Lost and Found

We celebrated Kolby's 24th birthday on Thursday by heading out to the Rangers game with his family.
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The game was great, the weather wasn't too hot, and the Rangers won.

Unfortunately, when we called my parents on our way home to check on Maya we found out that she had escaped from their backyard. We rushed home to look for her and searched the neighborhood until 1 am with no avail. We had to go to bed that night knowing she was out on the streets somewhere which was NOT fun. We woke up at dawn yesterday morning to start our search again. I made signs to put up everywhere hoping someone might have spotted her at some point and could give us a clue as to what part of the neighborhood she was running around in.

It wasn't long before my phone started ringing with calls from people who had seen her at some point in the night. Then we finally got a call from a lady who was on a walk and had just seen her on the street that my parents' house backs up to. So we headed that direction and got another call minutes later from a man who had her by the collar at his yard sale. I guess she was just in dire need of a garden gnome to give Kolby for his birthday.

As much as we brag about Maya for being the best dog ever, she does have ONE awful flaw. When she escapes (which isn't very often- it had been almost a year this time), she is in no hurry whatsoever to come home. Although she has a great sense of direction and we never find her more than a few blocks from home, she gets on her own time frame and likes to soak up the freedom for as long as she possibly can. It's annoying to say the least.

So Happy Birthday, Kolby! And Maya says she's sorry for ruining it there at the end.