On Dave, His Cat, and His Posting

I hope you enjoyed the first-ever guest posting from a Weekly Eckstra contributor. From time to time I'll mix in guest postings from friends who are frequent readers. (Contact me if you are interested.)

Dave, his wife Diana, and their beautiful daughter Catherine are dear friends of ours. Dave was, in fact, the best man in our wedding. We were very sad to learn that just as we were arriving in Dayton, they were departing for Houston. Notice how I didn't say that the cat was a dear friend of ours? The experience with Scooter was tramautic to say the least. I think the physical scars have just about healed (for the record, both Tommy and Cari were attacked after Tommy somehow accidentally spooked the cat). Rather than actually kill the cat, I kicked him out of the computer area and barricaded our family behind the doors which conveniently separated the computer area from the rest of the family room. We thankfully had a phone and could call Dave home from his coffee/studies.

To her credit, Cari laughed out loud when reading Dave's post. I asked her for her reaction to the column. She said, "That posting is so Dave. I can laugh about it now, although I'll never, ever sleep under the same roof with that cat again." I have a feeling the kids feel the same way (but would love to see the Borchardts in the near future).