The most random recent event in my life is one that sounds as if I made it up, but I assure you, I didn't. My brother-in-law and I were watching the hockey game on t.v. Out of nowhere, we heard my husband screaming and yelling from the dining room: "Hey! Hey! Yo! Stop! No!" At first, we didn't think anything of it. (That may sound odd to think nothing of someone yelling loudly for no apparent reason, but then you haven't spent much time with my husband when he's watching sports.) But, he continued for several minutes in a very loud voice which became increasingly more alarming. We went to check on him and investigate what was causing this angered tirade. Surely it wasn't the hockey game since it had gone to commercial. What we found was so bizarre. To put it in the words of Clark W. Griswold: "If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am right now." We found my husband, yelling ferociously out the dining room window to an unknown, crazed Jack Russell Terrier that was literally pulling our gutter off of the house. It is important to note that the gutter is actually bolted to the side of the house and Jack Russell Terriers are not large dogs. However, this dog, which we have never seen before, was ripping off exterior elements of our house with reckless abandon. The animal was so pumped with adrenaline that it wasn't even acknowledging my hubby's boisterous verbal attacks. The gutter broke loose, fell to the ground, and a rat ran out. Yes, my life is a circus. All three of us went running through the house looking out the windows watching the dog chase the rat across the yard. After a loud squeal, the dog caught the rat, shook it vehemently, and guarded his newly killed prey. Gutters typically break off during a windy day, perhaps an earthquake, your everyday tornado, or even a passing tsunami. Jack Russell Terriers...not so much. I can't wait to tell National Geographic that they can film episodes of the Life series right in my front yard. I'm thinking "The Suburban Food Chain" or "Gutters: Rat Bungalows of the Future."
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