Buck Gets Some Exciting News

It was mid-afternoon and Buck was enjoying some quiet reading time.  He was thrilled that the lady was careless about leaving her Kobo around and only mildly worried when he heard her exclaim ”Geez, why does the battery run out so quickly on this thing?” when she’d scooped it up the day before.  Buck knew the people he lived with underestimated him and he also knew that that was his secret weapon.

Gradually , it became more and more apparent to Buck that this would be no ordinary day.   First of all the ambassador was up early and his tone was brighter and cheerier than ever before.  The ambassador was no singer but on this day he insisted on singing the same line of a song over and over again.  It was clear that the lady was getting annoyed with the repetition but the ambassador took no notice.  His rapture was so overpowering that he didn’t  even see that he’d crossed into dangerous territory.  “La la la la”.  It was a somewhat tense lady that crossed the room and put the radio on hoping to lure the ambassador into a new chorus but to no avail.   “La la la”,  he went on with brief intervals of silence that lead that lady to falsely believe the ordeal was over. Each time she relaxed a new outburst followed until her smile grew taut and then finally ‘Why don’t you go take a shower hon?  I’ll finish the packing” she said between clenched teeth.

As he made his way upstairs the ambassador punctuated his song on each step “La”, “La” “LA!”.   The lady quietly whispered “Give me strength” but Buck had seen her use the weight machine at the gym and he knew she was plenty strong. Sometimes Buck just didn’t understand the lady.  “Wait a minute!”  thought Buck   “Packing?  Where are we going?” Then the answer came from above.  

“What do you think the temperature will be like in Florida?”  the ambassador yelled downstairs. “I’m thinking of bringing my Hawaiin shirt!”.   

“WOW,  FLORIDA!” thought Buck as he grew wide eyed with excitement.  His idol Donald lived there in a large castle.  Buck had seen both him and his wife Daisy on t.v. commericals.  How exciting !

Buck began to plan which of his worldly possessions to bring and was delighted to hear that the visit would last until March 13^th.  Apparently the ambassador’s sister had warmly extended an invitation to join her and her husband in their winter home that had and in-ground pool.  Buck was so excited he could barely think.  He had always wanted to be a snow bird.   He watched anxiously as the lady packed her lap top, “Ah, good” he thought “we’ll be able to keep in touch while we’re away.”

Thus begins Bucks Travels….