What a 24 hours it was.....my dog kills 2 of my mom's cats, a tornado that did a lot of damage, my mom had to say good bye to her dog, and I had to say good bye to my dog. Wow. I really do not want another 24 hours like that.
So where I left off Tuesday night.....We sat in the closet for a while. It is actually pretty comfortable. We put some memory foam on the floor and had lots of pillows. My mom read her book, and I played on my iphone. (What would I do without my iphone?? ha!) We decided to just hang out in there instead of doing the in and out. There were many storms coming through one after another and when you want to keep your animals safe it can be challenging to try to do the in and out thing all night. Luckily we did not lose power! The police station let my husband know when we had the all clear for the night and he called and let me know. Hooray! We did not have to sleep in the closet. And, the storms were not near as bad as they thought they were going to be. Another hooray!
I got up Wednesday morning and headed to work after stopping by the pharmacy to see that they are still closed. I was supposed to start a new pack of BC, but could not get it. I really hope it does not start my PCOS symptoms again. I talked to the hubby and we still did not have power at our place. Everyone had left and they decide to close down until Monday! Wow! We may not have power until Monday. Oh well. At least mama does. So he went to mama's house and buried S after the vet assistant brought her by. I left work early because I was running a fever. My boss agreed that I wasn't going to get better if I didn't rest. That is definitely what I had planned. The sky started looking rough again. More storms, but thankfully they were just thunder storms. I hurried home and packed a few more things in a bag and rushed to my mom's before the rain. It didn't last long, thankfully. My hubby finally got to take a hot-not cold-shower and we finally got to talk.
We both feel the same way. We decided we would ask mama if she would keep S and O for us forever. E really needs other cat companions, and we can't trust P around S and O. P is going to live with my MIL except when my husband gets breaks from work and she can come live with us. (Which, he gets a 3 week break starting next Tuesday! So she gets to come stay with us! Then he works for 5 weeks and gets 6 weeks where she can come stay with us again!) We had already planned our vacation where we can take her, and I am very excited!
I am going to miss having S and O stay with us sometimes, but mama was very happy to keep them forever for us. They have already started being very loving and friendly to her. It is like they know.
So, we are all settled in watching TV and someone rings the doorbell. It was the neighbor. Another neighbor (who is not a responsible pet owner. That is where we rescued S and O.) has a female outside cat that they stopped feeding. She loves mama, so of course mama has been feeding her. Their 10 year-old girl came to mama's house a few weeks ago and asked mama if she would start taking care of T because her mama said they can't any more. So sad. Of course mama said yes. She is a good cat and never wants to come inside unless it is snowing! ha. She is so sweet! Well, she had kittens. Like I said they are not responsible pet owners and have never gotten her fixed. This is her 4th litter of kittens and she may be 2 1/2. She stopped feeding her last set of kittens she had and all 3 of them died. So, when she showed up at mama's one day about 4 weeks ago super skinny, we figured she had the kittens some where and abandoned them.
We watched her and tried to figure out where she was going but couldn't. The 10 year-old looked every where for the possible kittens. T was great, but no sign of kittens. The neighbor who rang the door bell (I'll get back to that in a sec) was walking his dog a few weeks ago and stopped and asked mama if that cat was hers. She explained the story (see above). She told him that she plans on getting her fixed very soon. He said that if she couldn't, he would. Very sweet. But mama explained that she had already talked to the vet about it. He told mama that T eats at their house every day, too! LOL! And she is a little cat!
Okay, so he rings the door bell, and tells mama "You are the proud new owner of 2 kittens!" Oh my. Mama was so excited. T had the kittens over 4 weeks ago and we haven't seen them. We thought they had died. The neighbor explained that T had brought them into his garage after the storms. That is right. The poor kitties were outside some where during the bad storms. He told mama that she was welcome to come get them or they could stay in his garage. Of course we went and got them! LOL! Mama is NOT going to keep them, and they ARE NOT coming in the house. T loves being in mama's garage, and we made a bed for she and the babies. They are SO clean and very healthy. T has done a GREAT job taking care of them.
What an awesome distraction for mama. We will probably only have them for about 2 weeks before they are big enough to go to their new homes. This is the perfect 2 weeks for that.
Last night mama, the hubby, and I had a nice relaxing night at mama's house. Our church is still without electricity, so church was cancelled last night. I feel much better today! And the pharmacy is open! They still don't have power, but they got a generator.
Wow. Is it really only Thursday?
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