Dr. Sleepy

Well, my vet experience on Saturday was not what I expected to say the least. After driving an hour and a half to south (late, I obviously got lost), I get to the clinic. Which is simply, we will call him Dr. Sleepy, Dr. Sleepy's house. Which is fine. However, when I decend into the "clinic" I start to have a few reservations. First of all, even though the sign cleary says OPEN, there is not a soul in sight. I tentatively call out, nothing. So I decide to wait on his lawn, figuring he must be on a call and will return. As I'm waiting, I realize I have the phone number. So I call, and lo and behold, the doc in still in bed and has forgotten I was coming. After this rocky start I am a little hesistant but still hopeful of a great day, particualarly inspired by the angus cattle in the fields (lots of calves) and some horses in another nearby paddock. Over the course of the next 3 hours, Dr. Sleepy and I chatted over several cups of coffee, he showered and watched baseball while I vacuumed and mopped the very dirty and very cluttered office.

I am wondering when the actual vet part is going to begin. Well not yet, because we are going to town for lunch! Admittely, this was the best part of day because I got to pick his brain about being a vet. Also, we toured around a small village by a lake which was beautiful and he did pay (much appreciated). After lunch, I was told I could come to check the cows, which made me rather excited as those of you who know me know that I am in love with bovines. Well, "checking the cows" turned out to be switching them from one pasture to another (and getting challenged by a young bull which was definitely the scariest part of the day).

Well, I left shortly after that. But in the end, even if the bulk of my day was spent practicing my golf swing with Ebby (the vet's old and fat house dog), it wasn't a waste. I do like to complain to be sure and it might not have been worth the gas money excatly, but chalk it up to experience. Sometimes there isn't a lot to do and cleaning the practice and appreciating the sunshine seems like a pretty good day at work to me!