Okay, so it's been a while since my last post. Luckily we don't do anything very exciting, so bringing this blog up to date can be accomplished in one posting.
First let me introduce Emmy, and tell you our cat story.
We had decided that Whitney was going to be our last cat, but after weeks of daily crying bouts and depression we decided that I cannot live a full and contented life without a kitty to love. I scoured the local adoption websites and met several of the kitties face to face. We found one at our local Humane Society and filled out the paperwork. We got the house ready, picked out her new name, and waited.... and waited.... and waited for the phone to ring. After 7 days with no word I left a message. We spent the next few days playing phone tag. They needed more info, and I gave more info, and then we waited... and waited... and waited again. I called to inquire on the status of our application and was told by a volunteer that the director was out. My application was on her desk, but she couldn't tell if I was approved or not. I asked about the cat I was trying to adopt and was told that she had been adopted by someone else.
What?!
Can you believe they let someone adopt our cat right out from under us without even giving us a heads up?! Although I was furious I had to be nice because they had what I wanted and needed... they had cats! So I asked about another cat that we met there and really liked, and could I get dibs on him? She said that most of the cats had been adopted at the Adoptathon in progress at Petsmart. They were having same day adoptions all weekend, and most of their cats had been brought there. So here we were waiting for three weeks to get approved and they were handing cats out willy nilly at that very moment! Ugh!!! It was to late to head to Petsmart that day, but we were there when they opened the next morning. There were a lot of kittens available but only a few cats. Eric made a beeline to the fattest cat they had... Emmy. The representative from the shelter (North Country Animal League) told us that Emmy had been at the shelter for 4 years. We immediately filled out an adoption application, our references were checked and in less that 20 minutes we were approved. I guess the stress of the past month had worn me down because as soon as she gave us the thumbs up I burst into tears. Right in the middle of Petsmart I started sobbing, and I don't mean those dainty tears that we see on television. I mean those loud gasping sobs that make everyone turn around and get embarrassed for you. When I tried to explain to the woman about Whitney she started crying also, and then we both started laughing (but continued to cry at the same time). She said we were the "feel good adoption of the weekend".
Our other great news is that Eric completed his courses and graduated at the top of his class. Soon he will be taking the the state test which will propel him from Apprentice Plumber to Journeyman Plumber. Here's a picture of us at the graduation ceremony. Zakary was very proud of his dad, but was not happy about having to wear "fancy clothes".
