Of all the Luck

Lucy playing fetch

Carson & Briana's friend Ashlee

Carson, Lucy, Ashlee, Briana

Sierra, Carson, Lucy, Ashlee, Briana

Sierra, Carson, Lucy, Ashlee, Briana

For those of you that know me well I am not an animal person. My kids ask all the time if they can have a dog to which my response is always "NO". So yesterday morning there were a few garbages overflowing in our house and Steve had not taken them out when he went to work so I had the kids do it for me. The one in the kitchen was so full we had to get another bag and put some garbage in it to get the one out of the garbage. So there were plenty of bags for all of the kids to take out. It was about 4 minutes before there ride for school came so I sent the to the trash with instructions to return and get their backpacks cause it was about time to go to school. They go to the garbage and then I hear one set of footprints coming back. Briana had returned to get Sierra's backpack for her. Briana told me Sierra was doing something with a dog. I told Briana to take the bag out and come right back. A few minutes later she had not return so I had to go find her. I get outside to find Briana following this little golden lab around the backyard. She was taking care of it until the kids got home from school. Between Briana and the couple upstairs the dog was getting lots of attention and some food and water and everything and so she stayed around all day. At one point in time I left to run some errands and she followed me to the street and then stayed in the front until I returned and came back to the backyard again when I got home.
Needless to say the kids were ecstatic when they found out the dog was still there when they got home from school. They told me he just came running down the street when they were outside and it was very friendly. The puppy had a collar and a leash it was dragging but no tags. Sierra informed me it fell from heaven just for her and that they had crossed their fingers all day it would still be here when they got home. They were also convinced that it was their good fortune since they had fortune cookies the day before at lunch. Sierra had even kept hers and went and found it but it didn't really fulfill the fortune she had. They had her named before they had even been home for more than 30 minutes so her new name is Lucy.
I went to pack meeting last night and the dog followed me to the street again then Carson came running to get it and between him and the guy upstairs they put a gate across the backyard to keep it in. The kids got up super early this morning and tried to go out and play with it but I do not do well when woke up early and they needed to do homework so they didn't get much playtime this morning.
What am I to do these kids are going to get attached to this puppy if it sticks around and the people upstairs like it too so I think I am losing out on this one. It is cute but I was already tired of it by the end of the day yesterday. It wants to play and run and jump and it will grow then what????? I am just wondering how my kids could be so lucky and I could be so unlucky? Who knows I guess time will tell how this one will pan out.