Day 4470

We met Rocket today. Rocket is the last of the puppy mill dogs to arrive at the kennel. He had to stay at the vet longer than the others due to several medical issues. He still needs to gain some weight and his skin is infected, but he's looking so much better than when the rescue group picked him up. Rocket is definitely on the mend and he's going to be a great looking dog. He's still getting used to kennel life and is a little shy, but is very friendly. You can tell he hasn't had a lot of experience with toys, but he's curious. He's going to make a great pet for some lucky family.

It was a strange day at the kennel. It was raining pretty hard when we got there and about ten minutes after we arrived the power went out. Hopefully it's back on my now but there was no electricity for the duration of our visit. The dogs didn't seem to mind. There was enough light from an open door to the outside in the big playroom that we were still able to have fun with the dogs. We didn't see Candy and Julip today because they had just been spayed and needed to rest. Charlie, Oliver, Willie, and Jo Jo were all ready to play though. None of the dogs wanted to go outside and pee today. I can't blame them. It was pouring rain.

On the way home I was hoping that our own power didn't go out. The storms were pretty severe today and there were a lot of power outages. We got lucky. Everything was fine when we got home and Dawn was still sleeping on the bed. You could tell that we'd gotten a lot of rain. When I turned on the pumps, one of them didn't work. This wasn't good news. I really didn't want to deal with a roof leak, so as soon as there was a break in the rain I went up on the roof to see what was going on. It appeared that one of the pumps had burned out. It was hot to the touch and wasn't working. I didn't completely give up on the pump because it has an internal breaker that shuts the unit off when there is an overload. I used the time between storm cells to sweep as much water off the roof as I could before the rain started again. This was probably a futile effort. During a hard rain, the roof can fill with water in a matter of minutes.

It's raining hard again now, but there was a break in the storm that lasted over an hour, so I used the time to take a walk. It wasn't a long walk because I don't like getting caught in a thunderstorm. I did manage to get 15,000 steps today though and amazingly I didn't get wet. It takes a pretty nasty day to keep me housebound. Even on a rainy day, there always seems to be a little time to walk.

I took some Nyquil this morning to see if the claims on the bottle were true. It is supposed to relieve headache, fever, sore throat, minor aches & pains, nasal congestion, sinus pressure, and cough. I would have been happy if it just got rid of the congestion, but it did nothing. I wasn't terribly surprised. None of these over the counter cold remedies have any effect on me. Probably I still just have seasonal allergies after all. That would explain why cold medications don't work. I read an article recently that said this was the worst year  for seasonal allergies in modern times. Makes sense. It seems to be the worst year for everything else as well.

I'm still worried about a roof leak because we're getting a lot of rain. The faulty pump did start working again but it didn't stay working very long. Something is causing it to overheat too quickly. It's probably time to buy a new pump. The pumps I used to buy years ago were almost indestructible, but these new ones are lucky if they last two years. Nothing is made well anymore. Actually, I'm pretty sure that high quality pumps still exist somewhere, but you are never going to find one at Home Depot.

It's been a long and tiring day, but I did enjoy meeting Rocket. Maybe the weather will be better tomorrow.

Pringles is today's Dalmatian of the Day

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