Loopy Squirrel
06-11-2011, 09:06 AM
Hello to all. Yes, it's me again. It's been such a long time since I was last here. Many of you already know who I am as I was a member a while ago. For some of the newer members I will introduce myself. I am a squirrel mom of 9 NR's. I am also a rehabber and have been for roughly six yrs. now. I haven't been doing as much as I used to since I have gone back to work full time. I was a member on the board for a few yrs. until a disagreement on how to handle an injured squirrel occurred. It was very childish and stupid on my part. I decidied to come back on and to reconnect with squirrely people that I have lost contact with. Thank you Maura for being gracious enough to allow me back. I also wanted to give an update on what has been going on in my life since I left. I had heard through the grape vine that people had been asking especially since my life was in such turmoil when I left. First off, I would like to appologize for not maintaining contact with some of my friends from here, but due to financial contraints, I had to let go of everything, the phone, the internet, and yes, cable (I thought I was going to die!!!). I was at a very low point in my life and knew things needed to change. My house was in foreclosure at the time and finances were not going well at all. I had just gone through a death in the family that involved Hospice at my house daily, a huge amount of rehab animals coming and going, and then the financial crisis. I decided that things needed to change and it meant everything. I decided to stop being afraid of life and to go out and live it. My entire future depended on it and things certainly couldn't get any worse. I managed to get a job as a veterinary technician, something I had always wanted to do, but was too afraid to do it. I landed a job that was willing to train since I did have a lot of animal experience with the rehab. I work for a very busy three doctor practice that I love. They took two yrs. of schooling and trained me in three months. It was crazy and very scary, but was the best thing I have ever done. As for the house, we were about to move when my husband lost his job three days before Christmas. The only good thing was I had my job at least. It actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Since our income had change so significantly I was able to reapply to our bank for a loan modification and it looks good so far. The bank has offered us a really good deal and we will be starting our three month trial period very soon. What I have learned from all of this is that sometimes things really do happen for a reason even if we don't always understand why at the time. Well, things are looking up and I think everything will work out in the end. I'd like to say a few thank you's :
Maura, again, thank you for giving me the opportunity to reconnect with the squirrely people I miss so much.
Sissy, I am so glad we spoke again and I really do miss our talks. Thank you for being my friend.
Anne, I will pm you my new number so we can talk soon.
Jackie, thank you so very much for including me in your last gathering. I really wanted to attend but with me working so much I haven't had as much time to do stuff with the boys. Troy was going through snake hunting withdrawal that weekend so I decided to spend some much needed time w/ my boys. I would really love to attend the next squirrely get together.
Maura, again, thank you for giving me the opportunity to reconnect with the squirrely people I miss so much.
Sissy, I am so glad we spoke again and I really do miss our talks. Thank you for being my friend.
Anne, I will pm you my new number so we can talk soon.
Jackie, thank you so very much for including me in your last gathering. I really wanted to attend but with me working so much I haven't had as much time to do stuff with the boys. Troy was going through snake hunting withdrawal that weekend so I decided to spend some much needed time w/ my boys. I would really love to attend the next squirrely get together.