| I applied to be a foster mom through The Milo Foundation for animals in need, and was accepted!!!I am so excited, I cannot wait to see who I get!!Probably a litter of kittens, though I was offered a litter of 8 four week old puppies.As much as I would LOVE to have puppies in the house again, I am afraid to take unvaccinated pups because of the puppies I had here last year who had parvo.The risk is too high, and I do not want to go through that again.Plus, eight pups is a lot, plus Mari and my current menagerie.Fostering will allow me to help rescue animals, without shouldering the expense, or getting over run with animals that I am adopting to try and rescue them.Also, Mari will be able to experience cats and kittens, dogs and puppies, while we socialize them.Mutually beneficial.My poor saint of a husband may not be totally thrilled, but as he always says, whatever makes me happy..and helping animals has always been the thing that made me happiest.Being around animals helped save me from myself, and my environment when I was growing up.I truly believe I would have been a lot more fucked up than I am, if I had not concentrated on animals as an outlet.My dad thinks I need serious psychological help for even considering adding to my overflowing plate.He feels I am drowning in responsibilities that I cannot keep up with.In some respects this is true, but I prefer to view it as prioritizing.For example: super clean house;?low priority, also not done.Garden planted; high priority, almost completed.School; high priority, I am up to date, and getting top marks in my classes, and school is out for summer next week.:) Caring for and playing with Mari; high priority, doing it every day.Caring for all my critters; check, helping to rescue animals in need; check... you get the picture.What he doesn't realize is that for me, helping animals is? a form of therapy!Other family members think I should wait til I am in a bigger house- a valid point, but I don't want to put off living my life as fully as possible until some nebulous fantasy date- when am I supposed to be able to afford a bigger place?I should have waited to have a baby until I was "financially secure" too, but that doesn't happen- and she is the absolute best thing I have ever done with my life.All of the doubters and naysayers are the same ones who now adore her and cannot envision life without her.Course, they are also the ones helping to subsidise our living expenses, so in that respect they were right *rueful chuckle*.But I know that they would rather help us, than be without this wonderful creature who has brought us all closer as a family.I honestly believe there is no such thing as "financially secure" just look at our fucking economy.I don't feel as though I should put off the things that I want/need to do to make me feel whole and fulfilled until I reach some magic point in the future.All of my life I have lived for a better tomorrow.Now I want to live for a better today. |
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