Just another average day in my life!

Okay, here's the story. I had a couple of dogs fostering that loved to dig. They dug a very big hole that was like a cave. It was pretty deep so I kept saying "gee, I should seal that up". So today I decided to do just that. I stuck a broom handle down in it to make sure nothing was in there and then started pushing all the sand back into the hole. I thought I would leave a little airhole at the top, maybe a couple inches wide, in case there was something in it like possibly a gopher tortoise (yeah, the hole is that big!). And about 3 hours later I had a bad feeling so I went out there just to do a head-count on the dogs - 1, 2, 3, 4, ......, Pinky, Kelly, Traer, Jake ..... where's Laila? I looked all over for her in all of her hiding places - twice - got the treats bag and shook it, jiggled around the dry food in the metal bowl, got the squeaky toy out and squeak squeak squeak - no Laila. And yes, you guessed it, I HAD BURIED LAILA IN THE HOLE!! (obviously this turns out okay or this message would have a very different tone!) So I threw myself at the hole and frantically started digging, digging, digging, pulling out handfuls of sand like a dog. I laid down on my belly and reached my hand as far as I could but still didn't feel the end of the cave. I got a broom and stuck that way way back and all of the sudden hit something that had "give" to it. My heart sunk past my stomach and into my feet. I really did get flushed and panicked and didn't know what to do. I finally got my camera out and stuck it back as far as I could in the hole and snapped a picture. And there was Laila, laying there as happy as she could be, happy and resting in her doggie cave!!!! L am STILL flabbergasted that a) that bloody hole is so big and b) that I didn't kill that poor little sweet girl!!! It turned out fine but here are pictures of her in the hole and a little video to get perspective. Look at how big the cave is! Laila is a 30-ish pound hound mix and there's room for a few more in there!

I have to go take another Xanax now.

Oh, and yes, I'm going to fill it in again - AFTER I do a dog head-count!!!!!!