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jdmkleini am feeling much better today. Master took me to work this morning so that when i was done, we could go to the animal control center. We didn't take Max, but we took his papers and all his health records. Of course, when we got there, no one was in any office. A worker pointed to an office for us wait in. We waited for about 10 minutes and nothing happened so i got up and went wandering around. i found a desk with a man working at it, and asked about seeing someone about Max. He pointed to another door and said go see the manager, so i knocked and went in.
i told the man i wanted to talk about my dog, and went to get Master and the papers. We showed the manager all the records and noted that Max had just had a booster less than a week ago. i asked if there was any way we could avoid having Max stay there. He said the animal control people had to look at the dog every day, and if we promised that we would bring him in every day, that would suffice. We, of course, said yes, that would be no problem. He then called the vet who will be examining Max each day for us to talk to about the best time to bring him in.
The upshot of all this is, Max will go to the vet at 7:30 every morning until June 26. If Master leaves before then for Baghdad, i will take Max in on my way to work. When i'm in class i will leave him in my office. And on my way home each day i can walk him on campus.
After we left the animal center we went to the vet to get Max a soft muzzle. He will have to wear that whenever we are out and around people until we get him better socialized. Unfortunately the muzzle is black so it doesn't look like he's wearing one, and i'm afraid the guy he bit is going to make noise about this and the fact that the dog isn't gone. Too bad on him i say. The good thing is, that although Max really doesn't like wearing it, he doesn't fit me putting it on him, so it should not be terribly traumatic for him.
i also got a reprieve of sorts today. It seems there has been some more confusion as to how to go about getting Master's visa transferred. That means instead of His leaving tomorrow, now it will be Friday at the earliest. And maybe not even then, it all depends on if there are anymore screw ups with the red tape office. i don't know if this is a good thing or if it is just going to make His going more difficult. At least i will have Maxiepie for company now. It was looking a bit dismal there for a while.
i had a killer class today. Even with the a/c running full blast in the room, it got hot because all those kiddies brain bones were working so hard. i think they enjoyed it, there is such a sense of accomplishment when a difficult task is tackled and if not mastered at least gotten a good grasp of the basics. We did two difficult things in class today. The first i saw where modifications can be made to make it even better. The second task is just one that needs to be practiced and practiced and practiced until it becomes rote. And while the students struggled with it at first, they did finally see the light. i love it when i have days like that. It makes me so happy i am a teacher.
i haven't been swimming yet this week. i bought a new suit, and it's still hanging in the laundry room. i can't figure out why, when i need the stress release the most that swimming gives me, i can't force myself to do it. Now that this Max thing is behind me, perhaps i will be able to convince me that i want to do it.
i told the man i wanted to talk about my dog, and went to get Master and the papers. We showed the manager all the records and noted that Max had just had a booster less than a week ago. i asked if there was any way we could avoid having Max stay there. He said the animal control people had to look at the dog every day, and if we promised that we would bring him in every day, that would suffice. We, of course, said yes, that would be no problem. He then called the vet who will be examining Max each day for us to talk to about the best time to bring him in.
The upshot of all this is, Max will go to the vet at 7:30 every morning until June 26. If Master leaves before then for Baghdad, i will take Max in on my way to work. When i'm in class i will leave him in my office. And on my way home each day i can walk him on campus.
After we left the animal center we went to the vet to get Max a soft muzzle. He will have to wear that whenever we are out and around people until we get him better socialized. Unfortunately the muzzle is black so it doesn't look like he's wearing one, and i'm afraid the guy he bit is going to make noise about this and the fact that the dog isn't gone. Too bad on him i say. The good thing is, that although Max really doesn't like wearing it, he doesn't fit me putting it on him, so it should not be terribly traumatic for him.
i also got a reprieve of sorts today. It seems there has been some more confusion as to how to go about getting Master's visa transferred. That means instead of His leaving tomorrow, now it will be Friday at the earliest. And maybe not even then, it all depends on if there are anymore screw ups with the red tape office. i don't know if this is a good thing or if it is just going to make His going more difficult. At least i will have Maxiepie for company now. It was looking a bit dismal there for a while.
i had a killer class today. Even with the a/c running full blast in the room, it got hot because all those kiddies brain bones were working so hard. i think they enjoyed it, there is such a sense of accomplishment when a difficult task is tackled and if not mastered at least gotten a good grasp of the basics. We did two difficult things in class today. The first i saw where modifications can be made to make it even better. The second task is just one that needs to be practiced and practiced and practiced until it becomes rote. And while the students struggled with it at first, they did finally see the light. i love it when i have days like that. It makes me so happy i am a teacher.
i haven't been swimming yet this week. i bought a new suit, and it's still hanging in the laundry room. i can't figure out why, when i need the stress release the most that swimming gives me, i can't force myself to do it. Now that this Max thing is behind me, perhaps i will be able to convince me that i want to do it.
