Jasmine is rolling over all the time now. The second I set her down on her back, she turns over onto her stomach. She had a doctor's appointment last Friday where she got a couple of shots. On Saturday I woke up to realize that she had slept through the night without waking up to eat. I reached over and felt her head and she was burning up. I gave her a bottle and took her temperature, which was 102. When I called the doctor's office they said it was normal and could last a day or two. I said ok and hung up. What I really wanted to do was scream at the nurse telling her that this is NOT normal to me and that I'm bringing my baby in right this minute. But I held my tongue and spent the next two days miserable. The fever broke towards late Saturday night but she continued to be fussy and extremely sleepy till Monday. She has to go back in December for a booster of that shot. I want to skip it. At least it's on a Thursday so if anything happens over night, I can take her to the doctor on Friday.
Last night that damned parakeet got loose... again. He hadn't escaped in a long time, almost a year now. I was feeding them when I heard wings above my head. I didn't even need to look to know who it was. I spent the next ten minutes trying to catch him. He's now safe and sound in his cage and I'll remember it the next time I feed him. The first few times he escaped it was funny. Haha, Gollum's out again. (yes the little monster from the Lord Of The Rings and the name fits him quite well) But last night I was not in the mood. After I finally getting the baby to sleep, all I wanted to do was feed them and go to bed. Instead I was running around the room looking like a crazy person. And of course that room doesn't have curtains so now the neighbors don't have to speculate, the KNOW that the people in "that" house have issues.
I recently became aware of some problems at the rescue. (where I'm hoping to start back up volunteering as soon as our cars are both working at the same time) Last year they got two new volunteers. It was a husband and wife. I knew from the second I met them that they were trouble and I would NEVER leave anything of mine unattended while they were there. I refered to them as the white trash people. And I think white trash would probably take offense to that. I usually try not to judge people upon first meeting them but I had a feeling about these two from the beginning. Most people I meet at the rescue I initially meet I have a general liking towards just because they made the effort to help the animals, even if they're only there once, at least they did something. After these two had been volunteering at the rescue for a while and everyone (aside from myself) was comfortable with them, they started stealing. One of the girls who own the rescue had gotten badly bitten by a horse and needed to be on pain killers. Which turned up missing. I'm not sure how they found out that it was those two that had stolen them but they did and told them to leave the rescue at once. They thought that would be the end of it. The husband and wife then started their own rescue but were using OUR contracts and name. The rescue was unaware of this completely. Apparently they adopted out a dog to someone, only to take it back without repaying the money to the adopters. The animal control was alerted and they called our rescue. (thankfully animal control is familar with us and knows that we wouldn't do something like that) The rescue again told the husband and wife that they were no longer apart of our rescue and that they need to stop using the contracts immediately, along with the rescue name. They proceded to tell the girl that she was going to "get them." She began calling EVERYONE official that she could to try and get our rescue into trouble and eventually she succeeded. The county knows what animals are kept on the property but for whatever reason they are now giving the rescue until November 7th to remove all livestock unless we can get a special use permit which they will be applying for. They're going to be taking letters in from people in the area stating why they believe that the rescue should be granted the permit. I just hope they get it, otherwise there will be a lot of horses and other livestock that end up dying which we could've saved. Hopefully those people will eventually get what they deserve through fate or what have you.
