Today when I arrived at the Birch Street Nursing Home, the place was in chaos. Many of the patients were outside, a couple even in the street, and Mr. Pearlman was lying on the ground, bleeding. Also, the large window of the activity room had been broken. It took several minutes to get the story, but apparently Sniffles The Sixth had jumped through the closed window and escaped, and an angry Mr. Pearlman had forced the other patients to begin hunting the dog. I finally got everyone inside, and began patching up Mr. Pearlman, when there was a knock at the door. I hadn't even had a chance to look at my list of chores yet, so I wasn't aware that a new patient was due today. And that list didn't even mention that the new patient is completely deaf. Her lack of hearing may have benefited her today, since Mr. Pearlman would not stop shouting about his dog, and the other patients began complaining about the noise. I helped the new patient get settled in her room. Then I went back downstairs to hang a bed sheet over the broken window and start a batch of my special cupcakes to calm everyone down. For a moment, I considered calling the head nurse for help. But I managed to get things under control and complete my list of chores. Before I left for the day, I remembered to update the roster behind the front desk, crossing Mrs. Diaz from the list and adding Mrs. Macmillan. Sniffles The Sixth did not come back.
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