Oh wait. He’s a dog. Short & brief here. We are winding down for the evening. We are watching TV in the nest, E is ironing a shirt at the foot of the bed, in front of the bedroom door. As is his usual practice, Ernie needs to be lifted off of the bed several times a night to get some water and since E is standing there, it’s his turn to let him down. Ernie has a bowl in the bathroom on the same level of the house, so off he goes...and wouldn’t you know it. The flipping power goes out! And what is worse, the alarm goes of on the UPS unit in the office which sends him into a tizzy. I can’t get past the bed because I can’t see where the ironing board is so E tries finding Ernie in the dark. As quickly as E can yell out, “He’s here” suddenly, all we hear is Ernie falling down the stairs...and then nothing. Dead Silence. E is screaming for him. I’m scream for him and still nothing. E makes his way down the stairs and finds Ernie several stairs down. After retrieving a flashlight, we try to give him the once over and can’t see anything wrong with him other than he is completely freaked out. Momentarily the power comes back on and Ernie is shaken and appears to have hurt his eye. A bunch of broken blood vessels but so far so good. Check back tomorrow for an update.
Truthfully, I don’t know who is worse, E, Ernie or me? I think E & I need the extra life not Ernie. He is milking us for all it’s worth. A piece of steak, a piece of sandwich meat and his all time fave...lettuce.
10-Apr-10....Just an update for anyone who might be interested....Ernie appears to be okay although a bit under the weather and moving a tad bit slow. I suspect he is a little sore from his tumble. I suspect the "under the weather" is from the bribes we provided in an effort to garner his forgiveness for our carelessness. They were well intended little fella.
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