GASP!!!!!

I have a confession. It has been almost two months since my last blog entry.

(Insert cliche mystery movie climax music when something surprising is revealed) GASP!

I know, I know. It’s really a sad thing. And I know you are all just DYING to know what the Waters have been up to!

The biggest news for the past two months is that Michael got his dream car…truck…thing. It’s an Avalanche and he couldn’t be happier. He’s wanted one of these things since I met him 8 years ago. It is really pretty and has all the bells and whistles. And most importantly, it can tow a boat. Or at least I’m told that is an important feature

The bad news about the truck is that Michael took it to a car wash this weekend and they chipped his paint. He was NOT a happy camper about this situation. The manager at the car wash didn’t offer any suggestions on what they could do other than say they couldn’t fix it. Which brings me to a segment I like to call Really?! With Erika

Really, Mr. Carwash Manager? You REALLY thought that my computer engineer husband was asking you to fix the paint on his BRAND new dearly beloved car?

Really? And like we would trust a place called Mr. Bubbles to fix paint any ways?

Really? You didn’t expect that the wonders of social media could bite you in the rear when we posted the chipped paint and called you out on Twitter?

Really?

And you REALLY didn’t expect that when hundreds of people see something like that…including the people who market your Twitter account…you wouldn’t have some explaining to do when you were contacted by the VP of Operations? Really?

Huh!

Ok, so now that we have that squared away, Michael has a meeting today with the VP of Operations of Bubbles Car wash to discuss how to make this a positive outcome.

Should be VERY interesting. In fact, I would give almost anything to be able to sit in on this meeting. As a marketer/communicator…it would just be totally fascinating. Maybe they can recover!

In other news, Kona has decided to boycott her pillow. I’m not at all kidding when I say her pillow is the size of a twin bed. It’s really big. And she’s had it for about 2 years now and has always loved it. But recently, something interesting has been happening.

You see, Dixie will always go to bed when the first person goes upstairs…usually me. She REALLY loves her pillow (also the size of a twin bed). Kona is always torn on what to do when one of us is upstairs and the other downstairs. So she usually lays on the landing of the stairs so she can see down and up…very clever that Kona Bear!

I’d noticed a couple times that cute little Dixie was laying on Kona’s pillow when the brown dog wasn’t around. This didn’t seem to be a problem. Kona would come in the bedroom and look at Dixie then look helplessly at me with eyes begging me to do something about this clearly TERRIBLE situation. So I would tell Dixie to get on her own pillow then Kona, in her most dramatic performance (it gets better each time) would huff and puff and circle the pillow 4 times before finally plopping down, facing Dixie of course, so she could stare her down. Oh the theatrics!

Well, about two weeks ago, Kona decided to boycott her bed altogether and has taken to sleeping on the floor right by Michael’s side of the bed. And let me just tell you how smart and perceptive the furry friend is! She knows it drives me crazy when she chooses Michael over me AND if she pouts and acts put out. So it one simple act, she is doing both.

So I have been racking my brain every day, trying to figure out what the deal is. And last night, I think I may have solved the mystery…Kona wants a BIGGER bed…like king sized.

You see, back before we discovered that I was allergic to our little angels, the dogs were in a habit of getting to lay on the bed while I read, before I went to sleep. Every now and again, for a special treat, they would be allowed to stay the night. But as Kona is such a diva, she would get upset at the slightest move of our toe and in dramatic style would move to her pillow. In the past year, they have not been allowed to join us on the bed at all and I think she is missing it.

On Friday night, Michael was a Sunday School Teacher ROCK STAR and stayed ALL NIGHT at a youth lock-in. I’m talking 8pm-8am…not a wink of sleep. I wimped out at 11:30 And went home, but wasn’t tired. So I decided to watch a Criminal Minds marathon on A&E…POOR DECISION when you are home by yourself might I add. Kona was doing the Diva again, so I decided to let her up on the bed to sleep with me…after all, I was home alone.

Not only did Diva Kona get on the bed before I could finish inviting her, she decided to sleep RIGHT in the middle of the bed. If I moved, she would roll her eyes and at me and huff under her breath. I allowed her up on the bed last night as well, figuring that when Michael finished his movie and came upstairs, she would hop down on her pillow…her clean pillow might I add because I vacuumed it and washed it last night. However, Kona would not hop down, but instead plopped herself right in the middle of the bed…well actually more on Michael’s said. Usually, she gets in my space, but I hardly noticed her. Michael kept kicking her to get down and she would just stand up, move positions and lay back down.

So after last night, my conclusion is that she wants a bigger bed. My conclusion is ALSO that she will not get a bigger bed but will be happy with what she has because it’s already ridiculously more than most dogs in the world have!

Alright folks..that’s my story and I’m sticking to it!

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