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I looked and looked for the “hi I’m new here” thread and I could not find… Er, sorry! Hi! I’m new here!

I think the worst thing I have ever forgotten was…

One MORNING I popped into kids’ school to drop something off. The PTA gals were in the office organizing and asked if I’d like to lend a hand. Sure! About an hour before the LAST BELL rang the school receptionist came into the office and asked me if I had my dog in the car. O. M. G. Did I forget to mention it was 84 degrees that day? A very concerned parent reported the suffering pooch to the front office and then called the sheriff’s department to break a window because she could tell the dog was in distress. And that she was!! When I opened the hatch my poor dog collapsed!! I had to explain to the sheriff that I had completely forgotten I had my dog in the back of my SUV, while I used every single bottle of water I had in the Costco case I carry (for emergencies, puh!) to re-hydrate her and cool her off. The concerned parent sat in her car and glared at me until I drove off to take my dog to the emergency vet (luckily less than a mile away). I will never forget that… I felt like the biggest heel. Lu, that’s my dog, had a thorough exam at the vet and some intravenous fluids administered for dehydration, but she was ‘OK’. The fact that Lu doesn’t seem to hold a grudge against me and she still gets excited to hop in the car and go breaks my heart still to this day. Talk about unconditional love!! This is the reason I can’t have fish or even rose bushes…

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