A Rainy Work Day

Today I found out I have magical powers. Simply by my mere presence, computers tremble and do what they’re supposed to do. Boss Lady Gloria said something was wrong with Outlook. It wasn’t alerting her properly when she had appointments. The reminders were off by hours. “Here, let me show you,” she said as she set an appointment to go off in 15 minutes. Guess what? It went off in 15 minutes. “How did you do that? What did you do?” asked the amazed Gloria. I told her I didn’t do anything. Larry said don’t ever say that; I’m to take credit for anything I possibly can, whether I fixed something or not.

Chef Larry seems to have some magic powers of his own or maybe just ESP. I totally forgot to tell him that it’s Lent so I can’t eat meat. Being psychic, he made shrimp for lunch.

After work, it was off to the vet with Lumpy…. uh, I mean Nicky. It seems the old guy has a thyroid problem so we had to get some blood tests done. But that’s not the interesting part. While we waiting in the vet’s office, other pets came in. Pets I had never thought anyone would bother taking to a vet. One was a turtle. It wasn’t a huge turtle. Maybe 4″. Okay, I guess that is big compared to those tiny things we used to buy as kids from the hobby shop on 18th Avenue.

The other pet was a lizard named E.T. A woman & her teenage son came in with the lizard. The boy carried it in wrapped in a blanket in a box the size of a shoe box. I didn’t catch the name of what sort of lizard it was because I was busy trying to make sure the kitten in the cage didn’t grab Nicky’s tail. His tail was constantly wagging & the kitten thought it was one of those toys and he kept sticking his little paw out through the bars of the cage trying to swipe at his tail.

Darn! I was just thinking I wish I had some photos of the lizard or the cat trying to grab Nicky’s tail. I keep forgetting that my new cell phone has a camera. I really need to stay aware of all photo opportunities from now on. Maybe I’ll get some good ones tomorrow.