Career Goals

Sabrina and Audrey

my new tattoo!

Last night my sister Debbie and I went to Mystic Lake Casino to play bingo. She had won tickets from our favorite radio station to go for free. We had so much fun! Debbie won $500.00!!! She gave me $100.00 of it!!!

Today we used that money to get new tattoos. She got some flowers on her ankle and I (finally) got a cat tattoo in honor of my girl Penny.

I showed Penny my new tattoo. She looks thrilled by it doesn't she! 

truth

rough week

It was a rough week for my girls Audrey and Sabrina. Starting last Saturday Audrey was sick with tummy troubles. By Sunday she was unable to keep food or water down and she was pooping blood. I took her to the Animal ER. She had a fever and was dehydrated so they gave her some fluids and a shot to help the nausea. Monday morning I brought her to her regular vet and they put her on some medication (by then her fever was down.) Within a couple of days she started to really feel better and is back to her cute, perky self now. :)

Today I had to take Sabrina to the vet to have a scabby thing removed. She had one in January removed from the top of her head so we have dealt with this before. She is now on antibiotics for the next 10 days.

This evening while we were outside in the back yard she had one of her fits/seizure "things" where she was walking sideways. It is like she is drunk when she does this. This is at least the 4th time she has had one of these "fits" I carried her back into the house and to her spot on the couch and within a couple of minutes it was over and she was fine, like nothing ever happened.

7 years

Seven years ago today I lost my best friend. My Phoebe girl. She died in my arms. I miss her so much. She was the best dog. The best "big sister" to Sabrina.

LOVE IS THE LAW

I was wearing this t-shirt yesterday when the news broke that the Supreme Court ruled that same sex marriage is legal in ALL 50 states. It is a great time to be alive. 

me and my girls

Me and my Audrey

Me and Sabrina:

Me and Penny:

LOVE WINS!

YES YES YES YES YES!

:o(

After 6 years and 714.75 hours I have resigned from being a volunteer at the Humane Society. In the past few months the site I volunteered at made some really great renovations to the building, especially for the cats. However, along with these renovations came a new role for the volunteers, one that required us to be more of a customer service rep. Before, when a customer was interested in adopting a pet we would take the card with the pet’s information and bring them up to the front desk and there the employee would talk with the customer and I could get back to petting and loving the cats. Now the volunteer has to carry around a computer tablet in a big clunky bag and when a customer has a question about a cat we are to whip that tablet out and get the information for them. It required a lot more time with the humans and less time with the cats, which was why I was there. I tried for a few months to get used to this change but found myself miserable and exhausted after each Sunday shift. It felt more like a job and one that I hated. I am not a “people person”. I have a massive amount of guilt right now for quitting, but I was no longer enjoying myself. I’m taking the summer off and hoping this fall to find a new place to volunteer my time with animals.

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I will never understand why some people think that work is a social gathering. I'm paid to work. Not chitchat. I little bit here and there I wouldn't care about, but I'm doing twice (and sometimes 3 times) as much work as some of the biggest chatterboxes and it's frustrating. Shut the frak up. "talk" by e-mail. It's quiet and it makes you look like you're working.

the people more than the work itself