I am Back! (But for how long?)
So here's the rundown of what's been happening and why the long silence.
I cannot even recall when was the last time I have been here, but I work has been stressful. Work still only gives me small hours unless I am lucky, so really living paycheck to paycheck has stressed me out. If I won the lottery, I feel I wouldn't be as stressed out.
I closed my inbox as I notice I only have been getting asks regarding donations, and unfortunately, I really don't have anything to donate, so I closed it as I hate having to tell people the bad news that I cannot help as that was the case back then and still is as my financial situation has not improved what with living paycheck to paycheck. I really wish I can help more, which is another reason I wish I can win the lotto already. I still pray every night that things get better for us all.
Another reason I haven't been here as often I I used to is aside from dealing with my current financial situation, work stress, previous depression, etc. is because I plan on going back to a community college in hopes of getting a better skill set to maybe get my dream job.
I am also still in the process of learning to drive as I really want to learn before my bday in July as not only would I feel less useless (therefore helping me some on my self-worth issues) but would also help me get jobs that pay more such as an overnight job or jobs that I have a skillset for already but are far from me.
Lastly, sometime last year, my mama came across a $100 bill. Around then, she was having a growing concern for some feral cats that hang around the house, how the landlords nor the neighbor that feeds them have not been getting them fixed, therefore resulting in babies that have a slight chance of surviving. I look for solutions, and found that the city I live in does something called TNVR(Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate, and Release) in order to keep the cat population down without putting down any cats and to keep them less susceptible to diseases like rabies. My ma decided to help the neighbor with some supplies for them, such as food, snacks, supplements, and bedding even with the $100 bill, but asked if the neighbor could help out with gas money so that we can take the cats ourselves to get fixed. I was already saving up for some crates and cages to take them in, and we found places that fix 'em super early, with the biggest obstacle being the weather interfering the day prior to fix date and as of last month, coccidia from free roaming chickens from other neighbors being transmitted to the cats. Coccidia is generally fatal to chickens as it killed 3/5 of the chicken, but rarely fatal to cats, but we didn't want to transmit diseases to cats in other colonies on fix date as they are all put in a van and brought to a fix clinic and brought back the afternoon of the same day. I am still mad at the neighbors for not looking after their chickens better as they lost their chickens and got my cats sick, and while all but one we named Queen got better, the neighbors should have cared for their PET chickens better. Me, ma and sis are looking after stray cats better than these folks are with their pet chickens and it makes me mad and sad still. At least we got half of the cats fixed and only need 4 females left to fix. Hopefully, we can find homes for them if they are friendly enough, I hear they have cats that aren't as friendly in this barn cat program but need to look more into that.
And that's pretty much the gist of my life so far. I hope I can be frequent like I used to be as I do miss this place as it did relive some stress.
Anyway, cat pictures below.
