Oh Yuck!!

I feel slow and sluggish today! Like molasses in December. The weather is absolutely oppressive. All of the weather reports are saying that it's the hottest day that we've had in the past 3 years. This is more like the summers that I remember as a kid. Days so hot and heavy with humidity that you can actually feel the weight. We've been lucky the past couple of years. Our summers we've barely had to break a sweat and winters have been fairly mild. We've had ample rain, so everything has remained green and lush, until now. Of all of the days for the library's air conditioning systems to just stop working!! Isn't that the luck? I'm one of the lucky ones. Our building is run by two systems. My half of the building has air, but it's not as comfortable as it usually stays. Our half is making up for the other half's not having air, so it doesn't take much activity to get a bit warm.

Speaking of air conditioning problems, the shelter's dog room air conditioner has been out for the past couple of weeks. Well, not out exactly, but it's not cooling like it should. It's been making Casey's job very hot and miserable. I haven't talked to him today, but I can only imagine what it was like for him today. The doors stay open all day, so the dogs come and go outside as they please. The weather sure hasn't phased them. They are just so happy to be there. Last week, when we had the evening duty for a couple nights, I got to do a little more training with a few of them. The most wonderful thing about the shelter dogs is, for the most part, they are what we call "soft" trains. They are so eager to please and so thankful just to have the attention, that they are very fast learners. They sure do thrive off of the positive reinforcement. I secretly believe that is sometimes why people who do adopt from the shelter are so incredibly happy with their new family members. Most of the time, shelter dogs make such wonderful companions and fit in well to a household with other pets. They become very socialized at the shelters (our at least our shelter, where they get to run in the big outdoor pens together all day), and they adapt to new situations pretty quicly. I just wish everyone could see the American Mutt dog's wonderful personality! Gotta run. It's about to get busy here again! Everyone have a great afternoon!