One of my Mother’s acquaintances called to see if she could help out while her husband was away. They had bonded over the experience of getting their hips replaced and my Mother had done some odd jobs for her before. I guess I should say that Mom is a CNA (certified nurse’s assistant) and cares for people in the area through a group called Granny Nannies. My mother, loving the idea of getting out of the house and giving me something to do other than tear her yard apart and sweep her floors, offered me up as a replacement.
Next thing I knew, we were at the gate of a beautiful house and my Mother was warning me about the animals on the other side, five cats and four dogs, one twice the size of me. Fearless, I walked up the drive with Mom scooting her walker behind me, and knocked on the door. I heard the barking instantly, deep angry barks, like a guard dog was waiting on the other side to rip me limb from limb.
The door opened, and there was Syd, she and Mom had matching walkers complete with tennis ball decorations, trying to hold back this monster of a dog. I introduced myself and allowed the miniature pony to bark my ears off and smell me up and down, all while using the eyes in the back of my head to make sure Mom wasn’t going to get trampled. After getting gigantor’s approval, we walked into the house and I immediately got to work cleaning up the massive amounts of cat and dog hair rolling around like tumble weeds on the floor.
An hour later, the floors were clean and I joined the “hippy ladies” on the couch to chat. After some small talk, Mom and I headed home. The 20 minute car ride consisted of Mom and I trying to recall the names of all the animals and figure out what breed they were. I was instantly fascinated by this Syd, and cannot help but conjure up some background story of how she got injured, why she moved from California to Ft. Misery and where she got all those animals.
Investigations start now. I guess Cape Coma isn't going to be too bad after all. Time to sweep the floors, again.
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