Sunday, October 24, 2010

No water inside but lots outside...

My first day at the Kennel was a bit rocky so I thought I'd share the tale. Hopefully you won't find it too funny. It took my 3 hours to walk all the dogs so my legs were SORE. After that I went in for lunch and started cleaning the kennels and stuff after that. Unfortunately if you run alot of water and then vacuum the power goes out. Even more unfortunately I had no idea what to do. I tried flipping the breakers in the Kennel but that didn't help so I thought maybe it just needed some time and I went inside & e-mailed the owners (who by the by had not even arrived at their destination yet so I felt horribly guilty). Later on I tried the breaker a few more times, then I had a customer come to pick up their dogs and they couldn't pay because the debit machine was of course not working. Then I realized I needed to at least replenish the water so I brought the 2 outside pails in the house to fill up there and discovered there was no water. So the water/power of the Kennel is connected to the water for the house. This is when I completely broke down and balled like a baby. It's one thing just to not have any light but no water... So, I filled up half a bucket of water from their bottled water machine so I could at least fill up water dishes. After I put all the dogs in for the evening I went home, washed my clothes, had a shower, and gathered a few things (including my camping lantern) for the rest of the week. Then I bought one of those big jugs of water from the store & some dog treats and went back. The lantern worked pretty well so I was able to let all the dogs out for their last pee break. But, my legs were like jello, I was depressed & wallowing in self-pity, and I felt guilty because I thought maybe I ruined the water pump somehow. But, this morning I got a response back from the owners and it's just a little old breaker switch in the house that's the trouble. So all is well. The crap part is that it's raining today, luckily not steady so there were a few breaks during this morning's walk (only 2 & 1/2 today). This time I brought my umbrella though and borrowed their rain gear so I'm not soaked to the bone.

I'm hungry so I'm going to eat.

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