A bad day

Sunday 04 December 2006

My wife had gone shopping at the Wal-mart with her mother. I was at home reading about Mt. Hood on the internet and contemplating a summit attempt this winter. Our basset hound was asleep behind me and the twins were taking their afternoon nap in their room.

A glance at the clock revealed that my fears might soon be realized. Nap time was almost over. Over the baby monitor I hear a loud, blood curdling whine. Something wasn’t right. I tiptoed over a cracked the door to their room open an inch and peeked inside. What I saw horrified me. As they napped, they had metamorphosed into scaly gremlins with huge fangs and razor sharp claws. Each of them had two tails with pointy spikes on them. For now, they hadn’t seen me and were content purring in their cribs and contemplating what to do with their new powers.

I didn’t know what to do. I quietly went back to my room so I could listen to them on the baby monitor. I hoped it was just a dream and maybe I would wake up soon. In despair, I called my wife and told her what had happened, but she didn’t believe me. She laughed and said there was nothing to be afraid of. If only she knew. Even as I was talking to her I heard a loud CRUNCH over the baby monitor as one of the bit into the crib with their bone breaking jaws. One of them was saying they had to go potty, but I knew it was just a ploy to lure me into their trap. After my wife still refused to believe me, I hung up and decided to try to prove it.

My plan was to open the door, snap a few pictures and run. I got the good camera, turned it on, and walked slowly to the door. I thought I had been as quiet as possible. I held the camera tightly in my right hand and the door in my left. I turned the knob, swung the door open, and pressed the shutter button.

When I regained consiousness, I was lying flat on my back in the hallway. The camera was intact but a few feet away. I had a headache and my ribs were sore. I stumbled to my feet and looked around. I was relieved that Boo was unharmed. I heard laughter in the kitchen and found them sitting at the table painting, looking just like normal children. I went back to the camera to see what it held. Maybe now she’ll believe me…,

A record setting month...

November has been unlike any month I've ver seen. In the first 10 days we record setting flooding that cost 30 million dollars of damge to Mt. Rainier National park, and closed it for months. Immediatly after I came back from Thanksgiving in California we had 4 days of snow, and a record low of 16 degrees. I don't like not being able to go to Mt. Rainier, and I don't like driving on black ice, but the rest was fun. Now I have snowshoes and crampons, so I hope we get feet of snow.