Tag Archives: Animals

There is Nothing Better Than the Love of a Cat

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Good Evening, World!!! I am dealing with a combination of depression, PTSD and grief regarding both of my parents’ death. Since I am dealing with so much right now with the grief of losing my parent, increased depression and PTSD I am grateful for my cat, Billie. I am grateful for Billie’s unconditional love that he gives me. Human’s including myself don’t deserve the love of animals especially their pets. I know I don’t deserve Billie’s unconditional love, and I am so very grateful for his love.

I do not have anything else to discuss or share or to write about in this particular blog post. 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, 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!!!

A Bit Pissed at the Moment

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Good Morning, World!!! It is almost five o’clock in the morning here in Seattle and I am a bit pissed at the moment. I am pissed due to the fact that right after I posted my last blog post a neighbor in crisis decided the building fire alarm. I, of course evacuated my apartment with my cat, Billie. As my neighbors and were evacuating the building many of us saw this neighbor throw his cat out his seventh-floor apartment. Sadly, the cat did not make it. Anyway, Seattle fire department showed due to the fire alarm, and they called Seattle police.

The police showed up right as the neighbor in crisis decided to throw pool balls through the first-floor community windows which are double pained. Sadly, one of the pool balls ended up hitting another neighbor in the head. She went to the hospital to get medically evaluated and is planning on pressing charges against the neighbor in crisis as this isn’t first time he has done something like this. Sadly, I heard a Seattle police officer discourage this neighbor from pressing charges due to the other “neighbor being in crisis.” This is why I am pissed as hell especially at the Seattle police officer who said that. Why should my neighbor who got hurt by the neighbor in crisis be discouraged from pressing charges?

Anyway, long story short as of this writing of this particular blog post, my neighbors and I are allowed back in our apartments as the neighbor in crisis is in front of the building in handcuffs screaming at the Seattle police officers. From what I am understanding the neighbor in crisis going to the hospital to get a psych evaluation. As far as the neighbor in crisis dead cat, the Seattle Animal Control is investigating and planning on pressing charges for animal cruelty.

I do not have anything else to discuss or write about in this particular blog post. 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, 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!!!

5 Years of Life w/Billie & Hopefully 5 More Years

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Good Afternoon, World!!! Today is a very happy day in my household. Today marks five years since I adopted my beloved cat, Billie. I am so grateful that we chose each other. Billie is an amazing kitty and is very chatty. Not only is Billie a talkative cat, he is also very much a lap cat. A lap cat that loves to snuggle and cuddle even when it is time to go to bed. Billie sleeps with me most of the night if not all night. I have had cats sleep with me in the past but never most of the night or all night. I am beyond grateful that I have had Billie in my life for the last five years and I hope he is in my life for the next five years.

My sweet Billie is 10 years old almost 11 years old which means he is a senior kitty. Billie is a senior kitty with early stage two kidney disease and thankfully very slowly progressing kidney disease. Since Billie is a senior cat with kidney disease, I really hope that he is around for at least another five years.

I do not have much else to discuss or write about in this particular blog post with the exception that I really love my cat, Billie so very much. 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, 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!!!

Daily Prompt; What Is Good About Having A Pet?

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What is good about having a pet?
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There are so many good things that are good for having a pet. In fact I have had many pets throughout my life. The pets I have had have helped me so much with various things in my life. Growing up I had dogs and cats with my dad and grandparents while I had gold fish at my moms which one of the gold fish lived five years. In fact I even helped my dad with his birds as a teenager. Pets are a great way to relieve stress and helps with responsibility.

As an adult I had a gold fish for two years and sadly it died. Also as an adult I have had two cats. My last cat Lil Gertie sadly crossed the rainbow bridge after having her for only a year and a half. I have had my current cat, Billie for almost five years and I love him so much. The best part about having a pet is coming home to the pet with their unconditional love.

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!!!

Life Updates

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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!!!

Daily Prompt; What Do You Do to Be Involved in the Community?

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What do you do to be involved in the community?
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Involvement in one’s community looks differently for each individual. For me getting involved in my multiple communities looks slightly different in each community. The one thing that is not different in each of my communities that I will mention is I volunteer my time. For instance I am involved with the animal welfare cause in many ways and the main way I do this is to volunteer my time at PAWS Cat City. I also help my neighbors with their pets when they need it as well.

As far as other ways I am involved with my community is that I am highly active in the recovery movement. I used to work as a peer specialist in the mental health field and I hope to go back to work in the field as my mental health continues to improve after a major trauma last summer. I am also helping plan for the Peer Pathways Conference by volunteering my time doing it. To me being involved in the peer and recovery communities helps me with my own recovery.

Another way I am involved in my community is being involved in multiple activities in the queer community. One way I am doing that is playing in a queer sports league for kickball. I am loving it and having fun as well as making friends. I am also apart of a queer book club where we read books by queer authors and/or books about queers. I am enjoying it and having fun with it as well as making friends just like kickball. I just applied last week to volunteer at Lambert House which is a community center for queer teens. I am hoping that I can volunteer at Lambert House.

Daily Prompt; How Would You Improve Your Community

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How would you improve your community?
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Hello, World!!! There are many ways I would like to improve my community. The two ways that I would like to improve my community that popped up into my head was helping people with their recovery with mental health challenges and/or substances plus helping animals. Helping both animals and people at the same time is possible. I would improve helping animals by helping companion animals such as dogs and cats to their furrever home which is something I do when I volunteer at a local animal shelter. Another way I can improve my community is to go back to work in the mental health field to help people with their recovery once my own mental health improves a little more. Hell, I don’t need to work to do that, I can just reach out to friends who struggle. I can also just stop and talk with someone who is asking for food or money even if I don’t have either to help the person. There are several ways to improve your community, you just have to find at least one that you are passionate about to help.

Daily Prompt; What is Your Favorite Animal?

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What is your favorite animal?
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It is extremely challenging for me to just have one favorite animal so I will share with you my two favorite animals. One of my favorite animals are cats. If you read my blog regularly you know that I love cats as I have one of my own as well as volunteering at an animal shelter that adopts out cats. Cats are amazing animals.

Another favorite animal of mine is the orca whale. They are beautiful and magnificent animals. Sadly, they are on the endangered list and I really wish they were not. They are smart.

Daily Prompt; What Would You Do if You Won the Lottery?

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What would you do if you won the lottery?
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The first thing I would do if I won the lottery is pay off my debts as being in debt sucks sh!t. I have both medical and credit card debt and it would be nice to not to worry about owing money.

After paying off debt I would love to buy me a new home. I would love to own a house however I would be happy owning a condo. Owning my own home would be amazing for me as I don’t ever see myself owning my own home unless a miracle like winning the lottery.

Another thing I would like to do is get a college education. I would love to get my four year degree in Applied Behavioral Science at Seattle Central College which is a two year college. Ultimately this would be a cheaper route and the route I would love to do. I would also like to get my Master’s of Social Work (MSW) if that is in the budget to do after winning the lottery. If I have the chance to ever get my MSW I would love to get it from the University of Washington.

One of the other things I would love to do if I ever won the lottery is get my passport to travel. I would love to travel to Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Germany. I would also like to travel within the United States via train to various cities and towns.

The other thing I would really love to do is increase the amount of money I donate to a local animal shelter that adopts out dogs and cats as well as some rehabilitation for wildlife. Any organization that does rehabilitation for wild animals as well as adopts out cats and dogs is an organization worth giving money to.