This post isn't really in chronological order with all of them I plan on writing but I had to put this one down because it's fresh in my mind. We discovered that hiking was a great way wear the puppy out (will come with another blog) and have a lot of fun at the same time. He really loves hiking and he's also 62% ninja (also another blog at a later time).
Knowing how much we love to go hiking I decided that I would use my free Tuesday (I work Wed-Sat) while Lindsay is at work to go on a hike. It was a 6 mile hike at Meramec State Park. It was a very long hike for a 14 week old puppy but he's very very energetic and definitely doesn't tire easily so I figured he could hand it. I also consulted the vet before trying this (not like I'm some weird dude who would call the vet and ask all kinds of crazy questions but Mick happened to have a vet's visit the day before so I used that opportunity to ask my crazy questions). So we finally decide to take off an go hiking!
We get there and we go to a trail I have never hiked on before. Luckily the Missouri Conservation Department has done a great job of having all the trails at Meramec State Park very thoroughly marked along the way making it nearly impossible to get lost (unless you are my wife and then that's pretty much inevitable). We had a great 2 1/2 hours of hiking and by the end we were both absolutely exhausted. So we leave Sullivan and head back home to St. Clair.
I'm almost home and I decided since Mick will actually be tired for once I should grab a couple of movies to watch or when Lindsay gets home. We stopped at the Redbox outside of McDonald's in St. Clair and Mick was sleeping in the passenger seat (he's gotten used to car rides). I figured there was no harm in leaving the truck running since I was going to be 10 feet away and Mick was passed out anyways....hey here's an idea I might as well leave my cell phone in the dash as well since I don't need it to rent anything. After browsing through the movies and finding a few that looked good I grabbed them and turned to my truck. That's when my heart sank into the concrete parking lot and I swallowed my entire adams apple. Mick was standing in the window of my truck....with his paw on the lock. The thing I thought had zero chance of happening just happened. Mick and I stared at each other as if it was high noon in a Clint Eastwood movie. I slowly reached my hand out as a bead of sweat dripped from my brow. I feebly attempted to open the door only to realize the inevitable. My truck was running, my cell phone was in the dash, and my puppy was staring at me through a locked door. I could swear for a second he smiled at me.
Once I got the crazy notion that my puppy was an evil mastermind who had planned the entire thing out of of my head I started thinking more clearly. Now I want to stop for a minute and let you think about how this next part would feel. The only option I had was to walk to McDonald's and explain to them I needed to use the phone because my dog locked me out of my truck while my keys and cell phone were still inside it. As if I wasn't already feeling down enough I was lucky enough to give the entire McDonald's crew a great laugh at my expense. Upon asking if I could use the phone and explaining my predicament the manager gave me this response "How did you get locked out of your truck by your dog?" Well let's see...what I wanted to say was "He used his whip to swing across the console like Indiana Jones fleeing a collapsing temple and locked the door with his crossbow" but I opted to just explain that he jumped up on the lock when he realized I had gotten out of the truck. I think I made the right choice.
After agreeing to let me use the phone I called my lovely wife Lindsay who was so kind as to take off work an hour early and bring me the spare keys she carries. Unfortunately Lindsay works an hour from home and in the mean time it only let me stew. I finally succumbed to my manly pride that a meer puppy could never defeat such a brilliant man like myself. So I did the only logical thing a genius like me could come up with! I grabbed his bone from the bed of the truck and danced around like a monkey trying to get him to jump on the unlock button. Unfortunately it became rather clear that he was the intellectually superior when he stared at me like I was a cheap party clown and laid down in the driver seat to take a nap.
To further humiliate myself I stood next to my truck (which is 10 feet from the redbox). People of course thought I was standing in line (which there were about 8 people standing in) and asked if I was next. I of course didn't just say no and say I was waiting on someone...I went into detail about how my dog was a member of MENSA and had easily fooled me into a false sense of security. Everybody got a good laugh and it helped me pass the time. All in all it was a good day full of adventure and excitement. I've only had my puppy for 4 weeks and he's already given me so many memories.
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