Before the park was covered in salt
Alltsa, jag fattar inte varfor de oser pa med den enorma mangd salt har pa NY’s gator. De ska ha en klapp pa axeln for hur snabbt de jobbar med att skotta bort snon, men behover de verkligen tacka varje liten millimeter med ett tjockt lager av salt? Nar jag kom hit for fyra ar sedan var det betydligt mycket mer sno pa gatorna och de skor jag hade da blev tack vare saltet sa forstorda inom en manad att jag fick slanga dem. Nu har vi en liten valp som jag oroar mig for. Vi torkar av honom ordenligt, later vara skor sta utanfor dorren och dammsugar/torkar golven oftare, men vi kan tyvarr inte stoppa honom fran att slicka snon nar han samtidigt letar efter ett stalle att potty pa. Inatt fick vi ga upp och ta hand T’s “trevliga surprise” som formodligen orsakats av saltet. Stackars var lille hund. Det finns som sagt ingenstans vi kan lata honom potty dar det inte finns salt och jag vagrar att (som manga andra i NY) lara honom anvanda peepads inomhus.
Jag har under natten dromt om framtiden da vi bor pa ett varmt stalle som inte behover nagot salt pa gatorna och garderoben innehaller inga vinterklader. Det motiverar mig for att ta mig igenom kalla vintrar i NY i nagra ar till.
Really, I don’t understand why they pour this huge amount of salt here on NY’s streets. They should get a pat on the shoulder for how fast they work with shoveling the snow, but do they really need to cover every single inch with a thick layer of salt? When I came here four years ago it was a lot more snow on the ground and the shoes I had then got thanks to the salt so destroyed that within a month I had to throw them away. Now we have a little puppy that I’m worried about. We wipe him properly, leave our shoes outside the door and vacuum/wipe the floors more often, but we can unfortunately not stop him from licking the snow when he’s also looking for a spot to potty on. Last night we were up taking care of T’s “nice surprise” that probably was caused by the salt. Poor our little dog. There is, like I said, nowhere we can let him potty where there is no salt and I refuse to (like many people in NY) teach him to use peepads indoors.
I have during the night been dreaming of the future when we live in a warmer place and don’t need any salt on the streets and the wardrobe doesn’t have any winter clothes. That motivates me to get through cold winters in NY for some more years.
