A Wild Night

Thursday evening after getting home from a banquet, we finally all got settled down to sleep about midnight. Now, we all know that the Baby Girl does not like her routine disrupted so it came as no surprise that she was restless.Mama and Papa (Mr.P. and Me N.Duckster) are supposed to stay home, provide her with treats,total pack time, and much attention.  Around 4:30 AM she got Mr.P. up who let her out. Mr.P. has come to insist that he be the one to do this chore (bless his heart) since I have trouble falling back to sleep. I got up to go to the bathroom and just as I was getting back into bed the phone rings and I pick it up.  Well, Mr P is already on this and I hear "Go back to bed Darling. I'm on the phone with the sheriff's office." OK, that is not really what a wife needs to hear.  He comes back to bed and I pounce on him "What was that all about?"
"They got a 911 hang up call from our number."

Now, two things: we get strange hang up calls all the time. I've decided its Verizon's spastic telephone service.  The other is that based on my work, the sheriff's office is likely to move into possible domestic violence protocol. I mean-- Husband answers. Wife picks up phone. Husband does not let wife speak.  So, now I am totally awake.  Sure enough about 20-30 minutes later (hey we live out in the country) I see lights.  Maybe its the paper  being delivered? Nope.  Finally, there are lights being flashed directly into the house and the door bell rings. Baby Girl is on full alert. I know I'll have to go talk to the deputy---but with 90 lbs of barking lab at my side. I open the sliding door to the balcony and step out. The Baby Girl charges out in full "I'm protecting my mom from you" mode.  The deputy is satisfied that there is no immediate danger except maybe to him (or he thinks we are a couple of nut jobs who do random things like call 911 and hang up) and leaves after saying "Have a good morning."  Easy for you to say,buddy.  Baby Girl and I got back to bed in time to get up.  What a night. We're getting too old for these kinds of adventures. Actually its good to know that our Sheriff's office  takes everything seriously.  What if something really had been wrong.