Was Zum Teufel?!
Tuesday, Nov 20 – With the holiday season officially upon us this week, the Weims decided to ring it in by scaring the crap out of the cleaning ladies (no, they’re not short Asian women). When they arrived, Oslo and Mies were loose in the house, not in the kennel with their bones as usual. Oh, well. That’s what happens when they give their arrival time in four-hour intervals and then walk in on two grey ghosts who are scared of vacuum cleaners.
We also welcomed Holiday Season 2007 with the arrival of Will for Thanksgiving, straight from our new place in DC. Our apartment is very near the Naval Conservatory where Mr. Cheney is said to be in hiding. Given that tidbit of information, perhaps the boys’ first token defecation on government property of this joke-of-an-administration will be at the gates of the Naval Conservatory instead of the White House lawn. Happy Holidays, Dick!
Wednesday, Nov 21 – Nothing happened today, unless you count Oslo and Mies charming the socks off all our open house guests the night before. Forget staging, flowers, and scented candles when you need to market your house as a rental. Get two charming Weims instead!!
Thursday, Nov 22 – Today was Thanksgiving. The only news fit to print today was concerning the dog fight Oslo got into at the park with a stupid Boxer who kept trying to mount him. I wasn’t there to see it happen (FINALLY!! Will is home to walk the dogs), but I can tell you this: Oslo is a very confident, dominant male himself and doesn’t take kindly to other dogs trying to make him somebody’s bitch. And he doesn’t care if we do live in sexually liberal Seattle, either. He doesn’t swing both ways.
Friday, Nov 23 – Today was great, beginning with canine jammies and ending with honey martinis. Oslo, who is a little bit on the bald side in places, has started wearing jammies at night because he gets cold. Mies, who has a much thicker coat because he’s of the Stockhaar variety (we think), continues to sleep in the nude.
So anyway, it was Will who helped Moz (Oslo’s most common nickname) into his jammies tonight as I was too drunk off of the honey martinis I drank with our dinner at Racha Thai to put on my own jammies, let alone someone else’s.
We also discovered that Seth, our human son, is a talented poet.
Saturday, Nov 24 – Nothing happened today unless you count another open house, the installation of our new front door, and copious other home improvement projects.
Will’s stamina these past few days has been simply amazing. I’m beginning to think that he is actually part Weimaraner, bred to hunt large home improvement projects, working in the basement 8-9 hours per day.
Sunday, Nov 25 – Speaking of home improvement projects, today began with a trek up Highway 99, past all the prostitutes and drug addicts to our neighborhood Loew’s. While Will and I were talking to the salesperson about dishwashers, Mies meandered over to the kitchen section where he found himself in a countersurfer’s dream!! There were granite counters, Formica counters, Corian counters, to name a few. Literally miles of them, waiting to be surfed.
Oslo, on the other hand, was at the Customer Service desk, asking to be shown where he could find the Black + Decker stud finders.
Monday, Nov 26 – Something happened today, but I can’t remember what. I’m sure I’ll remember for the next issue of WZT.