My dog ate my homework

"My dog ate my homework"

I can see my kids using this as an excuse in school. Not because they'll forget to do it and just say it, but because it will probably be the truth. Caydance's tally* to date (that I know of)

• various napkins and paper towels
• 2 hour old earbuds
• Post it notepad
• dozen or so rhinestones
• coaster 1- completely several others partially
• ear plugs
• most of a banana peel (do dogs even like bananas b/c she can't seem to get enough of them...she goes NUTS if you eat one and don't share)


• wii sports disc





Granted, she did not chew and swallow said disc, BUT she did manage to leave her mark on it in the less than 1 full minute she had it.

How did this happen? Allow me to enlighten you....I was doing wii fit (woo-Hoo- Go ME!) and put the wii sports disc on the wii fit box, like I always do. Cay was laying next to me while I worked out, like she always does. I started my downward facing dog (Coincidence she picked THIS pose?) and Cay got up and went back to her crate to hang out and maybe chew on a bone. I guess the disc looked much shinier and prettier than the bone b/c she took that instead. I finished my pose, didn't like my score so I tried it again (This is important b/c if you've done this you now have a time line and know it was only a matter of seconds). As I was getting my "Good job" from Trainer Bob (I named him after Bob on the Biggest Loser)I hear a "CRUNCH" that does NOT sound like a bone...I look and FREAKED when I saw what she had. Then tug o war began. This is not a game! Maybe not to me, but to the almost 6 month old puppy (I keep reminding myself of this so I don't go back and shove the disc down her throat making her finish what she started (you know I wouldn't but the thought did cross my mind...briefly)).

I got the disc back from her and put her in her crate**...door closed this time. You're now in time out- I see a lot of it in your future, get used to it. Shove a cupcake down MY throat (good thing I baked them yesterday. stress eater I am, I'll prob knock out the whole 2 dozen by 4 PM), and get on the internet looking for a wii sports disc...what do I discover? They aren't sold in stores separately, but you can buy them on e-bay and half.com for a mere $40. My ass.

I call Nintendo and get customer support. I proceed to tell the girl what happens and she laughs. No really..she laughed. Hard. Now I know better than anyone, I'll laugh later, and I know I'll even blog about it (see...here I am) But at that moment it was still. Not. Funny.
After she finished laughing~I waited for her; she informed me, no it isn't sold in stores, but that I can get a replacement one. For $15 ($20 and change after s&h) . Great. sign me up, how fast can you send it to me. I fear Colin will have the shakes from not bowling for more than 2 days. 3-8 days. Great. I'll be stalking the UPS man starting Monday.

To any of Rob's work buddies that may have heard me on the phone earlier- sorry about all the F bombs I dropped and sorry for hurting your eardrums even though he didn't have me on speaker. And to Rob specifically- stop laughing...it's still not funny. Not yet anyway.

* tally: don't know how accurate this is b/c really, we only know what we know for a fact went missing and what gets "digested"

**She's not still in the crate...Just for the record (Dad).