Another OliveDog Parade!

Everytime Girl and I go on a walk I act like it is a parade...because I am so exciting that it really is always a parade.  A couple weeks ago there was a really special parade that I was invited to be in.  Uncle Jess was having a Birthday parade!  (Girl would like to insert here that it was actually the Mercer Island summer festival parade and Jess' birthday was not actually an entry)
Early on a Saturday morning we got in Car and Girl put my harness on and attached me to the seatbelt.  I did NOT like this! I usually get to go wherever I want in Car and that is how it should be.  Girl said that she didn't want me jumping on her lap while going very very fast down the road.  Well, I took care of this problem by getting tangled up in the seatbelt strap within 2 minutes. Am I good or what?


After many hours (possibly days, I think) we getted there.  Just after we pulled off the street called I-90 I getted really, REALLY worried that Girl was going to leave me in Car like when she goes into that awful place called Grocery Store.  So I cried and yipped and cried...and can you believe it? Girl just laughed at me and said "Quiet down, I am taking you with me!"  Well, I don't always understand hooman language very well so I just kept crying while Girl drove around looking for a parking spot to keep Car in during the parade.
Finally Girl finded a parking spot for Car and she hooked me up to my leash (oh, the relief! I was going with Girl!)....and we goed a couple blocks and we found Uncle Jess!  Uncle Jess was pretty busy so we just went and stood in the flowerbeds at the park and watch all the peoples going here and there.  Some were dressed really funny!  Then....horror of horrors...Girl dressed me up really funny!  She tried to explain that we could be in the parade if we wore the colors for Uncle Jess' candidate for State Senate and so I had to wear the bright orange cape with a blue 'L' on it for Senator Litzow.  Girl had made me try it on the night before and I THINKED I had showed her that I did not like it, but girl doesn't always understand dog language.  Though, I really thinked I had made it clear to her...oh well. 
Pretty soon I was used to the awful cape and was back to people and dog watching.  I went and getted my picture taken with Uncle Jess' housemate and Darth Vader.  I does not know who Darth Vader is, but he sure dresses funny.  Honestly I was much more interested in the Westie dog club that was right next to us.
After tying 3 balloons to my harness we were ready to start the parade.  Gosh, people parades are SO slow, way slower that Olive parades!  We would walk a little way and then stop.  I kept pulling on my leash to remind Girl that, like everything else, this is a race and we were BEHIND!  I will admit that I did get to meet some people and dogs while we were going so slow. 
People kept saying "Look at the Litzow dog!" or "Look at That dog!".  I kept looking around and I NEVER saw the Litzow dog or That dog!  Kind of disappointing, but I guess you can't see everything all the time, though I try my bestest to do just that.

After the parade, I was really hot and did the Pig Flop (more explanation in an upcoming post) as many times as I could under the shade of the parked cars.  Uncle Jess, Girl, and Uncle Jess' friends decided to go to lunch.  I thinked that was a great idea!  It is always a good time to eat human food, I says!  So we all went and sat in the shade and ate human food (I didn't get very much at all!) and everybody said it tasted so good!  The waitress was really nice and petted me everytime she comed by our table.

Then it was time for Girl and I to go home.  So we sayed good bye to Uncle Jess and his friends and got in Car and drove a very long time to get home.  It was a good thing the drive took so long because I was exhausted after my exciting day and needed to rest up to keep Girl busy in the evening.