Sadie Returns Home

Sadie has returned home, well, with a little help. For the few of you who were not awakened yesterday with the news, Sadie "broke out" early Tuesday morning during the thunder storms. She is terrified thunder and lightning and she just forced her way out of the fence. After the storm woke me up around 4:00, I woke up Michael. And of course Sadie was already gone. Michael spent the few hours before work driving around the neighborhood looking for her (still dark and storming). But no luck. Oh yeah, and to make matters worse, she is expecting puppies THIS weekend. We went to work after debaiting calling in and just called anyone and everyone we knew for help. I was sick all day at the thought of her being hit by a car, having puppies in the woods somewhere, and every other bad thing that could happen. My dad (who is retired) made several trips that day to our neighborhood without any luck. But guess who actually found her. Michael's mom! Probably the smallest person in our entire family. She said she couldn't stand the thought of her being lost and scared either. So, she left work on her lunch break, and just drove up on Sadie wandering through a neighbor's yard. In the mean time Alexis, who took her lunch and prep period to drive around our neighborhood, had been driving around for a little while calling Sadie out of her window. After borowing a rope from someone down the street, Sharon began to walk Sadie home. (Now in case you don't know and you can't tell by the pictures, Sadie is no Chijuaja. She is a St. Bernard and she weighs about 130 pounds, not counting the pregnancy. Probably more than Sharon has ever weighed.) Alexis, still not knowing Sharon is even there, begins calling Sadie from our driveway. And yep, you guessed it, Sadie began to hurry home with Sharon in-tow. Alexis describes it best, when she says, she saw Sadie coming down the street toward our house and thought, "Who is that in high heels with Sadie on a rope?" And then she realized it was her mom! I have laughed about that for two days now. What a sight! Anyway, thanks to all who took time out of their day to help look for and bring Sadie home. Puppy anyone?