Feb. ‘10-The aroma of Sweettarts, Malted Milk Balls and Starbursts fill the vet drug room. Hawken’s 3.5 year old nose is sniffing the contents of the treasured candy jug. The clear plastic, cleaned out peanut butter container, has a red screw top lid. The lid says  ”Help Yourself”-in black magic marker writing. We enjoy giving out candy on the vet route and it is a pleasure to also do so in the vet drug room.  Hawken eagerly asks to re-stock the vet van and finds treasures in the van to consume.

I purchased Valentine’s @ Walmart and now it’s time to stuff the cards with candy. There’s a store -made slit in the Valentine and Sweettarts are to be stuffed in the two slits. Little hands peel the wrapper off one package of candy. I am busily stuffing candy in the cards. I look and he’s removed all the candy I put in. So we stuff them again and it’s wonderful to share candy with friends.

Tom and Hawken re-stocked the vet van the next morning. I opened up the drug room door and there was a nice pile of empty Valentine’s again. But-wait-Aww-There’s a white envelope for me!  An early Valentine for me-it says   ”?!  Sue”    Hmm. Looks like a woman’s writing though, and not like Tom’s.  I rip the white envelope open and there’s a big piece of something in it. Wow-see how the universe gives back?   I stop and re-analyze the writing on the envelope. “Esther Sue”- Who would think it’s Easter?? Easter is early this year-not that early. It’s a small plastic milk sample bottle loaded with goat poop.  Now I’m laughing and realize the good Dr. must’ve suggested a client collect a manure specimen to be sent in to the WI Veterinary Diagnostic Lab on a goat named-Esther Sue!  

I finished the lab work and was still chuckling to myself. I then listened to the vet calls on the answering machine. A client explaining that his wife mis-understood Tom’s instructions and to just discard the manure sample from the goat.  I just know that goat is doing much better!

What great Valentine gifts have you received?

Laughter and Love,

Sue Roskos