relief

i have become very attached to my kitty. obviously. so when i took her in to the vet to get declawed and spayed on tuesday, i knew i would miss her, but i didn't know how worried about her that i would be. she has definately become like a child to me. i never thought that i would like having a cat this much, but i really do.

so this is where the story really begins. i took her to the vet that was suggested by the shelter we got her thru. the shelter paid to have the spay done there and it is the vet that they usually work with. you don't really expect a highly-recommended vet to have bullet holes in their door and have a small, scary, underground labarynth of an office. i was very nervous leaving her there. and i got even more nervoud waiting for the call saying that the surgery went okay and that she was doing fine. the call that never came. which, to me, seems very unprofessional. but whatever.

so i am not nervous anymore because i finally got a hold of the place, two days later, mind you, and ivy is eating and doing well. i get to go get her tonight and i will be happy to have her home. i really missed having her walk on my face to wake me up in the mornings. i really did.

ivy just wants to say hi.

no flash.

i almost got hit by a car today. i took a different route to the office because i had to return a library book, so i picked up a tea at dunn bros. to sooth my scratchy throat, returned my book and headed across the street when the light turned green. well, the nice lady in the silver sedan wasn't paying attention and slammed on her breaks two feet from my nice brown boots. i saw the words "oh, shit" come out of her mouth as i continued walking by, a little nervous about what almost happened, but not too put out. in fact, i was surprised that i wasn't more shook up. i just continued walking. no shortness of breath. no worries. i did have a vision of the tomato basil soup that was in my back pack splashed all over her car and the street around my broken body, but that was all. my life didn't flash before my eyes or anything. it was kind of a close call, but i guess it wasn't too close, because of the lack of flash.