Loren’s Life

Yay! Our kitten has now been spayed and I can feel like a responsible pet owner. The Hawaiian Humane Society had Spay Day and offered free neuter/spay services. We dropped her off early yesterday morning and picked her up today after work. The kids and I missed her very much. I’m kind of afraid touch her too much, I don’t want to rip out her stitches or something… ouch!

This evening we walked through the Humane Society to look at the other dogs, cats, bunnies that are up for adoption. Not that we are planning to get another pet, but just to visit. Before “Spay Day” we had never been to the Humane Society here. I have to say that it is really very nice. I was impressed with the park like surroundings and set up of the facility. They have pretty landscaping and walkways with neat educational displays along the way. There are small yards where potential pet owners can get acquainted with their prospective pets. The cats have room to play, climb and rest without being cooped up in a cage 24/7. The dogs have a grooming station and most seemed to have been enrolled in behavior classes (as indicated on the description cards in their stalls). Oh, and they have a dog park. What was most noticeable is that the animals did not seem starved for attention. Kudos to the Hawaiian Humane Society!!!

The only other Humane Society I have visited was in Flagstaff, AZ. It is at the end of a dusty road with yelping and barking dogs and scared cats all penned up like sad, sad prisoners. Nothing against their Humane Society personally, I’m sure their employees and volunteers are very caring. They just have less fancy surroundings and the animals seem so out of sorts.

Hawaii must be lucky to have especially generous donors and volunteers.

The best thing that came out of today is my kids expressed an interest in volunteering their time at the Humane Society someday. I’m very proud of them.

Aloha,

Loren

I can’t say whether I’ve been busy or lazy. I’ve neglected writing in my blog which I was so excited to have and have hardly even emailed friends. Then I get sad when no one writes me. Hypocritical. I’m going to make an effort this week. I wrote to some friends yesterday and today and forgot how fun it is to blah blah blah in an email.

I’ve been consumed lately with thoughts of what to do with my future. I’m taking baby steps toward what I think would be a great plan but I don’t want to jinx anything or get overly excited. I should know if my plan is a possibility next month and until then I’ll be sitting here with my fingers crossed! No, it’s not getting engaged!!!

Today I felt really chubby and thought ‘okay, I’m going on 30, maybe all the cake and ice cream and candy! that I’ve been eating is a bit too much’. So I decided just for today, I’d eat a bit more healthy. Ha ha ha. I ended up eating a bunch of red vines and a bowl of cookie dough ice cream and pizza rolls for dinner. Bad bad. There’s always tomorrow. So instead of drastic steps which will set me up for failure I think I should at least make myself drink a little water everyday (I never do), do something active at least once a week, and forego any extra cheese, butter, second helping of ice cream, etc. Oh, and dance hula with my daughter when she practices.

Wow, I sound like a completely unhealthy couch potato.

Okay, I just walked to the fridge, got a Diet Pepsi and came back. I can now check off “active” from my list.

Loren