This is a kind of an apology for not being here more - I so wish I could! This is also an opportunity to vent a little - so be warned!
I feel like a juggler in the circus lately, trying to juggle work, family and volunteer work. On the homefront, my hubby is not well. He got a nasty case of CMV, which is a kind of virus that caused him to get some kind of mononucleosis. He also suffers from a condition called NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) which is like an inflammation of the liver. This combined with the CMV has put him into hospital for over a week in July + a month of bed rest following that. Since then he has been very weak still, and the blood tests he had last week showed high levels of the virus in his blood still as well as active hepatitis
So, when he comes he goes straight to bed (doctor's specific orders) and I don't let him help with our baby Ron, who is now almost 9 months old. Ron is the sweetest baby - very good natured and we love him to bits. I am so grateful for my in-laws' help in raising him! With hubby the way he is, I couldn't have done it by myself.
Then on the work frontier...
I still can't believe I actually took the plunge and got Meowhoo on the way
if it wasn't for Mary Anne (hissy) I could never ever have done it on my own. And bless her, she is helping me get advertisers for TCS as well
and doing a wonderful job at it (as you can see, our forums are now sponsored thanks to her!). So why it's nice to actually be getting a bit of money rather than losing every month, it also means more work - not that I'm complaining MA!
My cat counselling service is not doing too bad either. The problem is I tend to try and help people for free rather than charge for the service
, but I'm trying to get myself used to asking for money too... Thing is, between spending time with Ron, working on the websites and managing the household - I almost hope I won't have too many clients. I don't have too many either - but the 2-3 I have a week seem to be too much some time. I do enjoy helping the cats very very much and I get immense satisfaction from it - only the owners can be very frustrating at times!
And then, just when I thought I have reached my limit... I was asked by the Israeli Cat Welfare Society to join their board of directors. I was very very honored and I am thrilled at the chance of helping so many cats! They are the best organization - a huge no-kill shelter for cats (with over 500 cats kept in a wonderful facility) and they do most of the work with ferals and stray and with TNR. They have neutered and spayed over 50,000 cats in the last 16 years! You can see their website here: www.cats.org.il By the way, I really want to work on that website - it looks really bad now and I have tons of ideas on how to improve it. I am also going to write fact sheets on TNR and other matters and I am going to start a special cat behavior hotline (which means getting volunteers and training them).
So, you see, I can't say I'm bored
Just very tired... I wish I could get some more sleep - but Ron is teething and waked up 5-6 times a night too. Anyway, not enough hours in the day for me
So, I am sooooooooo sorry I can't post more in the lounge. I hope you all understand and are not too mad at me
. I love you all to bits and I do check in daily and have a look around. I wish I could spend more time posting too. I will be posting some more today or tomorrow re the help I need with getting the word about Samoa out. Yola has come up with a brilliant idea which I may try to implement... it would involve the help of as many as our members as possible, that's all I can say for now.
Phew! Thanks so much for letting me vent! I needed that!
Love you all!
I feel like a juggler in the circus lately, trying to juggle work, family and volunteer work. On the homefront, my hubby is not well. He got a nasty case of CMV, which is a kind of virus that caused him to get some kind of mononucleosis. He also suffers from a condition called NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) which is like an inflammation of the liver. This combined with the CMV has put him into hospital for over a week in July + a month of bed rest following that. Since then he has been very weak still, and the blood tests he had last week showed high levels of the virus in his blood still as well as active hepatitis
Then on the work frontier...
My cat counselling service is not doing too bad either. The problem is I tend to try and help people for free rather than charge for the service
And then, just when I thought I have reached my limit... I was asked by the Israeli Cat Welfare Society to join their board of directors. I was very very honored and I am thrilled at the chance of helping so many cats! They are the best organization - a huge no-kill shelter for cats (with over 500 cats kept in a wonderful facility) and they do most of the work with ferals and stray and with TNR. They have neutered and spayed over 50,000 cats in the last 16 years! You can see their website here: www.cats.org.il By the way, I really want to work on that website - it looks really bad now and I have tons of ideas on how to improve it. I am also going to write fact sheets on TNR and other matters and I am going to start a special cat behavior hotline (which means getting volunteers and training them).
So, you see, I can't say I'm bored
So, I am sooooooooo sorry I can't post more in the lounge. I hope you all understand and are not too mad at me
Phew! Thanks so much for letting me vent! I needed that!
Love you all!