Sorry to disappoint anyone, but I did not haul off to the ride in Oklahoma this past weekend. It turned out to be a Perfect Storm of excuses - the most important being that I had a crew trimming trees at the clinic so Oncor can install my new power pole & transformer, upgrading our power so I can reinstall my X-ray machine! I could’ve just as well have titled this “The Never-ending Project”… (periodically, I’ll go back and skim entries from last year so I am well aware things could be far FAR worse)
And speaking of worse outcomes, I then attended the funeral for one of our animal control officers. Poor Drew requested a new assignment from his supervisor on Friday - of course he promised to get right on it, but Drew couldn’t make it through the weekend. It seemed almost surreal for the young pastor to be making the pitch for mental health services. I’m glad I went even though it was difficult; it seemed to mean a lot to Drew’s widow for me and Dr Brown (my young colleague from Red Oak who had also worked with Drew) to be there. Most of the local animal control services sent representation - they drove their trucks and had their lights flashing in the parking lot, lining up to form an honor guard of sorts when we went into the reception.
Since I stayed in town, I fulfilled another obligation Sunday - picking up Heather’s gelding to see what I can do with him. TwoFace reminds me a great deal of dear old Quigley and my sincere wish was to pawn him off on my cousin but he’s still working on fencing…
When I had to run into town last night (Hubby & I kept overlooking the need for bleach), I stumbled into another rescue - a scrawny elderly little Chihuahua was running down the side of the road, darting into traffic! One lady had stopped, I pulled over to help but eventually it was a nice young Hispanic guy who ran her down. (on foot of course! I realize that wording sounded bad when I went back to proofread) No collar but I’ll scan her for a microchip** (Ha!) when I take her to work with me and a miracle might happen. Or God has sent me another dog…
**and of COURSE she doesn't have a microchip - but I've put her on my FB groups, maybe we will turn up her owner?!?
