Do you remember A Perfect Night? It was exactly a month ago, to the day. Today, I unwittingly visited the very same spot and only realised when I was standing there, and everything looked oh so familiar, where I was exactly. And then I remembered what the date was, and thought, "no freaking way!" It seems my internal clock is wired for more than just wierd sleeping hours.
I was nearly bitten by two dogs today. Two vicious black Labrador's rushed out of their yard and scared the bejeebies out of Mehnaz and I. Keeping cool didn't work this time, and the two dogs stalked us mercilessly into a corner, all the while gnashing and threatening to take a chunk out of us. Mehnaz screamed and I tried to shove her behind me, except she undermined my efforts to save her by placing herself between the dogs and me. I will never forget that, ever. Of course, the dogs didn't back down, and I managed to get her out of biting line just as they got ever bolder. "Walk!" I commanded, wrapping one arm around her firmly, keeping myself between her and the angry canines. And all the while, praying silently and fervently to God to just make them back off and not decide to rip a piece out of me. I swear, my heartbeats were going crazy and my legs just really wanted to bolt out of there, especially as I saw the dogs rush at us again from the corner of my eye...but we were saved, literally at the last minute, by a few construction workers on the side of the road. Poor Mehnaz was still shaking even when we were well away from the demented critters and I scheme I would have been too, if I wasn't concentrating so hard on calming my heart rate down and making sure I didn't fall all over myself in an unceremonious heap from sheer relief.
Hopefully, both my mind and body is too tired to keep me up tonight. I seriously doubt it, but one can always live in hope...
P.s. that's true love, by the way, when someone is terrified out of their minds and still foils your plans to save them by trying to protect you, even though they don't really stand much of a chance themselves.
I was nearly bitten by two dogs today. Two vicious black Labrador's rushed out of their yard and scared the bejeebies out of Mehnaz and I. Keeping cool didn't work this time, and the two dogs stalked us mercilessly into a corner, all the while gnashing and threatening to take a chunk out of us. Mehnaz screamed and I tried to shove her behind me, except she undermined my efforts to save her by placing herself between the dogs and me. I will never forget that, ever. Of course, the dogs didn't back down, and I managed to get her out of biting line just as they got ever bolder. "Walk!" I commanded, wrapping one arm around her firmly, keeping myself between her and the angry canines. And all the while, praying silently and fervently to God to just make them back off and not decide to rip a piece out of me. I swear, my heartbeats were going crazy and my legs just really wanted to bolt out of there, especially as I saw the dogs rush at us again from the corner of my eye...but we were saved, literally at the last minute, by a few construction workers on the side of the road. Poor Mehnaz was still shaking even when we were well away from the demented critters and I scheme I would have been too, if I wasn't concentrating so hard on calming my heart rate down and making sure I didn't fall all over myself in an unceremonious heap from sheer relief.
Hopefully, both my mind and body is too tired to keep me up tonight. I seriously doubt it, but one can always live in hope...
P.s. that's true love, by the way, when someone is terrified out of their minds and still foils your plans to save them by trying to protect you, even though they don't really stand much of a chance themselves.
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