how long for that doggy in the window?

OK, for some reason I thought I could walk into the animal shelter and say, "Hi! I'd like to give an abandoned puppy a warm, safe, loving home so you don't have to kill him in a couple weeks" and then they'd say, "Sure! Take one home and love it!"

That's not the case. Apparently, there's an application process. And a waiting period. Like I was buying a gun. What the fuck?

What sucks is the puppy I REALLY wanted ... a cute little brown-and-tan pup with light green eyes ... was already adopted.

The one I chose is the brown one at the top of the pile in the pic below.

Ain't she a cutie? Yes, a she. I was gonna go with a boy doggie, but the only male pup still there was ... well ... ugly. *shrug*

Here's another view ... you can kinda see her cute lil puppy face a little bit.

So they're supposed to call me sometime tomorrow, but that presents a problem: I work till 5 or 5:30, and they close at 5. It's a 30-minute drive there, so even if I went during lunch it would be to drive there, grab the pup, fly back home, leave it there, then head back to work.

I think that kinda sucks.

So, I'm thinking of actually paying money for a dog. *pauses as dad and hundreds of Chamorro ancestors roll over in graves* I can get one for a few hundred bucks in the classifieds ... and I DID just win a few hundred bucks at poker.

Maybe I should just get one today. And then when the animal shelter calls tomorrow, I can say, "Sorry, but your own bureaucratic bungling means you get to keep the pup!" Heh!

What to do, what to do ...