**Red, White and Blue!

yeah, it is that time again! i still cannot believe the year is half over! it is hot again today...mid 90s but that is what the "4th" is all about! BBQ's, pool parties, pyrotechnics in all shapes, sizes and places, mosquitoes, etc.

slow day here at the office. boat man and buffalo bill are out. i am not doing much, spoke to 2 clients and don't plan to be here until 5, let alone 3! i have already caught up on CNN, weather.com, tmz, perezhilton, myspace, etc. the roomie, "richmond" is gone for the 3-day weekend so it will be a nice, quiet weekend for me and mick.

had an interesting tuesday evening. mick and i headed over to kneecaps' place for some grilled veggies and fish. when i got there, i took him out of the car and walked him around the side of the house. i let him in the chain link fence and locked the door. i went back to the car to get my kabobs and went inside. about 2-3 minutes later i walked from the kitchen out onto the patio. i couldn't find mick anywhere!! it was still daylight out and although the yard is a decent size, it by no means is a half acre! i called his name and then heard a weird noise...kind of like heavy breathing. to my amazement, mick had fallen into the pool! it wasn't, however, filled with water!! it had an old blue cover that was ripped half way across and i guess he just walked out onto it and tumbled to the bottom! i was clearly nervous. my first thought was that he hurt himself, maybe broke his leg. caps and i ran over to the cover and "unhooked" the sides. mick was happy to see us! he was wagging his tail and kind of running from side to side to try and get a running start to climb up! no luck though...

caps had to jump in (about 5 feet down) and hoist all 100+ lbs of dog out! he was wet and had gotten into the nasty, dead leaves and dirt and whatever else managed to get under that pool cover in the last 5 years! it smelled a little funky too! i thanked caps for "saving" his life and he was happy to be back on solid ground. i gave him some water and a treat. he stayed pretty close the rest of the night..probably more so because he was hoping for some dinner scraps but also since he had taken a tumble and probably knocked himself silly!!