Feb 1, 2002: Action I performed   She's Home!! And her name is Emma Ada Riblet, "Emmy" for short. When I visited today, I saw that her two cellmates had been euthanized today, even though I could have sworn Saturday was their adopt/euthanize date. :( Emma was in a cell all by herself, in a different spot, and today she had both food and water (one day out of the four I've been there). I asked an employee if I could please just take her home today, but she said state law requires the confinement, yadda, yadda... So, I went to put her back in the cell. A few minutes later, the lady knocked on the glass and motioned for me to come up front. She said there *had* been a mistake on the paperwork, but it was in her favor - that I could take her home today! She gave her a shot and some worming paste, and we were on our way home together. Another happy note: There was a grand reunion at the pound today. While I was putting Emma back, I got in a conversation with a lady who was considering adopting a 5-month old lab mix in the same area. As we spoke, a woman rushed in and, with her hands to her face, cried "That's my dog!" Then she yelled "JACK!" and this big lab puppy just went nuts - he wagged, wiggled, writhed and barked in joy. The lady, Tina, was in tears; she'd just gotten Jack from a friend two weeks ago, and he managed to get out of her fenced in yard. She was ecstatic, as was he. So, despite my heart's heaviness at knowing some of those wonderful dogs were euthanized, there were at least TWO happy endings today.