Camron has tried to connect with me all weekend. He has taken all of his bionicals apart and wants help assembling a super-bionical. I made arrangements last night to meet him by the gate at 8 AM. He said he would call and to not be surprised if he called real early. I worked around in the yard until he appeared at about 9.
Camron - "I've called and called and I think you missed eight o-clock"
"Well, I'm here now. Where are your roboticals?
Camron - "They're bionicals and I have another plan for today. Did you know that Chuey doesn't have a home?
"Yes. I heard that. (The people in the house down the road, where Chuey comes from every morning with a pack of chihuahuas, and goes back to every night, were told the other day to keep their dogs contained. They said that Chuey was dumped at their house and doesn't belong to them. They have never bothered about keeping any of their other dogs at home, and still don't, so they probably don't own him.) What do you have planned?"
Camron - "I'm staging that now (?), but I think we will build him a house. Probably a size 2 or 4 since Chuey is about a size 1. Uncle James said we could get materials from his shop to build it with, or we could borrow those logs from Dana and build a log-cabin dog house."
He is sitting on the sidewalk outside my gate with Chuey and Rat-dog while we are talking. I am sitting on the sidewalk inside my gate and Kilo is beside me.
"If you make him a house and encourage him to start living here, then you have to watch out for him in a lot of other ways. For example, it is against the law for dogs to run loose. You have to keep your pet contained, which is in a fenced yard, and on a leash when it is out of the yard." At that point the dogs across the street started barking and Rat-dog and Chuey bolted through the driveway and across to the neighbor's house.
Camron - "There they go, breaking the law. But maybe just Rat-dog is breaking the law since Chuey doesn't have a home to stay at."
"Any dog that runs loose will be picked up and impounded, but the law is enforced against the pet owners. They are the ones considered to be breaking the law."
Camron - "Then Grandma and Grandpa are breaking the law. Mainly Grandpa. Grandma goes out and whistles for Rat-dog to come home all the time. And she can't run after him any more."
He then decided to visit his Grandmother for 30 minutes before we started the project. It has been 3 hours and he just called to say that he was sure 30 minutes was over. I don't really want to build a dog house, but will work on one of his projects before the day is over.
4 PM and Camron just caught me outside again. I haven't been avoiding him so much as.... - well, I guess I have been. Anyway this time I promised for sure that I would help him at 6 PM when it isn't so hot.
Camron - "Is this a different Gate?
"Yes. I moved the one from the back yard."
Camron - "I noticed that part of your fence is down."
"I've been fixing it."
Camron - "Your fence was broke?"
'No. I just decided to change it."
Camron - "When the sun is right there (pointing to the sky) I'll meet you here and we can work on the bionicals."
"We're not going to build a dog house?"
Camron - "We'll save that for when you are off work."
Hope I make it.
