Chia out loose in the yard with him, not knowing Mommy had stopped doing that because of Chia “taking off.” Mommy realized this when she heard Andrew yelling for Chia. She went out and told him it was useless. Chia would come back on her own, as long as she didn’t get hit by a car first, but there was nothing else they could do. Andrew started walking the neighborhood calling for her anyway. He no sooner got back to the house than Chia also returned, just like Mommy said.

Xena: After solving problems and working from home all day, Mommy fed all of us first, cause she loves us most of all. Then she made garlic butter shrimp and steak for her and the “boys,” as she calls them, followed by ice cream cake.

That’s Adam in the pink shirt and Andrew next to him.

Xena and Lucy: Before bedtime, Mom laid down the law that it was lights-out-in-bed-time at 10:00, and they could go to bed earlier if they wanted, ’cause she sure was. Isn’t it cool how she can boss around big guys!? Aunt Jenny and her daughter will be back sometime today, and take charge of Jemma again. Dad will be back tonight and will get the High Holy Days booklet to print right –Mom’s spent way too much time on that! And “the boys” will be gone. Now Mom’s getting ready for a day of grooming dogs. Wow, it’s been hard keeping track of everyone. And the good news is the repair garage called, and there won’t be any charge for fixing the clutch. Less than a year ago they replaced a part of the clutch assembly, and that’s the part that failed. So the warranty will cover the cost of the replacement and the garage isn’t charging for their labor.

We’re exhausted. I think we’re going to nap while Mom grooms dogs that aren’t us.

XOXOX Lucy and Xena Schnauzer Warrior Princess

27 thoughts on “A Birthday, Towing, Company and More”

  1. Iss Okay you not count rite….sumtiemss keepin track iss diffycult rite??? Mew mew mew…….
    Mee hopess you get to come back an vissit with Lucy an Xena an Chia!! Mee enjoyed meowin with you Jemma….
    Safe trip home.
    ***purrss*** BellaDharma an ((huggiess)) LadyMew

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  5. Meow Jemma: It iss lovelee to meet you! Yore so beeuteefull an have such lovelee eyess. Mee iss so furry happy you an Chia get along. Sumtimess hsee wearss her Sisturss Lucy an Xena out….so you are furry guud companinship fore deer Chia!
    An you have 2 kitty-sibss?? Furry kewl mee mew frend!

    Mee lovess yore name! Jemma iss furry purrty name.
    Mee was named Bella since mee was a kitt …when LadyMew came to rescue-dopt mee shee said mee was her DHARMA….
    iss a fancy Buudhist werd fore “Rite Thott; Rite Inntention an Rite Action.
    Mee had been inn Sheltur fore 2 yeerss an no one wanted mee. LadyMew purromised ‘angel’ Unkell Siddhartha shee wuud dopt mee an take care of mee fore rest of mee life! Kewl rite?
    ***purrss*** BellaDharma

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  6. Mom says that she is exhausted reading your post. That much activity at our house would have her in a tailspin. Glad the truck repairs were free. Happy belated birthday to Adam. XOCK, angel Lily Olivia, angel Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy, Sawyer & Kizmet

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  9. Except we never go weeks without the drama! Now that brother Andrew has moved out and the truck is getting fixed, that will (hopefully) happen. XOX Xena and Lucy

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  10. OMG so much!! I drive a stick shift too so my heart goes out to you! that had to be scary! Happy Birthday Adam!! Also I’m so sorry about your family’s loss……oh and the Jewish holidays are waaay too early this year! Rosh Hashanah on Labor Day? Crazy!

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  11. Wow! That saga was filled with twists and turns. We think your mom needs an Uber account. Once when Mom’s car floated away in a flood (with both of us in it) we needed an Uber to take us back home. Then Mom needed a new car because people said the word “totaled” about her floating car.

    Love and licks,
    Cupcake

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  13. Jemma: Thank you, Bella Dharma. What an unusual name. Did you know I have a brother and sister who are cats? They’re nice, but it’s been fun to finally have other dogs to play with. Chia and I are the same age!!

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  14. Oh my gosh, the excitement, the drama. It is funny that you can go weeks without anything happening and then it all happens at once. Kudos to your parents for dealing with it all gracefully.

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  16. HOLY CATFISH!!!!! What a wild ride of a week youss’ all had!!!
    LadyMew an mee had to reed yore post twice; once fore you Lucy an once for you Xena…..to bee fair 😉
    Did youss’ know LadyMew used to diss-patch Tow Truckss fore Tripell A inn Hammytown when shee was 18 yeerss old…..Uh huh shee did fore over a yeer an then with hubby built their OWN Tow Truck!
    Wee ARE happy THE clutch costed ‘0’ to reeplace.
    Happy Birfday Adam! Nice t meet you Andrew!
    An Jemma yore a furry purrty poochie girl…..an it soundss like you had a guud time with Miss Amy an THE Poochiess.
    Chia due you have to run off so much?? Wee get terribley wurried…..butt wee still love you…..
    Miss Amy mee thinkss you an LadyMew tye fore a GOLD medal inn Stamina an Purrserverance fore survivin yore week!!!
    ***purrss*** an **paw ((huggiess)) BellaDharma an ❤ an {{huggiess}} LadyMew

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  18. Lulu: “Oh, wow, what an eventful bunch of days! It sure was good of those people to drive all the way out there to help when the medicine was running out. Now if only they could bring something to help with the itchies!”

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  26. Good grief…your mum knows how to stay busy! Glad there was a happy ending about the truck. There’s nothing worse than a car that is broken down and expensive to repair. Hope you all can relax and catch your breath over the weekend.

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  27. OHMY word. Beau posted about our week, but now that I read about yours, I will take my week over your moms week… so happy no charge for the part. wow what a week

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