aug 17

yesterday: woke at 3am. couldn't sleep. got to sleep around 6am. alarm off at 630. hit snooze. 7am phone rings. it's derek, who just adopted cain. cain got out the night before and hasn't come home. i pry myself out of bed. they haven't owned a dog before, so they have not idea what to do. animal control opens at 11am so we have to wait until then to call. he has a microchip but no one has called. meanwhile i have to get pixel the boston to the vet because she is scratching like crazy. her ears are badly infected. 1030 we are there. dr. mac from freedom animal hospital is good and cheap but not as gentle as i would like. good thing she is a sweet girl who doens't mind a little roughhouseing. we were told she was spayed but dr. mac says no. $130 later, she feels better. jason wants to keep her.

loretta deaton from the vet center has been begging me for this dog. she has referred two veterans to us, but not real great candidates. dewey had a stroke so now sissy is with us, and the 2nd vet wasn't ready for a dog: transient housing, no fence, etc.

then today (tues) she calls to tell me she is not so interested since the dog isn't spayed. apparently she has had two dogs that died after complications from spay surgery. i kind of understand, but come on.

matched a puppy from animal control today with a charlotte police officer. kirsten b called me about four monts ago wanting a pupy, and i told her since she was in the academy, she wasn't ready. so she graduated, now she's a cop, and she found a lab mix puppy at AC she likes. i picked up the dog today and it's a great match. kb will take great care of her.

thurs i go to fayetteveille to match a pit bull with a brain trauma victim named dean. 1st trip to fayetteville.

i have had a bad stomach ache all day, under my left ribs. hoping it's nothing big bc of no insurance.

maniacal woman from peanut's place was at animal care and control today. not colleen, but her side kick. she said something to me about how she heard we adopted out animals that weren't fized. i was like, uh no. the nerve! then she chided me for adopting a puppy, and she yelled at her son who was with her, in public. talked to him like he was a moron. ugh i do not like that woman. i just smiled and carried on. some rescue people are wacko.

the last 2 months have gone by so fast. i have a hard time remembering what day it is, much less the date. i have to look it up every day when i need it. hopefully things will be more in balance soon. took the blog private so it's private. one of my "friends" gave me a hard time about writing about a certain someone and then a certain someone demanded an apology. i deleted the post and apologized but wish i would have kept it, because it was 100% true.