What a week!

This was a long week! I only had one day off last week and I don't think I spent my time as wisely as I should, which stressed me out this week. Too much to do, too little time, and too little energy after work! This weekendis going to be more productive. I had Mom and Dad over yesterday to help me out with a few things around the house. Dad got a blind up in the kitchen and it has already made a world of difference. We also completed my bedroom project. A couple months ago I decided it was time to paint the bedroom and rid it of it's bland cream walls. I chose a nice grass green color that I absolutely LOVE!!! I painted and hung pictures and shelves (or well, let's be honest, Dad hung shelves and some of the pictures) and the one last finishing touch was the BEAUTIFUL curtain I found at World Market! I couldn't find a curtain rod that I liked, so I took one from Mom and Dad's house! It came with their house, and they didn't really want them, so it helped us both out! Check out my new curtained wall!! Ignore the unmade bed, Mom.

What else of note happened this week? Um, I'm falling madly in love with one of my kitties at the shelter. Her name is Emily and I'm sure she has hit the adoption floor this weekend and probably already adopted. She is a Red Point Siamese mix, and she is the sweetest, cuddliest little girl ever!! I have tried to get Joe and Mom to get her, but both feel our households are full enough of loved babies! I also learned that the cat I named Chatty Cathy was adopted minutes after being put on the adoption floor. She was a talker, but she was sooo SWEET!! I'm happy she found a forever home. I also got to reunite many owners with their dogs this week, which is one of the happiest parts of my job. I mean a lost dog finding it's Mom and Dad... Be still my heart!!!

So, last week Erin asked for more pictures. I would love to take pictures of the animals I work with, but they are lost babies that are looking for their parents or they are turned in by their owners, and I just feel like that is an invasion of their privacy. I know they are animals, but they are special to me and deserve to be treated in a respectful manner. I once brought my camera in and felt so wrong about it, so sorry I will have to do my best to describe them in the way I see them in my heart! I will try and post more pictures of other things though! I love taking pictures and sharing them so I will do better in my sharing!!

I have also been deemed the medicine giver to my little brother, Cookie (Mom and Dad's cat.) He has a bad case of gingivitis, that he has to take medicine for 5 days a month. I just happened to be there yesterday at medicine time, and using my new knowledge from work gave him his medicine and he stuck around afterward and let me pet him!! Apparently when Dad does it, if he sits still long enough to get the medicine, he runs away right after and is mad at Dad for most of the afternoon. He and I were friends right after!! I like that. I'm happy I can help him get his medicine and not make Dad be the "bad guy." So I'll be heading back over tomorrow to give him his last days worth of medicine for this month!

Ahh... I forgot about how Joe and I spent our afternoon... We were professional ant killers!! We have sugar ants, which are tiny annoying ants that hang out in our kitchen. We finally found where they were coming from, the window! So we put out some ant bait, and when I didn't feel that was working I relied on some good old 409!!! It was an instant solution, and so far I haven't seen another. Joe and I can always fall back on our exterminating skills!!

I bartended the Darius Rucker homegrown concert last night. It rained from the minute the gates opened until the concert ended. WOW!! It was a packed house and we were the only game in town on the upper deck, so we were pouring draft beer all night long!! I had a keg blow on me, and I was scared I was gonna get pulled over on the way home and I would smell of beer! It was a great show, but I think Dierks Bentley outshined Darius a little. Hate to say it, but he can work a crowd!! He's not bad to look at either!!

I forgot about the one downside to my job, fleas. The animals I take in are stray or lost dogs and cats that have been out long enough to get fleas. Well this week was a doozy for flea bites. There was a moment I thought I might have chicken pox cause there are so many, but they are definitely flea bites. As Lauren said today though, if that's the worst thing I have to complain about my job, I've got it good. I really do, and I really love where I work and who I work with and what I'm working for!

Well, I think I'm gonna try and get through a little more of my book and enjoy the rest of my Friday night!!

Happy Day!

Lisa