Ray Charles, the half blind Husky, had a vet appointment this morning. And since I’ve yet to become a responsible adult, it didn’t go so well.
In my defense, a vet appointments in San Diego went about like this:
Appointment time, 10:20am.
9:58am – Prep cup of coffee to-go
10:00am – Leash up dog
10:02am – Drive to vet
10:18am – Arrive at vet.
The vet appointment in the wilderness of WA, went like this:
Appointment time, 10:20am.
9:15am – BW texts to tell me to leave early, the roads are icy.
9:20am – Realize there is 4 inches of snow on my car.
9:21am – Try to call my friend Terri, who used to live in Montana, to see how to remove snow.
9:22am – Stare at car, willing snow to fall off of it’s own volition.
9:23am – Try to call Terri again.
9:24am – Use broom to sweep snow off car.
9:36am – Remove most snow, layer of ice hidden underneath.
9:36am – Stare at car.
9:37am – Driver door is frozen shut.
9:38am – Pick away ice with car key.
9:40am – Start car and let warm up.
9:45am – Layer of ice still on car.
9:46am – Prep cup of coffee to-go.
9:48am – Car still running, all ice still intact.
9:50am – Give all dogs treats, try to get RC on leash.
9:51am – RC does not want to go. All other dogs do.
9:52am – Give all dogs treats again, with RC on leash this time.
9:53am – Forcibly drag RC by collar into laundry room and through garage to car.
9:53am – Car still running, all ice intact.
9:54am – Get RC in car, and go open gate, realize forgot jacket.
9:54am – Fuck jacket, sweater is fine.
9:54am – Gate is frozen closed, too much ice on ground.
9:55am – Get gate open just enough to squeeze car through.
9:56am – Car slides on ice in driveway, can’t see out ice covered windshield.
9:56am – BW calls to make sure I’m out of the house okay.
9:56am – Hang up on BW and slide through gate to end of driveway.
9:56am – Hang head out window to see, temperature outside is 24 degrees.
9:57am – Fingers freeze to steering wheel.
9:58am – Can’t stop teeth from chattering.
9:58am – Car dashboard alerts me it’s cold outside and the roads may be icy.
9:58am – 10:23am – Drive to vet.
10:05am – Ice thaws from windshield, snow still stuck to sides of car and hood.
10:23am – Turn into parking lot of vet.
10:23am – Vet calls to tell me I’m late to 10:20am appt.
10:23am – Car slides on ice in parking lot, past sign that says caution parking lot is icy.
10:24am – Arrive inside vet office.