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Not much going on around here.
Lucas' parents rented a house somewhere at the North Sea and he asked me if he could take Ben there for a few days. It's always hard for me to be away from him, but I'm sure he would have a blast so I said yes. They're leaving on Saturday and probably be back on Friday. I'm gonna miss my little baby. Already having vacations without me - I didn't think this day would come so early!
I wonder what I'm going to do, if I have the whole week for myself... maybe paint the kitchen, I wanted to do that for a long time. Go shopping, read, have a long bath... on second thought it might be nice to have the house all by myself ;)
Remember Gabriel, the guy I did my last project with? We didn't really have that much contact during the last months, just a few phone calls. He recently moved into a new apartment and invited me over last weekend. Guess what? He moved in with his BOYfriend. I sometimes wondered if he was gay, he never had a girlfriend I had known of, didn't talk much about his private life... but I never wanted to ask him, because I always thought if I were right, he would just tell me if he wanted me to know.
So maybe that's one reason why we were such a great team and there was never something sexual between us.
Whatever, his boyfriend, David, was pretty funny and the are a very cute couple. They don't live that far away and we had a really nice evening, so I hope they will invite me again!
Today I'm kind of emotional. Somehow I've started to read the website of our local animal shelter and while I usually don't cry easily I was really touched by the stories. On their website you can read about all the animals that are looking for a new home and why they were given away. It's just so sad. Some people gave their cat away, because she is nocturnal. Well if they had informed themselves a little bit about the animal they want to adopt, they would have known that this is pretty normal for cats.
There was another story of a dog, that touched me the most. It was actually pretty badly written, but it was still so sad. It's an old dog who belonged to a very old man. Someday he was just walking home with him, when a woman approached and wanted to stroke him. The dog got frightened and snapped at her, so the lady sued the man. He was too old to manage a whole lawsuit, so he had to give up the dog, who is now in the animal shelter and can't be adopted, because he's classified as "dangerous". So he just has to stay there until he dies. That makes me especially angry because of the stupid woman. You don't just walk around stroking dogs of people you don't know. Not everyone's a fan of being touched by strangers. If it were human beings, the one who was unwillingly touched would sue the "toucher" and not the other way round. But because he is a dog he now has to stay at the animal shelter forever.
All those stories made me so sad and I think about taking in another cat. The thing is that it's already crowded in our small apartment and many of the cats are really traumatized and need much time and love to build trust. With me working the whole week I don't think I have enough time to spend with a cat. Although Ben is still so young and probably not sensitive enough.
I guess when I'm older and retired I'm gonna be a crazy cat lady who adopts all the problem cats. Looking forwards to it!
Lucas' parents rented a house somewhere at the North Sea and he asked me if he could take Ben there for a few days. It's always hard for me to be away from him, but I'm sure he would have a blast so I said yes. They're leaving on Saturday and probably be back on Friday. I'm gonna miss my little baby. Already having vacations without me - I didn't think this day would come so early!
I wonder what I'm going to do, if I have the whole week for myself... maybe paint the kitchen, I wanted to do that for a long time. Go shopping, read, have a long bath... on second thought it might be nice to have the house all by myself ;)
Remember Gabriel, the guy I did my last project with? We didn't really have that much contact during the last months, just a few phone calls. He recently moved into a new apartment and invited me over last weekend. Guess what? He moved in with his BOYfriend. I sometimes wondered if he was gay, he never had a girlfriend I had known of, didn't talk much about his private life... but I never wanted to ask him, because I always thought if I were right, he would just tell me if he wanted me to know.
So maybe that's one reason why we were such a great team and there was never something sexual between us.
Whatever, his boyfriend, David, was pretty funny and the are a very cute couple. They don't live that far away and we had a really nice evening, so I hope they will invite me again!
Today I'm kind of emotional. Somehow I've started to read the website of our local animal shelter and while I usually don't cry easily I was really touched by the stories. On their website you can read about all the animals that are looking for a new home and why they were given away. It's just so sad. Some people gave their cat away, because she is nocturnal. Well if they had informed themselves a little bit about the animal they want to adopt, they would have known that this is pretty normal for cats.
There was another story of a dog, that touched me the most. It was actually pretty badly written, but it was still so sad. It's an old dog who belonged to a very old man. Someday he was just walking home with him, when a woman approached and wanted to stroke him. The dog got frightened and snapped at her, so the lady sued the man. He was too old to manage a whole lawsuit, so he had to give up the dog, who is now in the animal shelter and can't be adopted, because he's classified as "dangerous". So he just has to stay there until he dies. That makes me especially angry because of the stupid woman. You don't just walk around stroking dogs of people you don't know. Not everyone's a fan of being touched by strangers. If it were human beings, the one who was unwillingly touched would sue the "toucher" and not the other way round. But because he is a dog he now has to stay at the animal shelter forever.
All those stories made me so sad and I think about taking in another cat. The thing is that it's already crowded in our small apartment and many of the cats are really traumatized and need much time and love to build trust. With me working the whole week I don't think I have enough time to spend with a cat. Although Ben is still so young and probably not sensitive enough.
I guess when I'm older and retired I'm gonna be a crazy cat lady who adopts all the problem cats. Looking forwards to it!