Casper wasn't welcome
Casper wasn't welcome
07/12/2010
I got up this morning at 7 AM (after waking earlier
at dawn/5:20) and drove to my fitness club to shower
and dress. Then made it downtown for an 8:30
appointment to meet a counselor. I put 4 quarters in
the meter and put on Casper's harness and leash. We
walked into the building, Casper in my arms at all
times, with a woman my age who understood why I
didn't want to leave Casper in the car, claiming that
to do so would be criminal. (Amen, sister). I
announced myself and was told that Casper wouldn't be
allowed to stay because some people may have
allergies. (No one in the waiting room did.) I was
told that my counselor had allergies.
Had roles been reversed, I would have sneaked the cat into my office, put up with a runny nose for 45 minutes and got paid for seeing my client who, by the way, showed up early on a Monday morning. But that's just me. I make an effort and put up with a little short-term inconvenience for the greater good.
So Casper and I saved our co-payment, and I ran some errands. The morning was cool and overcast and I risked leaving him in the car with the windows open for only brief spurts. I picked up mail, answered email from the van, bought some drinking water and sodas, got some camping equipment out of storage, and paid for my next month's storage fee a few days early. Got back to the campground at 11:00 just in time to avoid a light rain shower.
For lunch I had a microwaved Lean Cuisine meal, a small cherry yogurt, and two small blueberry rolls. My job this afternoon is to set up my screened gazebo. It has many holes in the black screen that I patched with tiny bits of black duct tape. If I get that done, and have any energy left I'll clean one side of my van and apply more lettering: The Kindness Experiment and my web site address.
It's muggy, but not hot right now. It's also quiet. A lot of the campers must have gone home for the week, to return on the weekend. Quite a few are from Pittsburgh. Many are from Florida, presumably attempting to escape the heat. Maybe I'll take a nap first. I should have kept my hammock.
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Had roles been reversed, I would have sneaked the cat into my office, put up with a runny nose for 45 minutes and got paid for seeing my client who, by the way, showed up early on a Monday morning. But that's just me. I make an effort and put up with a little short-term inconvenience for the greater good.
So Casper and I saved our co-payment, and I ran some errands. The morning was cool and overcast and I risked leaving him in the car with the windows open for only brief spurts. I picked up mail, answered email from the van, bought some drinking water and sodas, got some camping equipment out of storage, and paid for my next month's storage fee a few days early. Got back to the campground at 11:00 just in time to avoid a light rain shower.
For lunch I had a microwaved Lean Cuisine meal, a small cherry yogurt, and two small blueberry rolls. My job this afternoon is to set up my screened gazebo. It has many holes in the black screen that I patched with tiny bits of black duct tape. If I get that done, and have any energy left I'll clean one side of my van and apply more lettering: The Kindness Experiment and my web site address.
It's muggy, but not hot right now. It's also quiet. A lot of the campers must have gone home for the week, to return on the weekend. Quite a few are from Pittsburgh. Many are from Florida, presumably attempting to escape the heat. Maybe I'll take a nap first. I should have kept my hammock.
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