What a wonderful morning

The mornings are always so interesting here.

Today is the first day of Austin City Limits Festival and I took the day off. I was dozing off and on on my couch like I usually do when I heard a strange noise from my balcony. Gracie, my friends cat, was a stray that loved being outside and now enjoys sitting on the balcony of my 3rd floor apartment and watching all the going ons of the neighborhood. Well, now the ferret has begun to enjoy all that she can get into on the balcony as well.

As I fall in and out of lovely dreams I'm awakened by a strange noise I haven't heard before. When I look out the door to see what is happening on the balcony I see Zoe happy than a pig in shit digging all the dirt out of a small clay pot. I have only seen her look that happy and joyous a few times before. The dirt that outlined the top of her nose was so precious that I couldn't fuss at her too much. She had been needing a bath though so into the tub she went. I didn't want the dirt getting every where.

While she was in the tub with no water present I went and got the shampoo for her. When I got back 45 seconds I could tell she had been having fun checking the tub from the trail of dirt all over it.

The beginning of the bath was fine and relatively easy compared to previous baths I had given her until I need to get the shampoo out.

I had let the water pool up in the tub to help rinse out the dirt and evidently Zoe is not a fan of being in standing water. The act of standing in the water literally scared the poop out of her!

When I look down after pouring out the shampoo I see this pitifull look on her face that appears to be saying "Save me!!!!" and a trail of poop behind her.

Lesson learned: don't put a ferret in standing water.

Now I'm waiting to go to ACL Festival while I soak and scrub my bathtub before getting ready for all of the festivities. I hope everyone has a safe and fantastic weekend!