Post by Synthia on Apr 16, 2009 15:41:23 GMT -8
Thursday, April 16th... You can tell friends about the goose bump events. Living with 200 animals, and almost daily there are unexplainable moments. Friends say sure, whatever, and walk away mumbling this guy watches too much Saving Grace. Soon poor Cathy will have to make arrangements for Joe at the old folks home.
On Monday around 3:00 p.m. A phone message from a trainer friend who runs a fancy dressage barn. She needs a reliable person to work summer months. 12 hours a week. $20.00 an hour, paid in cash. Saddling, unsaddling, grooming and bathing. The trainer says with all the visitors to Tbfriends, perhaps I know of someone who would like to make $240.00 a week, tax free?
Well sure. The problem is transportation. The fancy dressage barn is located just outside of Sacramento. Many of our visitors come from Vacaville, Davis and Woodland.
Monday, 3:10 p.m. Only 10 minutes since I listened to the dressage barn message. A teenage girl at our front gate. The girl is dressed like she is applying for a position on The Apprentice. Slacks, blouse, nice jacket. She is nervous. Wants to know, are you Joe?
Yep.
I would like a job application please. I really need a summer job. Are you hiring?
Um, there are no applications. There is not a summer job. Sorry. I am looking for work myself. Close to my home.
And she had this expression, as if her world was crashing.
I asked how old are you?
17.
Where do you live?
Elverta. (which is 20 minutes from the fancy dressage barn)
Naturally I gave her the number to our trainer friend. The girl begins her new job Memorial Day weekend. She calls to say her family has been struggling with money. The $240.00 a week is going to be a huge help.
Now these kind of things happen all the time. I could tell you about a last second decision to rescue Mason, and how Mason later changed the course of a young girls life. I could tell you about Bear, and we call him Bear because he is a big teddy bear. After researching his racing tattoo, we discovered his registered name is Bear.
How many times has there been a zero balance in our checking account, and the mortgage payment was due? Sleepless nights, worrying over the $15,000.00 a month it costs to keep our ranch afloat. And then wham, there are 3 adoptions in one weekend, and our mortage payment is made. New owners would tell us, they decided to adopt from Tbfriends because it felt right.
Yesterday, before our phone conversation ended, the teenage girl with the new job says she drove to Woodland to ask for an application because she had a hunch. And golly, this sure worked out well.
Off to feed the hungry. And to thank my lucky stars. Living with 200 animals. Not a bad gig at all.
Joe
Some of this, some of that:
On Monday around 3:00 p.m. A phone message from a trainer friend who runs a fancy dressage barn. She needs a reliable person to work summer months. 12 hours a week. $20.00 an hour, paid in cash. Saddling, unsaddling, grooming and bathing. The trainer says with all the visitors to Tbfriends, perhaps I know of someone who would like to make $240.00 a week, tax free?
Well sure. The problem is transportation. The fancy dressage barn is located just outside of Sacramento. Many of our visitors come from Vacaville, Davis and Woodland.
Monday, 3:10 p.m. Only 10 minutes since I listened to the dressage barn message. A teenage girl at our front gate. The girl is dressed like she is applying for a position on The Apprentice. Slacks, blouse, nice jacket. She is nervous. Wants to know, are you Joe?
Yep.
I would like a job application please. I really need a summer job. Are you hiring?
Um, there are no applications. There is not a summer job. Sorry. I am looking for work myself. Close to my home.
And she had this expression, as if her world was crashing.
I asked how old are you?
17.
Where do you live?
Elverta. (which is 20 minutes from the fancy dressage barn)
Naturally I gave her the number to our trainer friend. The girl begins her new job Memorial Day weekend. She calls to say her family has been struggling with money. The $240.00 a week is going to be a huge help.
Now these kind of things happen all the time. I could tell you about a last second decision to rescue Mason, and how Mason later changed the course of a young girls life. I could tell you about Bear, and we call him Bear because he is a big teddy bear. After researching his racing tattoo, we discovered his registered name is Bear.
How many times has there been a zero balance in our checking account, and the mortgage payment was due? Sleepless nights, worrying over the $15,000.00 a month it costs to keep our ranch afloat. And then wham, there are 3 adoptions in one weekend, and our mortage payment is made. New owners would tell us, they decided to adopt from Tbfriends because it felt right.
Yesterday, before our phone conversation ended, the teenage girl with the new job says she drove to Woodland to ask for an application because she had a hunch. And golly, this sure worked out well.
Off to feed the hungry. And to thank my lucky stars. Living with 200 animals. Not a bad gig at all.
Joe
Some of this, some of that: