Songs of Freedom

So, you may remember the Pet Revolution of a short time back, but as I got home at 5:30 this morning, I was tired. I had been up since 8am and have slept all of 15 hours this week. Plus, I had been out with some friends and had the post party blahs, (i.e. lack of coordination, stingy eyes from smokey clubs, etc.) What a great time for Ike to decide to make a break for it. We had already gone for a long walk and Lila had eaten a large amount of grass. (I am not sure if this was some decoy plan where my attention would be diverted or not. You decide.) But as I went to take Lila out so she could finish the latter of her binge/purge process, Ike made his move. Now, my apartment is not the most well lit and Ike is fast and black. I spent a good hour chasing and trying to locate him sans my night vision goggles. He came up with this game of disappearing into the trees, and then running up on me out of nowhere almost to taunt me only to run off into the dark night again. Now, when Nomen was here, Ike took off with Lila one day. And Ike LOVES Nomen, but still wouldn't pause long enough to be taken into custody. When asked how Nomen captured him quickly, he replied, "I decided that dog wouldn't outrun me." Simple enough. However, Nomen's track experience and general quickness made this a feasible plan. At 5am, hell at 3pm, dejenerate doesn't like to run. I realized this was my only option. Yea morning run. I ran after that dog through mud and parked cars and through apartment breezeways basically until Ike got bored with chase and probably felt sorry for his smoker of a guardian who was well on her way to coronary, and sat down. I should apologize to all my neighbors who heard a winded, cussing woman run past their doors and windows in the wee hours of morning. Ike, you win. You can outrun me. And I am getting to the point that if you think you got it so much better out there, just go. Alright. I don't mean that. Who knows, maybe this is the workout plan I need. It's running, but with an immediate goal and reward. Or maybe I just need to invest in some blowdarts.