I HATE MONDAYS !!

last week was a short week. just 2 days (Friday was summer break). Monday was a 12-hour day. Wednesday was a 10-1/2-hour day. Thursday was a nice lazy day. Friday we had a bear at 3am. then Charlie Brown was barking again at 7:15 so I think it was still snooping around. so no sleep for me ☹️ I took a 4-hour nap that afternoon. Saturday we were baking pitas and made hummus from scratch. then went to Sabrina’s from 4:15, got home 1:20 😖 Sunday was another lazy day. my last day of freedom. 

this morning I brought hummus and pitas since they were hardly eaten - they are still in the ice cooler because we started our day with an emergency, on top of the 22 appts that were already pre-scheduled. 2-1/2 year intact female not eating and very lethargic. turns out she has terrible pyometra. ay yi yi.  

2 more emergencies were added in. one is a 10month pit bull mix with a swollen paw. the owner finally showed up and refused to pay a $500 deposit for the emergency fee. the second one emergency is a 3y female chihuahua who is feverish, shivering, no energy, adr. 

I’m already pooped out by lunch. I made coffee and barely drank it. but it will never work now. I’m too far gone. 

the 2 emergencies showed up eventually. but both refused to pay a $500 emergency fee. one is coming Wednesday as a regular exam. both were given the phone numbers for urgent care if anything gets worse tomorrow when we are closed.

we tried to stay afloat all day. the pyometra surgery started late and lasted long. he came while I was trying to feed her for her post op medication. then he left again and we had to wait for him to come back to pick her up. 

13.34-hour day. they don’t come short anymore. too many appts and too few of us.

we jinxed ourselves by fully booking our day after a long weekend. of course there were people who needed us over the weekend and waited - they didn’t go elsewhere.