yesterday was beyond a typical monday. in addition to the normal my-pet-started-having-the-runs-this-weekend calls, we had three emergencies - two hit by cars, and one poor li'l guy got kicked by a deer. all three survived, but boy, did we dole out the pain meds! we had to refer a couple of 'em out to other places with more hi-tech equipment, but word is they're doing okay so far. we also had a new employee start work. so we did paperwork, gave her the tour, got her started on reading manuals... fun stuff. and i got to coordinate our film shoot. yeah, we're making a commercial, and the film crew is coming out tomorrow. we had to line up some of our favorite clients (with well-behaved pets) to come and help us out. those were fun phone calls to make! the clients are all pretty excited about it. and my team members are all trying to decide which scrubs to wear... i figure that since the shoot is after work, we'll probably be all grubbied up by then anyway, so it won't matter much which scrubs.
so today i finalized all that and got the final lists of pets signed up for the spay/neuter clinic on saturday. besides filming tomorrow, i have to try to get the paperwork all set up for that. oh, and i'm now in charge of last minute additions because the normal sign-up person is going out of town. and i found out today that two of our hardcore volunteers can't be there. bummer! we've got plenty of substitutes and fresh meat (heehee) for me to boss around, but still... so there is some cleaning out of kennels and putting together of assignments i gotta do to get ready for that. i keep looking at the calendar wondering just where i'm gonna squeeze it all in.
the new employee is doing great so far. and connie had a great time out in the yard with the other dogs this afternoon. it was the first time i let her out of the kennel off-leash since she got spayed. she rolled around in the grass and chased other dogs and just generally had an awesome time. and then we had an emergency right at the end of the day. sick cat. he's probably gonna pull through, but what a way to end the day.
and then i went to learn the ropes of my pet sit for the week - three cats and two big dogs, one of whom needs meds twice a day. thank goodness she's good about pills. they live just around the corner from my new place, which would be really convenient if i had been able to move last weekend... (no, i'm not bitter).
did i mention that hobbes pooped on the floor? he was upset about something and took it out on me that way. poor connie noticed, and i could just about hear her response: "hey, i didn't know we were allowed to poop on the floor here! that's awesome!" so she pooped on the floor too. and peed for good measure. and was very careful to pee in the same spot this morning. i think she thinks that the whole world outside plus that one corner of carpet is fair game. that's not counting the dribbles she leaves pretty much all over the place - can't blame her for what she can't control, but holy moly, did the breaker-inners really have to steal my carpet steamer?
thank goodness for a generous donation of large towels that were intended for the clinic, but are currently spread out all over my floor (i'll get 'em there before saturday, really). yay for not discovering urine puddles by stepping in them!
so this evening i finally cracked and opened the chocolate orange that i gave myself last christmas... not bad. i probably deserve it.
tomorrow: work, film shoot, another pet-sit prep visit, paws shift, rehearsal, and if i'm lucky, swing by the liquidation store and grab some veggies. if i'm lucky.
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