Dog on wheels part 2

Sorry, no exciting or ludicrously silly ending to the dead dog story. I was hoping for a funny follow-up, but all I can tell you is that the girl had to come clean to the owners on their return from holiday and that they were devastated at the loss of their 14 year old pet. No laughs there then.

I'm in a contemplative mood.....

Did you enjoy the extra hour in bed this morning? I was very good and didn’t turn my clocks back until after I got up, so I’ve had an extra hour during the day instead. For one who is quite attached to weekend lie-ins, I am quite impressed with myself.
Despite the extra hour, I’ve had a fairly uneventful day. I have however been working on my brother’s petty cash books, preparing them for his quarterly VAT return, and it got me thinking about what job I would do if I could go back and start my career over again. I do enjoy working with figures, but I think following in the footsteps of my dad and becoming an accountant would drive me nuts.
I must admit that I love my job but I guess in a way I just fell into it. I didn’t know what I wanted to do when I left school so at university I did a subject that interested me; I have always found anything to do with the brain and human behaviour fascinating (I am a bit of a people watcher wherever I go), hence the psychology degree. I never really wanted to pursue psychology as a career though, so when I finished university I still didn’t have any sound plan as to what I wanted to do next. I was fortunate that, after a couple of short-term jobs, I was employed by the organisation at which I had volunteered from the age of fifteen, working with disabled children and young people. I have never looked back and now manage the charity. As I say, I love my job and I wouldn’t change it now for anything. However, I think if I was to go back to being 18 again and got to make my choices for a second time, I would probably go into medicine or nursing.
If you were to start your career again, would you choose a different path or do you have the job you always wanted?

Dog on wheels

This really happened.

A friend of the son of one of my work colleagues was house and dogsitting for a family in London whilst they were on holiday abroad. A few days into her stay, the dog died. Not wanting to phone the owners whilst they were on holiday, she phoned the vet and asked what she should do. The vet said that they could perform a post-mortem on the dog so that they could say it had died of natural causes (it was quite old) and then at least she would know she had done nothing wrong. The girl asked if they could collect the dog for her as she had no access to a car- the vet said that unfortunately they couldn't, she would have to find a way of getting the dog to them.

.....I know this is already sounding like a tall story, but it did really happen, and it gets even more incredulous.....

Realising she would have to travel on the tube to get to the vet, the girl had to work out how she was going to carry the dog, not particularly wanting to be seen lugging a dead animal around. So, what did she do? She found a suitcase on wheels, put the dog inside and wheeled it to the tube station! When she reached the station she started to struggle down the stairs to the platform, at which point a kindly gentleman offered his assistance. Having carried the case down the stairs, he asked the girl what she had in her case to make it so heavy- "You got a dead body in there or something?"!! Again not really wanting people to know she was carrying around a dead dog, she told him that her boyfriend was a DJ and she was taking some of his equipment to a gig for him....

.....wait for it, it gets better.....

..........at which point the man legged it with the case! She ended up having to report it to the police. I've no idea how she planned to explain that one to the owners.

This story actually made me cry laughing. I know it sounds far-fetched but I can guarantee it is genuine. I must find out what happened next!