Blue Desert Books and this little chonk are forever intertwined.đ
Living in Portland was brutal, not necessarily because of the people or the climate, but the whirlwind of life events that hit all at once when I moved there. Once my living situation settled I went to the @aspca determined to âjust lookâ but ready to adopt when the right one came along. I saw a pair of orange tabbyâs in one of this big displays, and asked to see one. They put me in the little room, then came in to tell me the kitten I was looking at had just been adopted, but there was another one in the same kennel.
He was 9mos old, and had been returned twice already.
When they brought him to the to room, he immediately b-lined it for the farthest corner under a bench, but we hung out for a few minutes and he warmed up a little.
I donât know how, I just knew he was perfect.
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I was so broke at the time (hence the going just to look) there was a woman behind me at the register who gave me the an extra $15 to get the full kitten setup kit.
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I was living in a trailer at the time and was so paranoid the air conditioning wasnât working well enough I drove home every day on my lunch break just to make sure he was ok. Shortly thereafter we had to move again, but this time we moved into a little studio apartment with a beautiful little patio that had an amazing view of the apartment complex dumpsters.
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There was a goodwill down the street, with a âvintage booksâ shelf that I loved to go peruse and whenever I felt isolated, depressed, or lonely I would splurge the $5 I could spare to buy one.
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With the help of little (heâs not little anymore heâs a good 13 pounds now) Archie and thrift store books, the absolute rubble that was my self confidence and mental health began to rebuild.
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We have moved 7 times and 3 states since then, and I swear to god I donât know what I would do without this derpy mildly overweight anxiety riddled tabby cat and this #bookstagram community.
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Adopt donât shop for books and cats. Please consider donating to the ASPCA so other broke ambitious people can find their furry soul mates.
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