dogbreath ([info]doggbreath) wrote,
@ 2006-02-02 19:46:00
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I'm fostering another kitty. Sooner than I'd really wanted to, but they told me that she really needed to get out of the cage at the animal hospital, and so oh well.....

I'm attending NACA level 1 next week. It's in this area, but it's at least an hour's drive away. Maybe more, depending on traffic. Classes start at 7:30 A.M.! I'm gonna have to get up at 4:00 to get there on time!!

I have gotten so spoiled since I moved. I live only six minutes away from the office. Now I'm going to have to experience the horrors of the two hour daily commute that is so insanely common these days. Half of the people in my office live at least an hour's drive away. I don't know how they stand it.

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Re: people in this part of the country think i'm crazy for it...
[info]doggbreath
2006-02-04 06:29 pm UTC (link)
Living east of your job is the best because then the sun's behind you on your commute, no matter how long or short it is. Somehow I've always managed to live east of where I work. It's the best way!

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Re: people in this part of the country think i'm crazy for it...
[info]doggbreath
2006-02-05 11:54 pm UTC (link)
What's the matter with them? Driving to work and back with the sun in your eyes both ways, and not even noticing? Once again, I don't see how people can stand it.

You and I are much better off. We get the sun at our backs, and we're observant enough to appreciate it!

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[info]luckeyisis
2006-02-03 02:58 am UTC (link)
NACA level one is pretty easy, and I really liked it. The test you take on the first day is the EXACT same test you take for the final. Sorry its so far away my work paid for a hotel for the class so that made it even more fun.

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[info]doggbreath
2006-02-04 06:27 pm UTC (link)
Funny thing is, they were going to send me to Milwaukee to take the class last summer, and they would have put me up in a hotel, but I didn't want to go - didn't want to leave my cats for a week. They were going to make me go anyway, because they have to use up what's in the budget. But then one of my colleagues had to have neck surgery and they couldn't go let me go because we'd be short staffed. So now I get to commute instead. Other than that, I am really looking forward to it.

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[info]godsistah
2006-02-03 04:42 am UTC (link)
I'm surprised your employers are not paying for a hotel so you can be rested and focused. I always like these type of Animal Control thingies because right when I'm about to lose faith in the "system" from burn out, learning new things and networking with other people in the "biz" gets my enthusiasm going again! Being an ACO is a hard job, but a very cool one too! Everyday there is something new! Have fun! ~Andrea

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[info]doggbreath
2006-02-04 05:45 pm UTC (link)
Well, I guess my bosses make up for my stupendous salary by being unbelievable cheapskates in almost every other area. Pay for a hotel when I live a mere hour's drive away? Half the town's employees live at least that far away from the office, and you don't hear them whining, do you? Besides, I'm an ACO, I'm supposed to be tough or something - aren't I? Hey, we were lucky we finally got air conditioning in our truck at last! Pay for a hotel room? Not when they can weasel out of it!

Anyway, it's just as well. I don't really want to be away from my cats for a whole week, and the new foster all of a sudden revealed three abscessed teeth that were never diagnosed at her initial intake, and so of course not pulled when she was spayed three days ago. So now she's on twice a day Clindamycin and painkillers, and her dental is scheduled for Monday. Someone else will have to bring her in for me, as I have to leave the house at 6 a.m. It's going to be a logistical challenge, but it would be impossible if I was going to be gone for a week. I guess someone else could foster her, or they could board her, but that's why they asked me to foster her in the first place - because all all the foster homes in their network are full just now (sudden influx of cats), and she wasn't doing well being boarded at the animal hospital. And even if this new foster cta wasn't an issue, I still don't want to leave my cats alone for a week, even with a cat sitter coming in to take care of them.

No, I haven't done any traveling in the past three years, ever since my big guy came to live with me, because I don't like to leave him. My cats rule my life.

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