Confession is good for the Hype. - - Part 11

[Asteroid-Man]

Ooooooooooooooooooh man, are you in for a fun ride!

 

[sabetoonth]

I confess that Im not sure how to feel about what happened today, the kids that we have been watching who were removed from the home of those who were going to adopt them (a 15 year old rape victim and her 15 month old son) were going to go home today, court order and all because UA's were passed, so was house inspection and she wanted to go home anyway. But their "grandmother' (actually stepmother's stepmother) died this morning of a heart attack and so we'll be watching them for at least another week and maybe even until October. Which on a level isnt bad, I feel like we've done these kids good, but I miss what it was like for me on he average day before them, when I didn't have to chase a kid who's gettin into stuff all day, when I don't have to worry about eating more food than we can afford to get. When there's no need to be quiet at night when the only one asleep is the baby. But I know this is probably the best place for them at the moment. We've had them going on two months or better, the kids have made improvements from when they got here. And I feel kinda bad that, even if not by a mile, I don't want us to keep watching them.

 

[ComicChick]

that's a tough predicament for you to be in toonth but it's very cool that your family is helping them. you might be the only stability they have right now

 

[sabetoonth]

Right now we are. Their "grandfather" didn't even let us know she had passed on. His first priority was calling the Fraternal Order of Eagles and telling them he wanted the money they would be getting since she was a benefit member there as well as extra insurance. We didn't even find out from family, the kids' case worker called and mentioned it, and he was surprised that we hadn't heard. No one from her family even called until just before dinner which was 2 hours ago. And that's stresses me because that was where they were gonna go and both these kids get SSI and who knows how they would have done there.

 

[ComicChick]

i don't know if she's done it yet, but the girl should definitely look into the WIC program as well as EBT if possible.

 

[sabetoonth]

They are on WIC already, And Im not sure if they're on EBT, Im not highly involved in it, I mostly watch the baby to be honest.

 

[SpideyVille]

My mom got a call the other from the guy who got us our last dog and he said his nephew has one for us and will be bringing it to us sometimes this week. I confess, I'm not as excited as I thought I'd be. I guess part of it is because this dog is already a year old and we haven't seen how it looks first. Its the same breed as our last one, and they say she's prettier too, but I'm a little worried that I'll be disappointed when she arrives.

Hey SpideyVille, you could look into starting a pet-sitting business like I had.

All it takes is going to your local county or city courthouse and buy a business licence.
Then it's just about doing some advertising to get a clientele going. And give incentives to current clients when they refer you to a friend who then books you.

If you want more info just PM me and I can let you know how I did my business.

Sure, I'll let you know if I decide to go through with it. Right now it's just one of many options that I'm toying with. In a couple of weeks it will have been one year since I graduated, which will be the end of my unofficial and unintended year off plan that I had when I graduated.

It's all about marketing. If you live in an area where people go away for vacations, they could be looking for someone to pet-sit! We're just lucky that our cat's previous owner is still in the area (at an apartment that doesn't allow pets, and he's traveling a lot now anyway) and we can hit him up everytime we're away for more than 3 days. He does it for free just to visit his old friend, but my boss pays someone (a former vet) $20/day to look after his cats when they're away.

And getting to be a vet is HARD. Since there are less vet schools in the US, it's actually harder to get into vet school than medical school! And trying to get into medical school is hard enough!

But you're right, you don't need to go to vet school to work with animals. My mom volunteers at a tiny city zoo, and even though she doesn't have animal training and doesn't work with the animals directly, she gets to be around them a few times a week. One of the zookeepers there doesn't even have a vet degree - she was hired because she owned a farm a long time ago.

There's also working at a shelter, but my mom always figured she'd end up taking every animal home after a week.


Yeah networking!

Yeah I've read up on some people who say they actually make a decent living off of pet sitting and dog walking. My only concern is that the whole networking stuff is similar to what I've been doing with my drawings/paintings and I'm not sure if I'm willing to go through that again since I really don't know that many people. Not to mention I really feel like I need to start getting a "normal" job where I'll get paid a set amount of money for showing up to a certain place for a certain amount of time during the week.

 

[ComicChick]

They are on WIC already, And Im not sure if they're on EBT, Im not highly involved in it, I mostly watch the baby to be honest.

your mother could possibly get EBT since she can count them as dependents now and that would help you all with food to feed everyone. worth looking into

 

[sabetoonth]

Oh yea we get foodstamps, but we loose 35 bucks on them because of the extra income of SSI, the baby gets 710 bucks, and the girl gets 300-something, that counts as income and such as I understand it.

 

[Anubis]

Do you get high off of them? t:t:t:

One can get high off of anything.


Hair Spray, Starbursts, Kool Aid, Banging your head against a wall, Poop in a paper bag, you name it.

 

[Bruce Banner]

I confess I have felt pretty lonely a majority of my life even despite having many friends and just a couple close ones.

I used to actually give a **** about finding a connection with someone, something kindred, I gave up and said **** em and despite the dull ache, I'm better this way.

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

I confess I have felt pretty lonely a majority of my life even despite having many friends and just a couple close ones.

This is how I feel. I have my friends, and I do like them, but I'm not really social and I don't see them that much outside of school.

 

[Bruce Banner]

This is how I feel. I have my friends, and I do like them, but I'm not really social and I don't see them that much outside of school.

I see them outside school a lot I just don't like being in a vulnerable position, I'll cut ties before I even get an idea that I might end up in a bad spot.

 

[SpideyVille]

I'm sort of in the same boat. I graduated college last year and lost touch with a lot of my friends there, and even throughout my life, its always been hard for me to maintain friendships with people from school once the summer time hits. I'm also a pretty private person so I don't go out too much, and its been even harder since I don't have money to go to most places where people I know want to go.

But I've always heard that the people you really start to get close to are the ones you work with since you'll most likely end up seeing people for years as opposed to months when you're in school.

 

[Piper Maru]

I confess that I called in sick today.

 

[SpideyVille]

I confess we're not getting a dog afterward. Somehow it went from being told on Sunday that the guy would be driving down to get it to us, to the guy was coming sometime during the week because the weather was bad, to finally being told that they gave the dog away already and were offering us a male Chihuahua instead.

It sucks but its kind of a relief because I don't think we can afford to buy new things for the dog right now, not to mention that since the weather is so nice now, I want to go out more during the day and not have to worry about helping a new dog get accustomed to a new house. Plus, I really want a puppy so we could start fresh.

 

[Anita18]

I confess we're not getting a dog afterward. Somehow it went from being told on Sunday that the guy would be driving down to get it to us, to the guy was coming sometime during the week because the weather was bad, to finally being told that they gave the dog away already and were offering us a male Chihuahua instead.

It sucks but its kind of a relief because I don't think we can afford to buy new things for the dog right now, not to mention that since the weather is so nice now, I want to go out more during the day and not have to worry about helping a new dog get accustomed to a new house. Plus, I really want a puppy so we could start fresh.

Unfortunately, those two things do not go together. Puppies need to be let out every few hours. When we first got a dog, we were specifically told not to get a puppy because my sister and I were in school during the day, and our parents both worked.

Kittens can be left alone for 6-ish hours once you've kitten-proofed your house, but not puppies.

 

[SpideyVille]

Unfortunately, those two things do not go together. Puppies need to be let out every few hours. When we first got a dog, we were specifically told not to get a puppy because my sister and I were in school during the day, and our parents both worked.

Kittens can be left alone for 6-ish hours once you've kitten-proofed your house, but not puppies.

Yeah, when we got our last dog, I was just about done with finals, so I had time to stay with her, but there were a few times early on where I had to leave her alone and it was hard because she would always cry loudly and we were afraid the neighbors would complain.

But I'm starting to think that maybe now isn't the right time to get a new dog. Like my plan for the summer was to get out as much as I could, and that included taking her out for more walks, but when she first got hurt, it was really hard for me to leave her alone, even for a second because I didn't want something happening to her while I was gone. But its been a couple of weeks now and I've started going out for walk, even went out for a jog a couple of times and went to shoot some hoops once as a way to take my mind off of how empty and quiet the house feels now. And now I'm not as depressed about it because its like I'm forgetting what happened, but every now and then I think about her or my mom mentions her and I start to want a dog again, even though I know its going to need some serious time commitment from me, which is even harder since I really need to start going out and looking for a job now. But I've always been a believer of things happening for a reason so I think when the time is right, we will find ourselves with another pup and it will work out better than if we try to force the issue now.

 

[E-Man]

I confess that I am thinking about recasting Spider-man 2 just for one particular person.

 

[SirAconite]

I confess that I am related to superheroes *shudders*

 

[spideyboy_1111]

I confess my dog of 14/15 years is on her last leg. Im dog sitting her for my mom while she's out of town. I grew up with this dog and i hate seeing her this way. She doesn't seem to Be in pain. Just very tired and out of it. I hope she's not anyway...

I just held her and walked around the house a bit. She shivers slightly but seemed relaxed.

I hate going through this without my mom here. I can't help but feel she wants my mom here. And Im kind of resenting my mom for taking such a long vacation...

 

[Manic]

Between my grandmother's cancer and my grandfather's deteriorating mind, I sometimes feel like I'm completely losing my spit.

 

[Hobgoblin]

I hate that I always have a list of things to do at work and while I get most of them accomplished, there are often some that are not done. The next day, I'm sure to hear about it. More help or more time would be appreciated.

 

[Ultimatehero]

I've lived in an igloo a lot of my life.

 

[Merlo]

I confess that 200 hundred years ago or a bit more that I expunged 100,000 people in a different life. I fought a persian army and an ethiopian army, I wiped all 100,000 people out alone with a bow and arrow. I was an italian man that was a member of some greek army. Unfortunately, 21,000 out of the 100,000 were actually good people.