Day 7

I couldn’t believe it when I automatically woke up at five this morning and it was the weekend. I was greeted with a smile by my grandmother in the computer room. I let her sign in to her email so she could learn how to do it on her own. It took ten minutes but she successfully signed in. This time her inbox said that she had a new message. I don’t think I have ever seen my grandmother so excited. She couldn’t even keep her hand steady as she clicked on her inbox. I knew I finished reading the email before she did because she was still smiling and it wasn’t good news. Slowly, as she finished reading her smile disappeared. The email said that they were willing to meet but they didn’t have anyone in Bangor to do a routine check up after the adoption. Therefore, they didn’t think it would work out and stated that they thought Sweetie should stay local anyways. Seeing that it was finally over, I saw no reason to stay and decided to keep myself busy the rest of the day with homework. It wasn’t until dinner that I found out my grandmother had sent one more email in a last attempt to persuade the dog rescue to reconsider letting her adopt Sweetie. Since I wasn’t with her when she typed the email, I have no idea what it actually said. My grandmother said she basically asked if she could get someone from the Humane Society to do the routine check up, would they be willing to work with her. I highly doubt that the email will change the dog rescue’s mind. However, that did not stop me from hoping that tomorrow morning there would be a new message in my grandmother’s inbox.