Just a trivial squib

Day 2

I reached the animal shelter by 12:12. Saw Kristi, she was weeding out a flowerbed just inside the area. Went inside and was immediately told I can join her. I didn't really mind that, because we could chat threw it. Last time me and Katharina couldn't talk because the dogs were barking very loudly. Time passed much more quickly today. So feelings--right now I feel like writing in English wasn't such a good idea. Earlier today I felt motivated, since I could also spend time with my friend while working. Sadly she had to go after an hour or so. I continued weeding out. At some point I went and got my iPod. Love that thing. After dealing with the weeds (I was unsure of the area I was supposed to cover since it was not exactly marked) I dragged all 4 of our garbage bags beside the door. They were really heavy. Then I brought a rake and evened out the freshly cleaned earth. I'm a bit of a perfectionist sometimes. Then I asked for a pushcart from Kadi-Liis, but she said she'll take care of the bags herself. Then I still wanted to sweep the pavement clean from dirt. So I did it. Wasn't hard. Then I felt satisfied.

I had never walked one of the dogs there before. I wanted to, last saturday, but it started raining. So I did this time. I carefully choose a female, who seemed very calm and reasonable, althow only 2 yrs old. Well....she wasn't as calm as I had thought. Walking out the gate I saw dogs head-on and right so I headed left. She pulled really strongly. I thought that since I had to go to the city myself I could check out where the bus-stop was. Kristi had explaned where to go, before her mum picked her up. I had to go straight, left, straight, left, see houses, go straight and see the bus-stop on my right. So I thought it would be smart to find it in advance.

I made as big of a circle as I could with the dog, before my hands were really hurting from the strap. It wasn't a particulary nice walk. The area was dirty, there was trash on the ground and car tires lying around. Not nice at all.

As I went back and started putting my dog into her cage, it was already inhabited. I released her to a neighbouring cage and went for help. One of the women in the reception came with me and figured out where the other dog was from. She did ask me to deal with the dog whom I had walked myself since they didn't get along at all. Iwas surprised but pleased that the dog liked me.

I was washing my hands when a family choose a dog from a nestling which had diminished by 3 heads during the past week. And as I was collecting my things I saw that they took one of the puppies home with them.

A thing that bothered me was the way the workers there somewhat mocked some of the people who came to walk the dogs. Just...don't. Find something else to entertain yourself. And also last time when Katharina and I were in the cat's room I made a remark about the workers whom we saw chilling in their smoking corner from the window. She, for she has been there often, said that they do hang out there a lot. Just a trivial squib.

A funny thing--people seemed to think I actually worked there, they asked me questions about the dogs' personalities. I knew a little about some but still heared myself say "I'm a volunteer". The workers also talked to me more.

So by the time I left to catch the bus I had been there for 4 hours already.