Went with the boots today. Kevin walked by as I was slipping into them and said – “ah, the ubiquitous black boots, every woman should have a pair.” Huh? Is that my Kevin? Usually his comments range from “what’s for dinner” to “would it be ok if I went and played on the computer”. Since when did he develop a fashion vocabulary? Upon further questioning, I learned that he has been reading my fashion magazines. What a goof.<\/p>\n
I’ve also got him hooked on Sex and the City. We don’t have HBO but I found out that you can rent the old season at the local video store. So I picked one up thinking I could watch it while Kevin played computer. Only, he ended up watching one episode with me and got hooked. He went out and rented the whole season and we watched something like 20 episodes in a week. It was crazy! Kevin’s favorite is Miranda which surprised me. I think she’s my favorite as well. I loved the episode where she bought an apartment by herself and ended up overfeeding her cat for zany reasons. But I’m digressing here….<\/p>\n
Kevin is a very simple and sweet person. He is the quintessential engineer – very smart but sort of off in his own world. Our old friend Shanda said that if Kevin where an animal, he’d be a manatee. Kevin wanted to be something a little more exciting but I think manatee is a pretty good match. They are considered gentle giants of the sea – you never hear about anyone getting attacked by raging manatees. This animal naming has sort of stuck and every now and then someone sends us a manatee postcard or stuffed animal much to Kevin’s dismay.<\/p>\n
But the thing I wanted to blog about most regarding Kevin is the fact that yesterday he saved a dog’s life. Now, I think if you save an animal’s life, you get some sort of extra bonus points that you can cash in later. He was out walking Artie last night and they went past the park. It was dark but Kevin could see a bunch of dogs running around. It was looking like a wild pack so Kev decided just to keep on walking but one big dog saw Artie and started running across the park. Now, normally, this would be no big deal except Kevin and Artie were walking across the street from the park. As the dog came up to the street, Kevin realized two things. 1) The dog was going to run across the street and 2) there was a car coming very fast down the street. So he did the only thing he could, he jumped into the street and started waiving his hands yelling – “Look out! Stop! Look out!” The must have freaked out the driver to have a person jump in front of his car because he slowed down and was able to see and stop the car in time. Kevin says there was about 1 foot between the car and the dog.<\/p>\n
The owner comes running out of the park and Kevin goes ballistic. He starts yelling at the guy – “DO YOU WANT TO KILL YOUR DOG??? DO YOU??? KEEP HIM ON A LEASH!!!” I guess I should explain by saying a few weeks ago this exact same scenario played out only the results were much worse. Kevin & Artie on one side of the street, dog off leash on the other, dog runs across street only this time Kevin couldn’t stop the car. He heard a squeal of tire, a thud, and yelp of the dog as the car hit it. It traumatized him horribly. So when it happened again last night, Kevin lost his cool on the owner. The sad part is, the guy didn’t seem that upset by the whole thing which only made Kevin angrier.<\/p>\n
I know we tend to treat our dogs like they are little people but they aren’t. If they see a cat or another dog or even a squirrel they will run. They don’t understand cars or roads. To them, it’s just a chase and there is nothing you can do except yell and watch. For this reason Artie *never* goes outside unless he is on leash. It’s our responsibility to take care of him and we take that very seriously. If we want to let him run, we either take him somewhere fenced in or off into the wilds where there are no cars to jeopardize him. Have you ever seen a mother or father with a kid near a road? They have a protective death grip on the child, constantly aware that at any moment their kid could try and dart across the street. In my book, the same is true with your dog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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