Lost Dog: Black Lab, friendly, goes by "Wrangler."

Things have been crazy today….Wrangler is missing. He has been gone since this morning (there was lightening and thunder last night and so he ran off to find some shelter from the noise). I had left him outside to “guard” our house while Jared is gone another week in Texas. Unfortuantely, he is NOT wearing any tags or identification and I am worried sick. I have already had two meltdowns about it. This last one got Wesley and Austin concerned, where Austin brought me his Elmo doll for comfort and Wesley called up Jared on the phone and asked him to “hablar fuerte a Wrangler” (go call for Wrangler). I think it’s good that they can see that their mama also has feelings and sometimes she needs to cry too! I just hope and pray that Wrangler will come back soon. He has been in our family for almost 5 years and is so precious and dear. I just keep thinking about what a well behaved, happy and loyal dog he is. I am such a worry wart. Just tonight I saw a coyote wandering in front of our yard and I worry that perhaps Wrangler got in a fight with one? What about the 113 degree heat and no water issue? Can he survive and come back home???

On a different note; it was a delight to reunite with Wesley after a week of being gone. (Thanks again to his Tia Dawn for watching him all week and taking such great care of him. Her house is better than Disneyland for him!) His eyes were so bright and his smile was so sweet. He gave me lots of hugs and kisses and wanted me to hold him at dinner. He is speaking only English, but hopefully his Spanish will start to come back. Already tonight as he and Austin are taking turns about who can cry the loudest in their beds, he has spoken to me about a “dragon verde” and that “no quiero dormer.” He fights sleep like it were a disease. I know he is exhausted from a hard playing and splendid week with his cousins, so now it will just all catch up to him and it will take him another full week to get him back onto some decent schedule. But, with our lifestyle, is there any such things as a “decent” schedule? Is living out of boxes, shuffling my kids from babysitter to babysitter and sleeping in random beds normal? I do have some hope for this week though. Wesley’s beloved Tia Dawn gave us a bunch of toys that her boys outgrew and so I am anxious to discover them alongside Wesley and enjoy some variety!! Thanks Dawn!!

My mind wanders back to Wrangler….tears….I will keep you posted…I wish Jared were home to help comfort me .