Dixon-Ratzlaff Family Blogs

I see Edwardo for the first time in years. He is looking healthy and wearing a khaki zoo employee uniform. He carries a red-tailed hawk in a net. I tell him I miss him and we walk together for a 1/2 block. He stops in front of a group of other kahkied zoo employees. He drops the hawk into a deep puddle. She settles to the bottom and I can see her breathing, but know she's going to die in there. A different zoo employee apologizes that I had to see this, but the hawk was dangerous and had to be put down. Ed vanishes in the confusion and the crowd and I realize he only walked with me out of politeness. 

Teeth

I dream about several of my teeth cracking and falling out. I am horrified at my white trash look and the pain. Dan finds some temporary teeth at Walmart. They remind me a lot of press on-nails, except you stick them to your gums. I attend a fancy dress party with a bunch of women I don't know who are snarky about my weight and teeth behind my back. 

I see Edwardo for the first time in years. He is looking healthy and wearing a khaki zoo employee uniform. He carries a red-tailed hawk in a net. I tell him I miss him and we walk together for a 1/2 block. He stops in front of a group of other kahkied zoo employees. He drops the hawk into a deep puddle. She settles to the bottom and I can see her breathing, but know she's going to die in there. A different zoo employee apologizes that I had to see this, but the hawk was dangerous and had to be put down. Ed vanishes in the confusion and the crowd and I realize he only walked with me out of politeness. 

Teeth

I dream about several of my teeth cracking and falling out. I am horrified at my white trash look and the pain. Dan finds some temporary teeth at Walmart. They remind me a lot of press on-nails, except you stick them to your gums. I attend a fancy dress party with a bunch of women I don't know who are snarky about my weight and teeth behind my back. 

Chris and I just vanish on a magical mystery tour. I have only $200 but sure am enjoying the time away from home. We eat out, daily, have an awesome hotel room, and except for money worries I have a lot of fun.

The Contest:

I enter a hot-dog eating contest and am doing amazing. Dan, David, Chris, and Doug are there to cheer me on. They run out of hot-dogs after I beat  the former champion. They decide to change the event to a smoking contest. I am given a cig to produce as much smoke as I can do, but the former champ is allowed a huge hookah. Each contest is changed and stacked in the champs favor. Very annoying. 

Shopping: 

Chris and I are shopping for goods (apparently still on holiday) at a Dillon's. I have my laptop with me which I foolishly leave in the cart when I return the cart to the store. I rush back for it just in time to see a couple of employees stashing it under their coats., trying to smuggle it out. I tell them, "I need my laptop, please" and they sheepishly hand it over. One girl turns to the other and says, "NOW what are we going to do??" Her friend glumly replies, "I guess we're going to have to work." Chris claims this is a classic example of why she hates shopping at Dillon's. This stuff happens all the time. 

The Church:

We are at an oddly constructed Gothic/Country cathedral for some sort of pot-luck reunion. Patty is there doting on her nieces in a annoying way. I wander away from the group into some of the deeper darker recesses of the cathedral. I am standing on a balcony overlooking the most beautiful pool of water I have ever seen. I can't resist plunging in. I am greeted by a very skinny black furred wolf who leads me even deeper into this place. I am forced to lay on an alter and am ravaged in not and entirely unpleasant way by this werewolf.  

Chris and I just vanish on a magical mystery tour. I have only $200 but sure am enjoying the time away from home. We eat out, daily, have an awesome hotel room, and except for money worries I have a lot of fun.

The Contest:

I enter a hot-dog eating contest and am doing amazing. Dan, David, Chris, and Doug are there to cheer me on. They run out of hot-dogs after I beat  the former champion. They decide to change the event to a smoking contest. I am given a cig to produce as much smoke as I can do, but the former champ is allowed a huge hookah. Each contest is changed and stacked in the champs favor. Very annoying. 

Shopping: 

Chris and I are shopping for goods (apparently still on holiday) at a Dillon's. I have my laptop with me which I foolishly leave in the cart when I return the cart to the store. I rush back for it just in time to see a couple of employees stashing it under their coats., trying to smuggle it out. I tell them, "I need my laptop, please" and they sheepishly hand it over. One girl turns to the other and says, "NOW what are we going to do??" Her friend glumly replies, "I guess we're going to have to work." Chris claims this is a classic example of why she hates shopping at Dillon's. This stuff happens all the time. 

The Church:

We are at an oddly constructed Gothic/Country cathedral for some sort of pot-luck reunion. Patty is there doting on her nieces in a annoying way. I wander away from the group into some of the deeper darker recesses of the cathedral. I am standing on a balcony overlooking the most beautiful pool of water I have ever seen. I can't resist plunging in. I am greeted by a very skinny black furred wolf who leads me even deeper into this place. I am forced to lay on an alter and am ravaged in not and entirely unpleasant way by this werewolf.