I had so much fun today!!!
Dawn and I went to see the baby sheep of our friend, Casey. We met Casey last year at the local fair during the summer. His ewes have had a ram and two ewes!!! I'm trying to convince my parents to let me buy the little ram from Casey. Dawn is most likely going to buy one of the baby ewes from Casey. I'm going to have a wether (castrated ram) and name him Romeo! (And I'm hoping that sheep is Casey's baby ram!) Dawn is thinking of maybe naming her ewe Juliet! (I can't remember if I've said this in an earlier post...)
Anyway, I woke up at about 9:00 this morning and read Eclipse (the third Stephenie Meyer book) until 10:00. (I finished New Moon last night!) Then I got out of bed, ate some Eggo waffles, and sat on the couch to read more of Eclipse. I got sleepy, so I fell asleep on the couch with Bandit in my lap until my brother came out of his room at around 11:30.
He started watching License to Wed (Robin Williams movie) and I sort of watched with him. Then Dawn called and said she was heading into town to pick up Casey and wanted to know if I could go with them to see the baby sheep! I asked my dad (my mom was out shopping) if I could go, and he said yes.
So, I got dressed, ate a sandwich, and grabbed my cell phone and digital camera. Then Dawn and Casey came and picked me up. It took us about an hour to get out to Casey's house. He lives out in the middle of nowhere!!!
When we got there, we went and saw the baby sheep. Casey's dad said that the little ram is going to be a big guy. I could tell because he looked big, even from a distance, and he's only a few weeks old. Casey said he'd sell them for $150, but Dawn said she'd probably give him $200. I said $150 was good enough for me. (My past sheep have been $250, but they were from people I wasn't friends with.)
Once we'd finished looking at the sheep (and taking pictures of them), we stood around and talked. Then, we hiked up the hill behind his house. It was rough because the hill was really steep, but we did make it all the way to the top.
On the way up, we picked up rocks and threw them down the hill. We also grabbed fallen tree branches and pretended we were bucks (male deer) and rammed each other with the branches. Dawn and I had a duel with two branches; she won because all of the "prongs" on my branch fell off.
We also threw twigs at each other.
Casey told us about the tree with the cement slab that was at the top of the hill, but Dawn and I misunderstood what he was saying and thought he said that there was a tree made of cement at the top. So we started calling it the cement tree. But, really, there was just a slab of cement right next to the tree. Casey said he didn't know why it was put there.
We took a rest next to the "cement tree" and took pictures of each other. Dawn had brought her digital camera, too. We got awesome pictures of the tree, and I got some good ones of Dawn doing funny poses. It was a really cool view from the top of the hill; we could see the mountains way off into the distance.
After we got bored of the top of the hill, we headed down a road back to Casey's house. It was a lot quicker going down the hill. Casey played funny music on his phone while we walked down. He has a lot of funny sound effects on his phone, too. We listened to birds chirping, a bonfire crackling, and other funny sounds.
Once we got back to his house, we went and met his dogs. He has six dogs. I can only remember Moose and Oreo. Moose is their newest dog. He's a Rottweiler/Great Dane mix. He's seven months old and he was huge! That is going to be one big dog!!!
After we finished meeting the dogs and taking pictures of them, we headed inside the house to have something to drink. Dawn drank some sort of strawberry lemonade juice; Casey had milk, I think; and I had Sunny D.
Then we went into Casey's tiny room. Dawn and I sat on his bed because we were tired. (My legs were shaking because I was so tired.) He showed us a bunch of stuff he had. He showed us a book that he'd gotten from Scotland, the giant card his girlfriend got him for Valentine's Day, and a stuffed animal that looked like a yak. Then he started digging around for stuff and found a zebra figure, which Dawn went crazy over. She named the zebra Shirley.
Then Casey found some old, stretchy, textbook covers that had weird designs on them. He put one over his face. I said he looked like an alien, so I got my camera and took pictures of him.
He said he had a hard time breathing with the thing on his face.
By that time, it was after five. So Dawn and I decided to head home. Casey said he'd drive us out to a street that would take us back into town, so that we wouldn't get lost.
So, Dawn and I got into her car, and Casey got into his family's Suburu. We left first and Casey drove behind us before he found a spot where he could pull in front of us. We hadn't even gone 2 miles when Casey suddenly pulled over. Dawn stopped next to him and I rolled down the window. He asked us if he had a flat tire. We looked, and, sure enough, he had a flat tire!
Dawn and I laughed and waited for him to drive back to his house (yes, on a flat tire!) so he could go get his Dad's Dodge truck instead. The flat tire made a "chunk" noise as he drove away. Dawn and I thought it didn't sound very good.
While we were waiting, Dawn and I listened to the silence around us. I took more pictures of the scenery and of Dawn before Casey finally came back.
After that, we switched back and forth and played "follow the leader" with our cars. Sometimes, Dawn and I would be in front, and other times Casey would be in front. One time when we were behind him, Dawn showed me how to "coast" her car. It was hilarious to watch Casey way up ahead of us looking all confused as he would slow down and then go forward and then stop and wait for us and then go forward.
Once we got to the road that would take us back into town, we said our good-byes to Casey. Then Dawn drove us into town. We called Cassidy (Dawn's boyfriend) to ask him if Dawn's mom had made dinner. Her mom hadn't made dinner, so we headed to Taco Bell. I had a tortilla with chicken in it and a Mountain Dew Baja Blast to drink. I think Dawn had some tacos. Once we were done, Dawn ordered something to take home to Cassidy.
Then we headed to my house. We were freaking out as we got to the spot where we'd hit that barn owl. I still can't get the picture of that owl out of my head! We didn't hit anything tonight, thank goodness.
I showed my parents and brother all the pictures I'd taken. I also told my parents about how Casey's dad said the little ram was going to be big, and that Casey has a sheep that won Grand Champion, so that's a clue that his sheep are really good. I forgot to tell them he's selling the little ram for only $150. Oops!
And that was my day today!
I had tons of fun. I'm so glad Dawn took me out to do something exciting! I really needed to do something that could break me out of my funk! Yay!
G'night!
a very excited karia_roses
