We Own This Town
The ratio of Hults' to Not-Hults' in Pennsylvania seems to grow narrower by the day. Gramma was feeling she'd gotten to be on friendly terms with her new house, was a little lonely, and she'd gotten nowhere finding friendly braillers nearby -- so it was kitten time! AK had a plan all mapped out, and was just waiting for the go-ahead. So once given the go-ahead we went to our first stop: our vet/groomers. They are very connected in the leash-&-collar community and would understand Gramma's need for a young, healthy, oft-handled kitten which was already potty trained.
They had two.
A brother-sister set of gray striped tabbies had been left at the vet's main doctor's doorstep awhile ago and they'd been living there at the vet ever since. 12 weeks old. They were very friendly, very used to being handled, they had nearly all their shots already and they offered to clip them both for free. $65 in litter, box, canned food and toys later. . . . we've got two more Hults' in Pine Grove Mills! They are as-yet un-named as Gramma goes through the myriad of boy/girl and brother/sister names. There are LOTS of good ones, but I am partial to Frida and Diego :). They are spending their first day/night in Gramma's guest room so they can get used to the house slowly and use their litter box a few times before they are set free to roam. That's worked very well so far, all the kitty droppings have dropped where they belong.
My talk (nearly a week ago now) as you probably read on AK's blog, went very well. I was telling the missionaries next day that after staying up all night preparing the talk, I'd pitched the plans and winged it just before the zero hour. One of them put it well "There's the talk you plan to give, the talk you give, and the talk you wish you gave". Yup. But it seemed well received and certainly a little something different for the local Mormons. I spent Monday taking both missionaries down to Harrisburg for a "Transfer Meeting" where we dropped off one and took home a new one. It was quite an education, and while I'm not sure I agree with the philosophy behind it (missionary work), I'm 100% behind what it does for the young men personally. I don't know the whys, and I'm still figuring out the hows, but I definitely want my son to do what these men are doing.
I have a sort-of-job interview this next Monday, that will be interesting. I'm open to getting "back in the game" so long as it's on my terms, so I thought I'd put myself out there a little bit. I sent my resume in to a recruiter about a specific position that was asking for a lot of marketing/PR/sales background. I feel I'm pretty qualified for the position, but I get the idea I'm going in Monday so Mr. Recruiter can get my whole story and see what else I might also be qualified for. AK worked with him last Spring and he sounds like a straight up professional dude so I'm looking forward to it.
More later. Hopefully some kitty pix? They are cute, with lots of tiger stripes and ears the size of radar dishes. . .
They had two.
A brother-sister set of gray striped tabbies had been left at the vet's main doctor's doorstep awhile ago and they'd been living there at the vet ever since. 12 weeks old. They were very friendly, very used to being handled, they had nearly all their shots already and they offered to clip them both for free. $65 in litter, box, canned food and toys later. . . . we've got two more Hults' in Pine Grove Mills! They are as-yet un-named as Gramma goes through the myriad of boy/girl and brother/sister names. There are LOTS of good ones, but I am partial to Frida and Diego :). They are spending their first day/night in Gramma's guest room so they can get used to the house slowly and use their litter box a few times before they are set free to roam. That's worked very well so far, all the kitty droppings have dropped where they belong.
My talk (nearly a week ago now) as you probably read on AK's blog, went very well. I was telling the missionaries next day that after staying up all night preparing the talk, I'd pitched the plans and winged it just before the zero hour. One of them put it well "There's the talk you plan to give, the talk you give, and the talk you wish you gave". Yup. But it seemed well received and certainly a little something different for the local Mormons. I spent Monday taking both missionaries down to Harrisburg for a "Transfer Meeting" where we dropped off one and took home a new one. It was quite an education, and while I'm not sure I agree with the philosophy behind it (missionary work), I'm 100% behind what it does for the young men personally. I don't know the whys, and I'm still figuring out the hows, but I definitely want my son to do what these men are doing.
I have a sort-of-job interview this next Monday, that will be interesting. I'm open to getting "back in the game" so long as it's on my terms, so I thought I'd put myself out there a little bit. I sent my resume in to a recruiter about a specific position that was asking for a lot of marketing/PR/sales background. I feel I'm pretty qualified for the position, but I get the idea I'm going in Monday so Mr. Recruiter can get my whole story and see what else I might also be qualified for. AK worked with him last Spring and he sounds like a straight up professional dude so I'm looking forward to it.
More later. Hopefully some kitty pix? They are cute, with lots of tiger stripes and ears the size of radar dishes. . .
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