Monthly Archives: August 2024

Weekly Check-In

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Good Evening, World!!! Overall, this week has been an okay week with some challenges. Challenges that suck at times but I am grateful for the support I have from other people in my life including my therapist. In fact one of the things I did this week was see my therapist for our regular appointment as well as a phone check in. Both of the phone check ins as well as my regular appointment with my therapist went well. My regular appointment is normally an hour but we were able to do an hour and a half due to my therapist’s next appointment cancelling. It was a hard session but I am so grateful for being able to receive mental health treatment as well as have an amazing therapist.

As far as volunteering is going, it is going great. I volunteered my regular shift on Sunday as well as doing two additional shifts. One on Wednesday after my session with my therapist and earlier this evening. The extra shift I did this evening was unexpected and I am grateful that I live near PAWS Cat City and was available to help out. I love volunteering at PAWS Cat City.

Another thing I did this week was hang out with some friends I have not seen in years. They are here in the Seattle area for vacation and it was good to see them. We had some awesome meals at local restaurants here in Seattle that my friends were impressed with. My friends are now camping and I will see them before they head back home to California. I am always happy to see old friends.

I do not have much more to talk about in this particular blog post. I do want to thank you for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Update on Stray Cat

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Good Evening, World!!! This is going to be a short post and I wanted to update you about the stray cat I informed you of in two previous posts. The stray cat I have been feeding and have attempted to trap with the help of the Alley Cat Project was finally trapped last night. It was trapped by two volunteers from the Alley Cat Project using a different type of trap than they let me borrow. The two volunteers spent three and a half hours trying to trap the cat when they finally did. I am so very happy that the cat will be getting the vet care it needs and a furrever home. Sadly, the cat didn’t have a microchip. I spent almost two weeks with the help of neighbors and the Alley Cat Project helping this cat.

I do not have anything else to discuss in this particular blog post. I do want to thank you for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog, I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Weekly Plans

Posted on by Gertie

Sunday

  • Mindfulness meditation with the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Volunteer at PAWS Cat City
  • Fill out volunteer application for the Alley Cat Project
  • Read

Monday

  • Mindfulness meditation with the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Grocery shopping
  • Clean apartment with help
  • Read

Tuesday

  • Mindfulness meditation with the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Go to Emerald House (a mental health clubhouse)
  • Read

Wednesday

  • Mindfulness meditation with the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Therapy
  • Lunch with friends
  • Attend a virtual group
  • Read

Thursday

  • Mindfulness meditation with the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Attend two virtual groups
  • Dinner with a friend from California
  • Read

Friday

  • Mindfulness meditation with the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Go to Emerald House (a mental health clubhouse)
  • Dinner with friends
  • Read

Saturday

  • Mindfulness meditation with the Calm App
  • Morning walk
  • Breakfast with a friend from California
  • Read

Life Updates

Posted on by Gertie

Good Afternoon, World!!! Life has had its ups and downs lately but I am looking at the silver lining and bright side of things to the best of my ability. Looking at the silver lining as well as the bright side in situations lately have been helping which I am so grateful for.

For nearly two weeks I have been helping a stray cat in my neighborhood and trying to trap it with the help of the Alley Cat Project (ACP). Despite how emotional draining it has been trying to trap this stray kitty, I am thrilled that it is helping me keep busy as well as giving me a sense of purpose. The cat is looking a little skinny which is concerning to me but at least it is trusting me and allowing me to pet him. Since the cat is somewhat skittish with the current trap two people from the Alley Cat Project (ACP) are coming with another trap for about an hour to attempt to trap the kitty. Even though the cat is a little skittish at least it is friendly and not feral which means if it does not have a microchip or a human it will get a vet check for medical as well as a possible spay/neuter and go into foster care to get adopted. Let’s hope the trapping works this evening as I really want what is best for this kitty. If Billie wasn’t on a special diet and I had the money to afford another cat, I would so take in this kitty.

Helping the stray kitty has helped me realize that having a sense of purpose is something I need which is why I am planning to start blogging on a regular basis. I know I have said in several previous posts that I would blog on a more regular basis but this time around I will make more of an effort to do so. One way I will make an effort is to make time in my schedule to do so.

Before I end this post I want to share a happy thing I will be doing later this year. I bought a concert ticket to see Michael W. Smith Christmas concert here in Seattle in late November. He is one of my favorite singers and he is very talented. I am really looking forward to it.

I do not have much more to discuss in this post except I will keep you updated about the stray kitty. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader for reading my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!