Abbey's Day at the Beach

Abbey is a desert dog but she looooves the beach.  Everything except the water that is...

Me: "Come on Abbey, we're going to the beach!"
Abbey: <dancing around> we'regoingtothebeach!we'regoingtothebeach!we'regoingtothebeach!we'regoingtothebeach!
<more dancing>
Me: "Abbey, get in the car"
Abbey: oh, yeah

60 minutes later...

Abbey: <yawn> <stretch> where are we? what are we doing? can i come? can i come? can i come? can i come? she's got the leash!!!! yyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!
Me: "Abbey, sit still. I can't get your leash on unless you sit still."
Abbey: yyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

5 minutes later...

Abbey: oh that smells good and that smells good and that smells good and that smells good and that smells good and that smells good and that smells good
Me, tugging on leash: "Can we please get out of the parking lot?"

Finally on the beach....

Abbey:  Oh, sand!  <poop>
Me:  "Shit"
Abbey:  yes. yes, I did.
Me: "John, do you want to get a poop bag or guard the poop?
Abbey: that's right, that's our poop, go get your own poop, grrr

Let the relaxing begin....

Abbey: oh, I love the beach, I love the sand, I love how so many things smell dead....
Abbey:  aaaaahhhhhh, the water came at me, you saw that, it came right at me, it's trying to get me
Head down, hackles raised
Abbey:  okay, okay, it's going away, everything's okay, phew, that was close, everybody okay?
Abbey: oh my god it's coming baaaaaack, make it stop! make it stop! make it stop! let's sit farther back, okay?

10 minutes later....

Abbey:  oh, there's a fun dog, he's running around and having fun, maybe I'll run around and have fun with him, he looks nice and he's got a ball.......OHMYGOD, they threw his ball in the water!!! who would do that??? bad bad people, aaaahhhhhh, the water's got him, he's in the water, he's in the water, what do we do? what do we do? what do we do?
Abbey: oh wait, he's out, he's out of the water and he still has his ball, oh that's good, just stay away from those bad bad peo....THEY THREW IT IN THE WATER AGAIN!! Do something, do something, would you wake up and do something...
Abbey: oh no wait, it's okay, it's okay..
Abbey: NO IT'S NOT!! THEY DID IT AGAIN!..

Me: "Abbey, would you lay down?" "Fine, I'll take you off the leash, go chase the boys"

Abbey: run run run sniff sniff sniff run run run sniff sniff sniff run run run sniff sniff sniff run run run sniff sniff sniff run run run sniff sniff sniff run run run sniff sniff sniff run run run sniff sniff sniff run run run sniff sniff sniff run run run sniff sniff sniff run run run sniff sniff sniff run run run sniff sniff sniff run run run sniff sniff sniff run run run sniff sniff sniff run run run sniff sniff sniff run run run sniff sniff sniff run run run sniff sniff sniff run run run sniff sniff sniff run run run sniff sniff sniff

2 hours later, walking to the car.....

Abbey:  This was the best day every, there's never been a day as good as this, nothing could every be this good. Wait! It's a DEAD SEAGULL!!
Me:  DROP IT!!!