method to my madness

ok. I didn't have much time to explain the kittens, things have been so busy since I got to Atlanta. I'm still trying to settle in to this new apartment, it was harder than I thought going from the townhouse to a one bedroom apartment. I am lucky because it's a decent size one bedroom, just not as much storage as I once had. I finally got a paycheck...woohoo!!! Despite the pay-cut it was about the same amount I had been pulling from the Army...we'll see how that goes once I have insurance next month. Either way things are going well.

Now, for the kittens...

My manager's husband called her on Tuesday afternoon (he works at a Post apartment complex) and told her one of the residents had called to tell him there were five kittens on his balcony and he didn't know what to do with them. She was telling me about it and I thought...hey! my sister would love to have another cat running around, how about I get one! So I told Robin (my manager) to go ahead and tell her husband I'd take one off his hands. Well, at this point he had already called one of their friends who is in the animal trapping business to come and take them to a good shelter. So I called the guy and we arranged for him to come by Wednesday morning. I called Steph and told her about the cats and she got all excited but her man told her: no more cats!!! So here I was, expecting to have a kitten dropped off the next day and no where for it to go. I talked with Robin and she was like, you should get two of them so they have someone to play with. They are much happier when they have a companion. I kept saying no and Ryan and I agreed only one, but then Richard (the friend) brought them by.

Well, you saw the pictures, you can imagine how it went. I was sitting at my desk and he basically plopped all five of them in my lap. They were crawling around and meowing and being so cute, I picked one and then fell in love with another and ended up with two. I still had hope Steph could convince Tony to add to their family, but had resigned myself to the fact that I was now the owner of not one, but two cats.

So I'm running all over getting cat litter and kitten food when Steph calls and says Tony has agreed to one more cat. Oh no!!! I didn't want to split them up and when I asked if two was much of a difference she laughed in my face (well, ear I guess) and said one was more than enough. Well, I'm feeling like a big jerk because here it is that I got the cat in the first place to give to her for her birthday but I get two instead and don't want to split them up, so I called Richard in the hopes that he would still have one and he did! He came by later in the afternoon on Wednesday and let me pick another one and here I am...three cats and Ryan begging for a puppy...we'll see.

growing through His love...