Friday Chat w/Vlad
Hey, it’s Vlad. Have you ever had one of those days when everyone around you just exceeds your expectations in every imaginable way? A day where others seem to be able to read your mind in regards to what you need at that particular moment and promptly fulfill all your wishes. Where everyone is on the same page and working together in perfect harmony, striving to achieve the same goals..Have you had a day like that?? Me neither. Now if you were to ask me if I have had a day where everyone fails miserably in meeting my expectations, are so caught up in their own mundane issues they are unable to anticipate my most basic wants, and are so out of synch with me, it’s as though I am on page 942 of “War and Peace” and everyone else is having trouble getting by page 2 of “ I Eat Poop…A Dung Beatle’s Story”…If you asked that I would say welcome to my life.
As you may know, in the last month we have welcomed 7 new residents to JABCECC. Is hard enough getting 1 new rescue initiated and up to speed on their responsibilities here, but 7 has brought me to my wits end. You’d think the others would see me running around like a gazelle in the cheetah house and up their game a bit, but it turns out their game is to sit on their rears and let Vlad handle it all. During a quick look around, I saw Panda chewing on her toenails, Yuri searching for bear claw crumbs, Lena trying to convince Sergei to spin around until he falls down, Sasha pretending to be a Llama, Laika talking about if you should tell an introverted turtle to come out of its shell, and lastly Dimitri and Vasily brainstorming on what to call their autumn corn maze…the lead contenders are the Maize maze and the Cornundrum. None of this does an iota of good in getting 7 anxious residents settled in. The only saving grace is that I am such a remarkable specimen I will handle it all and no one will see me sweat. Such is the burden I bear on a daily basis around here, and I ask so little in return. Just everyone’s complete loyalty and unquestioned servitude, acknowledgment of my unbridled humility and a kidney should the need ever arise.
Vlad out.