Hey guys, I wanted to update you on the little kitty that I adopted. I decided to name her "Smookie" after a black cat that my brothers had when they were younger and who disappeared too soon after they got her. Smookie went to the vet yesterday to get spayed. Her spay went well. She was up this morning eating and drinking and going potty and playing. Just normal kitty business. She seems fine. I was a little panicked to see that Marylyn had lost two of her babies four days after she had them spayed, so I will be watching Smookie closely these next few days. It's amazing how much she reminds me of Cricket. This morning she flopped her legs behind her while laying on the bed, just like Cricket did. Some of you might think I'm crazy, but if you saw what I see, you might actually consider that Cricket is somehow a part of Smookie.
As far as my life goes otherwise, I could use some prayers. I am feeling a huge amount of stress right now. There are only 6 more days of tax season left, 5 of which I have to work (in addition to my regular full time job), and they are talking about drawing straws for who will work on Easter. Last night I got home at 9:45 and I have a feeling the rest of the week will be the same way. In retrospect, the cost of spending so much time away from my family has not been worth it, but I cannot just quit at this point. At the same time, my husband and I are tiling almost our entire house. We are trying to get most of it done before I have surgery on my feet on the 25th because I will be down for several weeks and will not be able to help him much. I am also a little nervous about having my surgery, although very happy I'm getting it done since I've had chronic pain for years with both feet. In addition to all of this, I just got an email from one of my nephew's teachers telling me he has been acting out recently at school, like he did when he was first enrolled last fall. I have noticed some of the same behavior at home. I know part of it is that I have been gone a lot working this second job, but most of it is most likely because he is feeling anxiety at having to go back to live with his mom as soon as school is out. He does not want to go. I am going to be heartbroken when he leaves. If I knew he would be going somewhere where he would get the attention and love he deserves, it would be ok. But I know he's not, and it breaks my heart, and I honestly don't know how I'm going to deal with him leaving. So all in all, I pretty much feel like I'm going to fall apart at any minute. Your prayers right now would be invaluable. Thanks for caring guys, Wendy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com