Another Day in Paradise

Horses trained like little monsters; the ones that were training. The filly went to Chill Out Corner; the Sandring because she's ready to explode and the little Mare who ran 3rd the other day; had to get walked with the chain in her mouth 'cause she's also ready to cause damage. She's bloody full of herself. A blue, cloudless, beautiful morning with a light wind. Tried to get to Silver Duck to see how the newly released pigeon is doing but got caught by a huge block of traffic on Steeles and a train on Hwy 7 as I tried to divert. Gave up and headed back towards the clinic. Phoned Tim later and he told me he observed the pigeon hanging with a group outside his barn; on the edges but nevertheless there. He insisted that he was there. No carcasses observed on the grass so maybe the little pigeon will have a chance. At the clinic Len tells me a client complained. A client came in on Saturday with maybe 2 animals and his son. There may have been another person there but I can't remember because I remember it was hot in the room and busy with a lot of talking and activity. I was telling jokes, I was tired, I wanted to get on and over with the morning. They told me the dog had a Parotid Duct Transposition surgery at a Referral clinic and I expressed surprise and admiration and asked jokingly "What do you do for a living?" And the client answered that he was a mechanic. I said it was amazing to me and admirable that he had gone to that extent to help his dog. Later he tells me his son wants to be a Vet. So jokingly I said if he was smart enough to get INTO vet school he should go directly to Law School. Well apparently later on they complained that I was unprofessional. This came from the wife who had been sitting outside listening on the other side of a closed door in the front office. I saw her when they left sitting out there dourly and wondered why she hadn't come in. They also asked for some specialty eye meds that they had apparently ordered before; I ran around looking for meds that weren't even there; meds they had never really ordered. he had lied. He said he phoned in at the beginning of the week. Then I see in the computer that Sarah had put a comment in their file that they are always late and sometimes don't show for appointments. Unprofessional? I say they need to get their noses out of their asses and live a little. Methinks they take themselves a little too seriously.

Went to the farm yesterday; a brilliant cloudless blue sky warm with a gentle breeze. Went to see Ma. And discover the mystery of the endless container of thyroid powder that never seems to run out; it turns out Howie was out there just a month ago with a new plastic container and didn't tell me this. That is why Josephine never seems to run out of powder for Ma. The plan was to release the pigeon who has been living helter skelter in the bathroom since late November last year. He still can't fly long distances and spends most of his days sitting looking out of the bathroom window. So we released him. And he wondered a bit confused around in the doorway of the middle barn where the feed is kept; the only really clean barn because it is completely devoid of Josephine's ducks, turkeys and geese. There was some feed there for him to snack on and no animals in sight so hopefully he'll get some flying skills back quickly enough. I hope he'll be okay. While there I scooped one of the feathers dropped by Josephine's peacocks; a long incredibly gorgeous feather probably 2 1/2 feet long with all the iridescent colours you could imagine in the fronds. When I showed it to my mother the first words out of her mouth were; (not wow what a beautiful feather) "I had a peacock feather once, I threw it out because someone told me it was bad luck". and with that she turned back to the sink. My mother is one of the living dead. I said "you threw it out??" incredulous "A peacock feather? Well your friend was stupid. You listened to your friend" There are very few words to describe my reaction. There is very little I can say. I think my mother is one of the most profoundly obtuse and stupid people that walks the planet. I feel no love for her only pity.