Oh Sh*t!

Have you ever thought about the phrase, "Oh Shit!"

It can be used to describe GUILT, for example, when you're husband walks in and finds you sorting wool he didn't know you'd bought....or perhaps when he caught you munching away on chocolate truffles when you are supposed to be watching what you are eating.

It can be used to describe SHOCK, for example, when you get up in the morning to go pee in your northern home, where the windows are blacked out because of the 24 hours of sunlight and you can't see 2 feet in front of your face and walk right into your husband, who you thought had left for work hours ago but he's quietly trying to pull socks from his drawer without waking you.

It can be used to describe REGRET, for example, when you are new to a province and you take a wrong turn onto a one way street.

It can be used to describe DISBELIEF..."Oh Sh*t. Where has the day gone? It's 5:00 and we've got nothing done."

Or....it can be used to describe just that....Sh#t. Like when you bust your butt all day and decide to treat yourself on the way back to the hotel with a stop at the kitchen gadget outlet shop and when your feet are aching so badly you cut the trip short and walk back to your vehcile. Your perturbed husband points out that your sweet little dog has made it from the back of the vehicle to the front. As he opens the door, I'm not sure what hits first, him saying "Oh Sh*t" or the overwhelming stench or the vision of a massive pile of gelatinous dog crap - ROOKIE'S, I might add - with his huge paw print in the middle of it. So a bit of a double entendre here....is it, "Oh Sh&t?" or is it "Oh, Shit!"

All I can say is Rookie is lucky that he had a blanket in the back of our brand new vehicle although I couldn't stop laughing. We've been so busy dealing with Ernie's residual bladder issues that it was laughable that Rookie would be the one to pull a stunt like that. It's no wonder Ernie hightailed it to the front. The poor thing was trying to get some fresh air! And you all thought he was dumb.