meh

We had a plan for the day.  Will didn’t move his regularly scheduled day off even though he already had Monday off for New Years. 

We were going to go to the shelter and add some furry friends to this crazy life we are building.

Will was going to get his birthday present – a cat – and I was going to get mine – a dog.

We were going to adopt them and save them from being put down.

We straightened up the house in case the dog liked to chew on things – there would be less lying around.

We put out the water bowls.  Oh yeah, we have water bowls, food dishes, a litter box… We’re as prepared as we can be for this.

And we came home with no one.  :(

Here’s what happened: First, the lady at the desk basically told us we were nuts for wanting to get both at once.  Maybe she’s right.

Then the woman who was helping us to meet cats – we started with the cats over the dogs at random really – initially tried to tell us that we should wait to get a dog until Pea was older.  Unfortunately, I got a little touchy about that and told her that if we did that, we’d never get a dog because she isn’t going to be our only kid.

Then it seemed like every cat that we’d seen through the window or online had a problem – a heart murmur, not good with kids, scared of people. 

And then the woman suggested that we meet Felix.  He was such a good kitty.  So friendly.  A little on the older side.  except that every time anyone picked him up, he peed on them.  Got me twice.  So clearly there is a little something wrong with him.  *sigh*

We were getting a pretty discouraged and Pea was starting to melt so we decided to call it a day.  The adoption woman had mentioned that they get a lot of kittens in the Spring.  And then she suggested what we’d been talking about while she was out of the room – get a dog now and a kitten later.  Validated!

So.

New plan:  Go back in a few weeks and get our dog.  And in the Spring when they have kittens coming out their ears, go pick out our perfect little kitten.  Here’s hoping it works.

If you want to check out the dogs and cats up for adoption, we’re working with Dumb Friends League of Denver