Yesterday was one of the worst days I could ever have. It all started in the morning, when I was getting ready to bathe Fox and Gambit because they were starting to stink. 
I usually bathe them in the bathroom sink, since they’re still so small. I placed Gambit on top of the sink and blocked him with my body so he wouldn’t try to escape and fall down. Well, he found a way to wriggle past me and before I knew it, he was on the floor. At first, I was a bit relieved because he didn’t cry out or anything, so I bent down to pick him up. As soon as I touched him, he just started crying like I’ve never heard him cry before. It scared me so bad and I thought that maybe he had broken something. I started panicking and crying and I didn’t know what to do. I grabbed my phone and called Rob, who told me that he was fine and that he was coming over. Even now, I can still hear the painful cries of Gambit and it just breaks my heart every time I think about it. 
He didn’t move for a long time, and I was still so afraid to touch him in case something was broken. I felt like such a bad “mother”. I should have known that Gambit would find a way to wriggle past me. I should have been more careful, but I wasn’t. 
After a while, he began to move a little bit, and I found the courage to pick him up and try to feel for anything broken or abnormal. He seemed fine, although a bit shaken up. I kept apologizing the whole time, and he would just lick the tears off my face. After Rob came over, we bathed the puppies outside just to be on the safe side. I think I’ll be doing that from now on.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, something else just as horrifying happened later on that day. Rob and I went to the Basilica of San Juan to register for our marriage retreat. We finally found the place were we were supposed to register, only to find out that they didn’t accept cash, only money orders. So we had to walk to the nearest convenience store and get a money order. We almost died crossing the street! Anyway, we were finally able to register and I was very relieved to finally have gotten all of that out of the way. I suddenly needed to go to the bathroom, so I used their facilities. I always take off my engagement ring when I wash my hands, because I don’t want to get it wet or anything. I was having trouble with the soap (it didn’t want to come out, dammit) and I tried to hurry up because I knew Rob was waiting outside. We were getting pretty hungry, so we hurried to see what place we could find to eat. About fifteen minutes later, I touched my left ring finger (out of habit) and that’s when I realized that MY RING WAS MISSING. I nearly had a heart attack and screamed to Rob that we had to go back because I had LEFT MY RING IN THE BATHROOM SINK!! I felt sick at that very moment when I thought that I might never see my engagement ring again.
So we headed back as fast as we could, and the moment he put the truck in park, I ran to the building in search of my ring. I kept hoping and praying that it would still be there. I didn’t even want to think about the possibility of never finding my engagement ring again. Rob would be so upset with me, and I would feel even worse than I already did that day. When I finally got to the building, I ran into the bathroom and found…that the sink was empty. The ring was NOT where I had left it. I was horrified. My heart sank, and I just wanted the Earth to swallow me up. I began to cry again because I knew I would have to face Rob now. As I was leaving, I heard someone calling out. I turned around, and there was a lady at the reception office waving to me. Then she asked, “Did you lose a ring?” Oh, I had never been more happy than at that very moment! I told her yes, that I had lost my engagement ring. She smiled and then pulled out my engagement ring and I began to cry again, out of happiness this time. I think all the ladies at the reception office felt pretty bad for me, but I was just so happy that my ring wasn’t gone forever. I learned a valuable lesson yesterday: NEVER TAKE OFF THE ENGAGEMENT RING NO MATTER WHAT.
I’m just glad everything turned out great in the end. I honestly don’t know what I would have done if Gambit had broken a bone on that fall, or if my ring had been lost forever.
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