shakatany | More Adventures in Fargo

I've been very busy the past few days plus CM's internet connection has been fickle so I haven't been able to update until now.

On Wednesday and Friday we were back at PAAWs. I now know the proper way to hold a cat while it's being given it's shots (sometimes using thick leather gauntlets). I also broadened my repertoire to include cleaning up cat vomit (it's not all joy and kittens) and assisted in a few more surgeries. One of the volunteers has an 11 year old son who was there for a while on both days. He's been there a lot helping out the past few months and I do mean helping out. He'll thoroughly clean the cages recovering animal have been in and do other semi-yucky stuff, cheerfully and without complaint. Part of it is the kind of boy he is and part of it is that he's really doing grown-up stuff and is treated with respect for what he contributes.

Thursday evening we accompanied the vet, Dr G and his 13 year old granddaughter to the Mahnomen County Fair where he had to look at the animals. The granddaughter was a sweet kid who was handling accompanying 3 boring adults quite well. She really wanted to go on a ride called the Zipper which requires 2 people in a "cage" so I bravely volunteered and boy did her face light up. Now I haven't been on an amusement park ride in decades so I'm pleased to report that I lived through it (look at a YouTube vid of what the Zipper is like) and was able to walk away at the end of the ride without any ill effects though the ride handler had to tell me to let go of the padded bars when he opened the passenger "cage" and I confess to keeping my eyes closed through most of it *g*. Not only that but she was so sweet I volunteered to do it again (!!!) just to see her face light up once more.
There'll eventually be some more pics once we get our act together.