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Spock, a couple weeks after we first got her, clearly annoyed at my having woken her up
I got Spock when I was dating a girl I had been talking to while overseas, her neighbors farm cat had had a litter and were giving them away. All things considered, we got very lucky, the only health issue when we first got her was a bit of worms, but beyond that she was given a clean bill of health after her first visit to the vet. That girl and I stopped seeing one another months before I started dating my current girlfriend, but curiously she is still interested in the cat.
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Even earlier photo of the little girl, you really forget how tiny they were
As I previously mentioned, when I got her, after calling around, I had no idea it was as expensive as it was to fix a female kitty. Instead of looking into programs that would have helped someone living with my income, I figured she would be just fine until I gathered the funds to get her fixed. Clearly that wasn't a priority as I made the transition between college and the real world. A week here and there she would be uncannily affectionate, sit in front of me with her tail to the side, making mewing noises, until she stopped. I briefly thought of it as kitty twerking.
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Sleepy girl found the cool tile in the Summer I spent in the shittiest apartment I ever hope to live in.
What wound up happening in the interim, is probably, hopefully, the closest I will come to falling in the un-serviced gap of nonprofits/government programs. I was making too much money to qualify for spay assistance, but not enough that I could throw around some of the little income I was making that wasn't going to rent, student loans, bills, etc into getting my cat fixed. Combine that with the fact that when I didn't lack a car, I still do and am ok with that fact, this cat fucking hates car rides.
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If you remember this scene from the Nightmare Before Christmas, you are not far off of how she howls in the car.
So while I am not looking forward to taking her to the Vet, my girlfriend is dropping her at the Vet and me at work Wednesday morning, I am looking forward to making her far more comfortable and hopefully adding on a few more years with the first pet I could call my very own. She plays fetch, she acts like an idiot sometimes, but she is my girl and I don't think I could imagine a day coming home and not having her waiting on the table mewing for a few pets when I get home and following around the apartment. I am only sorry I had to wait so long to get her into the doctor's.
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Thanks TL, from Spock.
