Totally unrelated to Josiah, except that it's a story about his dad...
The Dog Tranquilizer Story
This happened about 4 years ago. Nick and I went out to Manteo with a very little Nia and our dog Strom. Strom was still in his puppy years then and was really bad in the car, so we had taken him to the vet and had the vet prescribe a sedative for him for the car.
This was the weekend of Nia's dedication & naming ceremony in Manteo, so we were expecting a lot of company at my mom's house-- her side of the family was in town for their annual family reunion and my in-laws were also coming for the ceremony, which was on Sunday.
Saturday my mom had to work, so Nick and I were very busy trying to get the house cleaned up, food prepared, etc. However, Nick always gets bad allergies at my parent's house, so I sent him upstairs to take a Claritin (which was a prescription at that point.) So he did, and shortly after he was just WIPED out. (I know you can all see where this is going.) He was jus really lethargic and kept sitting down and putting his head on the table and falling asleep-- saying things like, "I am sorry, I am just SO tired."
Me, being the very ungracious wife I can be at times, started really getting mad at him. I told him I thought he was being lazy, I was tired too, I was up with the baby at night and he wasn't... I told him how much work we still had to do, how it was his kid too so he had to help out... (I know I can be a little *eh hem* overbearing at times... but that's a discussion for another day-- at least I admit it. :)
Well the next morning Nick was still having allergy problems so he went up to take another allergy pill. This is what I hear coming from upstairs... "What happened to all my allergy medicine? I know I had more than this... oh crap... Um, Gwenn?"
So I said, "Yes?"
So he said, "I think I know why I was so tired yesterday."
And I said, "Why?"
And he said, "Yeah, I didn't take an allergy pill, I took one of Strom's tranquilizers."
So yeah, brilliant huh? In Nick's defense, they were the same size and color pills and were both in prescription bottles. However, Strom's sedatives were in a GREEN bottle, and Nick's allergy meds were in an orange bottle. (you know, so you don't accidentally take your dog's pills... :)
Anyway, yeah, so that is the dog tanquilizer story. We are just thankful that we don't own a bigger dog-- or who knows what would have happened?!
