This Morning

7:00am   Kolby leaves for work
7:05am   I let Maya out into the backyard to potty
7:07am   I hear our nighbors' chickens going bizerk
7:08am   I look outside and see said chickens on top of the garage in our backyard
7:09am   I notice that Maya is on the wrong side of the back fence  *oh boy*
7:10am   I calmly call Maya back into the yard
7:10am   Maya looks at me and darts down the alley, crosses the street, and is long gone
7:11am   I hop in my car and barrel after her but don't see her anywhere
7:15am   I'm not sure what to do because I can't find Maya.  I call Kolby to tell him what happened.  He tells me he forgot to record the Rangers game and asks if I can record it.  "HELLO, Maya is missing, the chickens have gone crazy, somehow there is a huge dead possum on the front porch, I need to be leaving for work... I really don't think I can squeeze in a DVR favor right now."
7:20am   I go next door to let the neighbors know their chickens are on our garage and that Maya is missing.  They inform me that three of their five baby chicks are missing too.  *oh boy*   What are the odds Maya has three baby chicks in her mouth and is halfway to Disneyworld by now?
7:21am   I step over the dead possum on my way into the house.  The thing is huge and disgusting.  It probably weighs 10 pounds.  Why do we have so many possums at our house all the time?
7:22am   I grab my stuff work work and get back in the car to look for Maya.
7:50am   I drive by our house and see the neighbors in the front yard.  They have found all their chicks.  One was dead.  Before I can apologize they say that it wasn't Maya because the chick was totally unharmed, just laying there dead with its feet up in the air.  They also found a big dead rat on their driveway.  The mystery continues.
8:00am   I begrudgingly head into work. 
8:20am   My cell phone rings and *thank goodness* someone has found Maya a few blocks away from our house.  Kassidy goes and picks her up and drops her off at our house.

Apparently the neighbors accidentally left their chicken coop open last night.  The chickens were very active this morning and I guess Maya got motivated enough to bust out to go see what was going on over there.  At the sight of a dog, the adult chickens hopped on our garage roof and the chicks scattered.  The neighbors think the one chick might have died from the cool temperatures overnight.  I'm hoping it didn't keel over from a heart attack at the sight of Maya.  The dead possum and rat were just a random coincidence, I guess.  We have a rodent bait box in our flower beds (because of the possum infestation) and so they both probably ate poison and died (lovely).  Maya is a toot for running away, but what else is new?

So that was my Tuesday morning.  Again, who says nothing exciting ever happens around here!?!?!