Zorro broke his left hind leg. I guess what happened is Elianna and Miles had taken Zorro out for a walk. While they were down around the basketball court at main camp, Zorro jumped on Miles like he does sometimes with people. He was on his leash and Elianna pulled back on his leash. When she did that he slipped because the ground was still slightly went from the rain. There are wooden railroad ties that line the court.

So when he fell he landed on the railroad tie which was what probably broke his leg. It’s some kind of spiral fracture in his tibia that is going to need plates, a few screws, and a pin. On more than one occasion I have looked at the dog’s legs and noticed how intricate and fragile they seem to be. Like, that would be terrible to have one break and what would they even do to fix it? So I’m praying his surgery goes well and he recovers.

It’s scheduled to happen Wednesday and then he stays there overnight. They don’t even staff the facility overnight but apparently he’ll be so drugged up he won’t notice. I started having images of this beautiful powerful dog running around in the athletic field and it made me cry because he’s such a good dog. The whole seeing him in all of his grand, majestic finery and wondering why this is having to happen. It really stinks.

Our weekend visit out to Nebraska went well. The boys and I left around six in the morning and we stopped at McDonalds to get some food to start the trip. I really am pretty grossed out by McDonalds but something about a road trip with the sun still rising makes me able to see it in a more nostalgic light, where it’s not so much the food but rather the memories being made with it. The boys convinced me to just get a meal.

And it was good. Ethan had another PR in his race and 15 minutes later we were back on the road. I don’t really spend much time with him when he’s home. I’m hoping if there are ever grandkids I will have more of a purpose there. The camp kids hung around camp on Saturday and on Sunday we enjoyed a meal at Janet’s after services. It’s hard to put into words but it’s just continuing on in the course God has marked out.