Doing the right thing is supposed to make you feel good

[cornerofmadness]

Right? Then why do I keep feeling SO bad. My neighbor gave up Dingy and I took the cat into the vet. I've never been able to get a good look at Dinghy's private area so I was never sure if it was a girl or boy but I was hoping for the latter but when that belly full of worms looked bigger this week I feared the worse. I Swear I didn't know that she was pregnant when I took her in to the vet to be surrendered. For god's sake she doesn't even have all her own teeth yet. The vet was out on farm calls so the tech didn't want to take her. They talked and wanted me to give her to Perennial cat shelter. I said I can't. 1. it's about a 2-3 week waiting period 2. They are now full 3. I think they make exceptions for pregnant females but I don't have another 50$ to donate for a cat that isn't even mine. I'll have to put her out on the porch and let her have her babies there just like Soul and Kanda's mom did. The vet tech's eyes widened. THEY WANT WHAT TO SURRENDER A CAT??? I said that's pretty standard nowadays. So the vet tech made a command decision. I bring in food, she'd keep Dingy and the babies. I'll take it there tomorrow but I'm embarrassed to even go back. I should have known she was pregnant (but god, what would I have done then if I had known?) I feel like I stuck my vet with my problem. Sigh.

I came home and was too listless to clean so I ran to Jackson for the food and got some stuff (then forgot to stop for the damn gift cards for the holidays) I did give the community coupon poolat the library a bunch. Some Indian lady was there doing the same, never saw her before which I would since this place is so very white....Then went to Big Lots for tape and stickers and junk and found a plastic coupon holder and the cashier is like I never find time to do this and the lady before me sniffed and looked down her nose at me and said 'It's not worth my time.' Well I was just not in the mood so I shot back, for twenty minutes of clipping coupons I save between 10-30 $ a week, my time's worth that. Out in the parking lot a dirty, thin yellow lab wanted to come up to me but ran. At least the pound would have taken him. I got home and was getting the stuff out of the trunk and a familiar head bonk to the back to the leg happened. For a moment I thought Roy had returned but now it was a ginger tom (fully intact) I think he was there for Dingy since he was clean and well fed. I sent him on his way and told the universe to stop laughing at me. No lie, stood there in the damn parking lot and told that to the sky. My neighbors are probably locking their doors, thinking I've lost it.

In good news, I DID finish my edits for my vampire short story and sent it back to the publisher. At least I accomplished that much.

Also let me geek out a little bit about it being 12/12/12

And check this out free Christmas music from Amazon. How fun

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Oh, Dingy. Fare thee well, you and your kittens, both.

I'm glad you snapped back at the woman. She deserved it.

I'd have laughed at you pointing at the sky.

Poor Lab. Poor ginger tom.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I just hope they don't give me shit when I go back up there tomorrow with the food.

She did. It's like who was even talking to you woman?

Poor everyone

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

No one's happy.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

definitely not

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

Awe... poor lil thing! She'll now always look like kitten. like the cats in Tel Aviv. XD

She actually said that to you? o.0

XD

Poor lil doggy!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

this is probably true

she did. I think maybe she thought she was being funny but whatever woman. go away

poor everyone

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

(*laughs at your icon*)

*nods*

Yeah, really... >.>


Yeah... *sighs*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. :D

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

You know , there are people on LJ who would donate to help with Dingy's food. If you would set up a Paypal or something else where they could do it easily, I'd be glad to ask copperbadge to put it on his "Radio Free Monday" post which I think could get some results. But maybe time is even more precious than money at this time of year--I can see that.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thank you for the offer. Unless they raise a fuss at me tomorrow when I take the food up there, I'm letting it go. They made their choice (and I'll be out of here in a few days, heading back to Pittsburgh for the holidays so I won't be around)

[scribesds.livejournal.com]

I feel like I stuck my vet with my problem.


Not so. The cat isn’t yours, so you have nothing to feel bad about. In fact, you’ve gone out of your way to help her, and I don’t think anyone could have asked for more from you. She should get good care where she is, certainly a lot better than running wild.
Stop worrying!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thank you very much. This place sucks. In this hillbilly part of OH there is a distinct dislike of spaying/neutering to the point that the vet school who would do it for free for ferals no longer comes here due to resistance so now the vet is stuck. Well she can spay her and put her in the barn like she was going to do with SOul

[sp23.livejournal.com]

I have a young black stray around my house. First one I've really ever seen around here. I keep trying to get it to come to me, but no dice, so I've been feeding it and making sure it has fresh water and I put out a kitty cube with blankets for it to use as a nest - though I don't think it's been near it. It's the best I can do since it just will not come to me at all and runs when I open the door. But, man, I worry about that poor little kitty in this cold.

Last year, I fostered a rabbit through the winter, and this year, it looks like I'll be fostering a stray cat. I just hope it's male so I don't have to worry about kittens, too. :-(

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

good luck to you. That's the only other thing we could have done. Luckily this wee female was friendly as hell so that wasn't a problem.

here's hoping I don't show up with the food and they tell me go home and take this cat with you when I go up there today

[rain-oubliette.livejournal.com]

You don't want/need another cat and you get them in buckets. I want a cat and can't get one at all. :(

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I know. This is why I yelled at the universe for being unfair