So it's about 10:30 Mountain time, and I'm sitting on the bed of a Motel 6 in Casper, Wyoming sharing a bag of Chex Mix with my puppies. Really didn't think I was going to make it out today. I woke up at 5:30 AM got everything packed up in the car including the animals, and at around 6:30 I went to lock up the apartment and MY KEY WOULDN'T WORK! I did everything I could think of. I even took my screw driver and unlatched the whole thing, still wouldn't work. Thought okay, I'll just go out the front door. Went to go out that way, and THAT DOOR WOULDN'T LOCK! I was soo frustrated. So at around 7 I called up my landlord and he said he'd be over a little later to look at it.. so then I started freaking out because he doesn't know we have that other dog.. so I called up Chris and asked if he would watch him for a couple hours. He said of course, so I packed up little baby Biff and drove him to the Hawthorne's. Then I drove back home and at about 9:10 Lane showed up.. took him about 15 minutes to install new locks on each door, then he gave me 2 new keys. THANK GOD that I cleaned up yesterday otherwise I would have been in big trouble. So then I repacked up the kittens and Odin, drove back to post.. picked up Biff and started my journey. Everything has been pretty smooth so far.. the only really big issue was about 10 minutes into our drive on the freeway, Biff threw up all over the backseat of the car. No good! So as soon as I saw a rest area I pulled in, cleaned it up, and took him out for a walk. He's been good ever since.
So aside from me being a constant worrier, things have been well. Surprisingly the day went by quickly and we got to Casper safe and sound. I pray that things continue this way. I just feel horrible for the animals being locked up in the car.
Right now the dogs are sleeping by the door even though I wish they were on the bed with me. And as it goes with me worrying, I'm fretting over Odin. The last 10 minutes or so he's been kinda mopey. I hope he's feeling okay. I just worry about my boys. I know he'll be super excited when he see's Grandma and Uncle Travis. :) And I'm going to be praying for him tonight and hope that he jumps in bed with his Mama! Also I hope Biff doesn't throw up again. :(
Anyways, I better get to sleep soon. It's already almost 11:00 pm and I want to get up semi-early, take a shower then get back on the road. I'm hoping to arrive at Amy and Tom's around 7-8pm.
Oh and before I forget, 18 days down and 5.2% done with deployment. :)
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