Dream Diary

I have incredibly random dreams. Almost every night, I have at least two bizarre dreams that I can vaguely remember and if I hit the snooze button, there are usually more – especially lately. In the past three nights I’ve probably had 12 strange dreams. The night before last I had three nightmares involving sharks(I’m not typically afraid of them) and woke up scared but now I can’t remember any details. So, I’m gonna try waking up and blogging about my dreams right away before I forget everything. This should be entertaining if nothing else. Maybe some of y’all will have some input as to what they mean…

The dream I remember, before Andy called to wake me up the first time, was about InDesign class. Yes, I had that class last night and it went on for the full five hours. I’m really enjoying that class and learning so much, but reliving it in my dreams is a little much. There were two sections. In the first, it was sort of class as usual, except we were working in a much cooler lab with colored walls, ergonomically correct chairs, track lighting, etc. (I never dream about actually being in PC).
In the second section, Belfi, our instructor, wanted us to bring in a stack of some of our old T-shirts. My stack had four shirts, all very similar, all very nerdy, all from this ice skating show called Stars on Ice that my mom and I went to every year. I would always get a T-shirt, even though they never had them in my size so they were always way too big. I know I kept them at home, in a huge bin filled with all my shirts from school organizations, All-State choir, pep squad, drill team, etc. My mom said she was planning to make a quilt or something from them one day. Eek. Anyway, I put one of the shirts on and it immediately changed from white to bright red (I almost always dream in color) and Beli started saying what a great piece it was, like it was a work of art or something. Completely random, I have no idea what that means.

My next dream makes a little more sense given that I’ve been wanting to go ice skating lately. If I haven’t mentioned on here before, I used to skate competitively for over five years. I miss it. Anyway, I dreamed I was going up to Canada to visit my friends to celebrate Big Foot Day. These are friends from Lubbock, TX, (Lizzie, Alissa, Josh, Blake, Craig, James (all from the church choir I was a part of while I was at school there). I just made arrangements to fly there and see them all for Alissa and Craig’s wedding this month, so I guess they were on my mind. Lizzie is from Canada, so maybe that explains the reason I was going up there, but Big Foot Day? Random.
I arrived in Canada and went straight from the airport, walking with my luggage in the snow, to some sort of dance and ice skating clinic. We did tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical and then changed into our ice skates and skated for a while. Blake and Josh were always dancers in the shows we did at church with me so they were there dancing too, but then Lizzie showed up for the ice skating portion and was telling me all about Big Foot Day and how much they were all looking forward to it. Then we were sitting around the dance studio, taking off our skates and the instructor came up to me and said she gave me a 6.5 for skating and asked me if I was out of practice. The power went out. And I woke up.

So there you have it, two of my random dreams. At least I dream in themes.

"Adverteasing" the Game

I woke up to this text message this morning. At first I just thought it was like a business "Shoots and Ladders." I had to zoom in to read the titles. How funny. The copywriter pulling her hair out– what reassurance.

As some of you know, Andy will start as a high school teacher officially this Thursday for business and computer software classes. He found this game in his classroom this morning and plans to use it. It's more or less a learning tool.

Oh, and for some of you out there who aren't as proficient as you'd like to be in the Adobe programs, they are teaching them in high school now. Scary, huh. So learn them before these kids get out and steal our jobs! Even scarier, Andy will be teaching them. Just kidding, he'll be great once I teach him. ;)

Astros vs. Braves

For our six month (semi-)anniversary, Andy surprised me with tickets to the Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves game! I'm a huge Astros fan and I had looked forward to this game all year. It's been so hard not being able to watch them play at all and instead, having the Braves games on practiclly every night. I recorded the first game of three games Tuesday night and was so upset when I watched it. Astros lost 4 to 12! Yikes. I put my jersey on the next day, hoping for a miracle, and witnessed another dissapointment. We had a great time though. ;) Andy got us fabulous seats — for all the Braves home run action.

(And a really great view of my favorite catcher, Astros #11 Brad Ausmus. Seriously ladies, look for yourself. He made last summer when my dad and I went to at least 10 games together much more pleasing. ;)



Because of both upsets and because I had class Thursday night, I didn't bother to look at the results from Thursday's game. Of course, Astros won.

The Video I Promised

So, this woman woke us up with her speech at 8 am when we entered Glacier Bay and kept talking on and off for hours, sometimes with minute-long pauses in the middle of a sentence. I think she needs acting lessons to pump up her enthusiasm just a tad. You be the judge.

Let me rant for a moment:

Why can't chargers and USB cords be universal? I'm so sick of having to keep up with two or more freaking cords for every electronic device I own.
I have a cell phone charger,
a cell phone USB(but apparently I don't need that because I have bluetooth),
a bluetooth headset charger,
a camera battery charger,
a camera USB, a video camera charger,
a video camera connector to the TV,
a video camera USB connector,
an ipod charger,
an Ipod USB connector,
and my MacBook Pro charger(which they sell for $80.)

I don't even consider myself that high tech, these are just the things I had to take with me on the trip. Somehow, I came back with one that I have no idea what it goes to and missing the one for my video camera, because apparently none of the three cords I can find for that are what I need to load the movies I took from the trip. AAah. They make such a huge profit off all these stupid cords, because people have more important things to worry about than keeping track of 15 chagers and after wasting time looking for the right one, they go out and buy a new one. The old one will eventually turn up, but the company has already made extra profit for making things difficult.

I had to plea a similiar argument when my last cell was broken. Under the insurance, they had to replace my phone, but thy couldn't replace it with a phone of the similiar line, nope. It had to be a totally different phone with totally different chargers that I had to buy seperately. Luckily my Marine brother convinced them to include the chargers and they gave me a phone that was at least equivalent to the one I had, but that's another story. ;)

I'm off to look for that freaking video camera USB charger. Stay tuned for video from Glacier Bay and the women who nearly made all of us jump ship just to avoid having to hear any more of her lecture.

Why couldn’t I just stay there?

I wouldn’t want to miss out on the amazing educational experience that Portfolio Center has to offer. The idea of kayaking in front of a glacier every morning is incredibly intriguing though. Maybe I could really follow Alissa’s advice: make a living from blogging and freelance and then live wherever I want and travel whenever I have the urge. Just a thought, although I think I’ll stick to my set plan of becoming a copywriter then creative director in five or so years. We will see.

With that said, I love Alaska. Last I wrote, I was on the boat, just getting into glacial waters, not sure exactly what to expect from the excursions we signed up for or the towns we were set visit. I thought nothing could top the view from the ship:


The farther inland we went, the more massive the mountains appeared. As a petroleum engineer with a love of geology, my dad would have been like a kid in a candy store looking at all the geological evidence from millions of years of seismic activity and glacial movement. Here's a great example of that from the next day. This is somewhere between Skagway, Alaska, and the Yukon in Canada. (Did I mention we also went to Canada? I'll save the horseback riding and canoeing stories for my next post.)


We docked in Juneau on Tuesday morning, Andy and I set off to Kayak by the Mendenhall Glacier. I still need to get those pictures developed from my waterproof camera, but here’s a side view from a river my mom floated down during her excursion.

On the lake in our two person Kayak, we were joined by an adorable seal. He just followed us around and floated by our group. We were also lucky enough to see three bald eagles, soaring overhead. Before racing the other couples back to the beach(we really got a hang of kayaking together), Andy and I decided we needed to move to Alaska one day, or at least get a kayak.

Five Blogs: Assignment

Five Blogs worth checking out:
1. http://www.theliberalslies.blogspot.com/
2. http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/
3. http://www.neptunuslex.com/
4. http://www.crawfishboxes.com/
5. http://www.bloomeryweddings.com/blog/

Random note: I have a great specific blog topic, but I have to get engaged first...or maybe not. Hmm

25 Knots to Alaska

Sitting on the deck of the Norwegian Pearl, traveling 25 knots to Alaska, I'm in heaven — or at least on my way there. My dad always wanted to go to Alaska and had been planning to as soon as he got better. It's been three months since he passed away and I realize now, more than ever, how important it is to not put things off. Carpe Diem.

In that spirit, my mom and I jumped at the last-minute chance to accompany Andy and his family and church on this trip. There were two cancellations last week. After debate and careful consideration, we decided we couldn't turn the offer down. This is for dad. I, more than anyone else in the family, shared his love of mountains, snow and cold. That's my heaven and I know he's looking down and enjoying the same view as me right now.

I'd like to make a shout out: *Thanks to wireless internet ($.75 per minute) for making this cruise possible for me! Without you, I'd be sitting in PC with no AC, blogging about blogging and missing out the chance of a lifetime. :) With you, I can get all my work done and have fun, too!

Georgia Renaissance Festival

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I grew up going to the Texas Renaissance Festival every year, so when I found out they had one very similar here I was pretty excited. Andy didn't want to dress up, (he thought it was nerdy or something) but I convinced him to go and we had a fabulous time.

I got pulled on stage to be a zombie in the Ded Bob Show(basically me getting hit on by a skeleton puppet), and Andy got called up to juggle with another entertainer. I didn't know when I volunteered him he would be juggling knives! He did an awesome job though, and the guys sitting underneath the tossing area were not harmed. :)
Can't wait for next year!

Sami and Lucus are MARRIED!

Yay! Finally!!! I know it isn't real, but I'm so relieved! After years of anguish, Sami's troubles, Kate's plotting and the drama with EJ, Sami is now Mrs. Lucas Roberts! Days of Our Lives is one of my guilty pleasures – so sue me.

On to other weddings, my Uncle Pete's wedding was beautiful. They kissed like teenagers, complete with a leg kick. Very sweet. I love weddings. Sometimes I think I'd make a great wedding planner, but then I realize that I'd probably make all my brides go over budget – or crazy – trying to make their wedding into what I envision as spectacular. I can't help but critique all the weddings I go to. From the floral arrangements, to the lighting, the cake, the music, the dresses, and the list goes on. I can already see myself becoming a little bit of a bridezilla when my day comes. But of course, Mom, I know that the marriage is what's important. ;) (We've had this discussion before whenever my princess tendancies come out).

Oh, and Andy was making fun of me just now for blogging about Days, but he would love the fact that Lucas read Sami this old Irish wedding prayer:
"By the power that Christ brought from heaven, mayst thou love me. As the sun follows its course, mayst thou follow me. As light to the eye, as bread to the hungry, as joy to the heart, may thy presence be with me, oh one that I love, till death comes to part us. …"

Gráim thú, Andy!

This is supposed to be fun...

Shopping for Shoes
So, this weekend I'm going to Chicago for another Belsha wedding. This time it's my uncle(my dad's brother) who is getting remarried to a wonderful lady that we all adore. This is the sixth wedding in the past 5 years, so every year it's the same. This part of my family is from Chicago, so it's always there, and the reception always lasts at least six hours long. The difference this year is that I am finally bringing my date! YAY! My ex could never make it for one reason or another.
The other thing that's always the same is me shopping for a super cute dress and shoes. I got the dress a while ago( actually got three at once – I love White House Black Market – but, I can't find any shoes! I usually have so much fun shopping for shoes, but not when no one is making what I have in mind. It's so annoying to have that picture in your head of exactly what you want and to not be able to fnd it. It's amazing the crap you can find out there. I should be a shoe designer.
That's why, for our writing for the Web project where we have to create a Web site for a magazine, we came up with a brilliant idea. Our magazine is Blackbook, a fashion/art/culture magazine for men and women. The idea that would solve my shoe dilemma is to have a search engine in the fashion section, where you could type in what you're looking for (in this case ivory dress sandals) and it would tell you where in Atlanta to find them. Meredith's extension of this idea would be to have personal shoppers for those items that may be more difficult to find, that you could hire to find them for you. I need one right now. When I begin to dislike shoe shopping, something's gotta give.

Radio
I was really looking forward to this class, but now i'm not sure what to think of it. I went in there today with what I thought was a great concept and a couple of my peers felt the need to bash it, which I wouldn't mind if they had something constructive to say. I think(in all my free time) I'm gonna work on more clients and concepts alone so I can be sure to actually get something out of this for my portfolio. At this point, I'm not liking any of the assignments we have had, besides this past one. That doesn't matter as much as the fact that this class is subjective and I've come to realize this particular instructor may just not like my style and I will take comments from certain peers with a grain of salt.

I better go practice the song I'm singing in this wedding...
until next time ;)

Back to "Reality"

Today was my first day back to class, and it was a long one - or maybe it just felt that way because I stayed up till three writing a radio ad. I'm not sure what our instructor is looking for in that class, but apparently no one is doing it. I want to hear his criticism, but there's constructive and then there's just criticism, which is what I feel like I get from certain other students in that class. Oh well, I know who has a clue and who doesn't, but how irritating.

I know it's best to jump back in and do everything so that's what I'm trying to do. It's just hard to get back in the swing of things after the past couple of weeks. nI'm just glad I have my friends and especially Andy to keep me calm when I feel overwhelmed. By Thursday (or Wed night girl's night), I should feel a lot better, especially if I have time to do the stuff I really should like laundry and grocery shopping. For now, I have a little over 24 hours to come up with a children's book and rough sketches. :)

My dad

Most of y'all know what happened after my previous post, but if not, I'll explain why I haven't written in over a week. Tuesday, April 10th, after four years of waiting, went in to get his liver transplant. He called before he went into surgery, excited and looking forward to hopefully feel better. We said I love you and he told me to go to class. ;)
Since my senior year in high school, he's been sick. First they though it was cancer, but after surgery at MD Anderson, he was diagnosed with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (Walter Payton's Disease). When they went in to get his old liver out, there were so many complications from scar tissue and extra blood vessels that the surgery took much longer than normal and his body was too weak to accept the new liver.
I flew home as soon as I knew the surgery was going too long and was there by his side with the rest of my family when he passed. I can't believe he's gone. I just keep telling myself he's in a better place doing all the things he was too sick to do anymore. He was the greatest father and role model and I'm lucky to have had so much time with him. Here's what we wrote for the paper to share some insight into his life:

THOMAS CARL BELSHA, SR., beloved husband, father, brother, son and friend, passed away 4/10/07 of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. Born in St. Louis, MO, 3/18/1952, to Elmer and Ruth Belsha, he grew up in Jennings, MO. He attended The University of Missouri at Rolla from 1970-74, where he played football his freshman year. After graduation in 1974 with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering he worked for Amoco Production Co. in Andrews, TX, and Houston, TX, where he met and married Robin Glasgow Richards in 1977. He later worked for Union Texas Petroleum in Houston, Lafayette, LA and Denver, CO, and once again in Houston. For the remainder of his career, he worked for Scana Petroleum and Seagull Energy which became Ocean Energy, now part of Devon Energy. Active in his community, this Eagle Scout was a leader in Boy Scouts and Indian Princesses. He devoted many years supporting his children’s activities at J. E. Taylor High School parent groups for football, Pacesetters and choir, chaperoning many choir trips. As a 23 year member of St. Peter’s United Methodist Church in Katy, he served on the Board of Trustees, Finance Committee, youth group leader, Sunday School teacher, Usher and sang in the chancel and men’s choirs. Memberships included Kappa Sigma Fraternity, The Society of Petroleum Engineers, and Trinity University’s PAWS football parents group. An avid sportsman, he especially loved football, baseball, basketball, golf, hunting, snow skiing, camping and any activity involving his children and friends. He is survived by his cherished wife of 28 years, Robin Richards Belsha; their children, Thomas Carl Belsha, Jr., John Logan Belsha, Rebecca Marie Belsha, Jerissa Poulson Belsha his daughter-in-law; his mother Ruth Abstein Belsha; brothers: Dennis, Peter, Robert and Craig; his mother-in-law Mary Lynn J. Richards and a large extended group of family and friends. Thomas Carl Belsha, Sr.’s warmth, wit, kindness, ethics, leadership and dedication to the important things in life were an inspiration to all who knew him.

My brothers and I planned the memorial service with scripture and songs that meant a lot to him. We put together a slide show and recorded the songs, Psalm 139 and Recollection of Joy:

I Thank my God when I remember you, for he has blessed my life with yours. In every prayer of mine for you, I'm filled with joy! For I hold you, I hold you in my heart.

Say a prayer...

My Dad is having liver transplant surgery as I write this. He's been on the list for over four years, and finally got a call this moning that they had a match. He's been under for about ten hours a this point and all I know is that due to his previous surgeries, things are complicated. So, please say a prayer. Andy and Chrissy are here with me. We've been watching "The Bachelor" and my new favorite movie, "The Holiday." I'm so lucky to have such a great guy and friends that are here for me to distract and think good thoughts.

It seems silly to me that I'm here working on an "art object" – a shirt with huge wings that is supposed to tell the story of who I am right now – while my family is in Houston waiting at the hospital.

To blog about anything else, I had a nice Easter this weekend with Andy and his family. This was the first Easter that I haven't worn a new dress because it was 30 degrees outside. I had the cutest one picked out too, but I'll have to save it. Andy's mom is so sweet. She made me an Easter basket and for my birthday, baked my favorite kind of cake and got me the cutest outfit from Banana Republic! I think his parents like me ;)

Six Flags or not

I got up at 4:30 this morning (at the first ring of my alarm) to meet Chrissy, Mer and Ty at 5:15. Apparently, that was not early enough. The radio station 100.5 was letting people into Six Flags this morning for free between 6 and 9 am. We figured if we left my place around 5:15, we'd be there early enough, but on the way a around 5:50, they announced that Six Flags was over capacity. Over 15,000 people got in before 6 am and the doors closed. They even had to close the exit ramps off I-20. Craziness.

I had assumed there would be a crowd, but nothing like this. I didn't know it was spring break for Georgia schools. :/ Oh, well, we'll go later when it's not as packed.

I'm back blogging officially now. You can expect at least 3 blogs a week, yay! (Mom, I know you'll be excited.)

Just to catch everyone up, I just started my third quarter here at PC in the ATL and I'm really excited to get down to business again. Break was a lot of fun. I went home to Houston and brought Andy with me. My family and friends think he's a great as I do, of course. :) We had a great break and it was great to see everyone (especially my girls Ashleigh and Ashley)!!!




I'm off to wok on wings for my "art object" project for my Children's Book class. Later, (promise)!

I Know You've Missed Me

Ok, you've been checking my blog everyday for almost a month, wondering what's going on with me or why I haven't been writing? In short, I've been having too much fun. :)

When I first moved here last quarter started, I went to the Pottery Barn to hopefully find a desk. I'd looked literally everywhere and hadn't found what I wanted at a price I wanted. I found the desk I wanted and my mom found a tall, totally cute sales guy to ask about the price. As is her habit, she practically told him my life story. We talked a little. I bought the desk and he talked me into the matching bookshelf. He sent me a message on facebook and we talked periodically last quarter but never got a chance to get together.

A few weeks ago, he took me on our first date -– THE BEST FIRST DATE EVER! (Those were the words we both used to describe it to our moms). He did his homework and read myblogg (the last entry). I mentioned I wanted to go to the Aquarium so that's exactly where he took me. We had the best time! Completely hit it off. We have so much in common and agree on all the important issues. We're both just genuinely happy people. He's so refreshing to be around. He loves to talk as much as I do too. :)

Crazy coincidences: our birthdays are exactly a month apart (times a month and an hour to be technical), we're both Highlander fans (who knew right), my parents were gonna name me Andrew if I had been a boy(so glad they didn't name me Andy) and we're both totally into our Irish heritage (he now loves my favorite band Gaelic Storm).

Ok, that's all I have to say for now. I just thought I should share the exciting news, and know that when I refer to Andy, as I'm sure I will, it's my wonderful boyfriend!

With that said, I'm back to try to write poetry. I'm so happy and bubbly right now, it's impossible to not write about being happy and in love! I know if I go into poetry with my sweet, happy "outburst of love" poem, it'll be bashed. Why is everyone in this school obsessed with tragedy and sadness? I have come to the realization that I don't fit into the norm here for that reason, among others. Maybe I'll write an angry outburst about that. Nah- I'm too happy :)

Resolutions for the New Year

It's the beginning of a New Year and I have not one resolution, but a list. So many things changed for me last year: some great, some not so great, some I'm still not so sure where they fall. I don't think I made a real resolution last year besides the cliche loosing weight pledge.
I don't think it's right to regret or dwell, but these are the things I could have done differently last year or I learned I need to do differently through last year's experience. This is a list of the things I will do my best to do or not do, whatever the case may be. I'd also like to give my friends the ok to call me out if they see me breaking a resolution. (No, Tyrese and Karelia, this doesn't mean I give you a dollar every time I break it. :) At least not at this point.

1. Stop procrastinating. Set a realistic schedule and stick with it. As much as I love staying up all night, it goes against my next resolution.
2. Live the healthiest lifestyle possible. This means (and here are some sub-resolutions):
-run at least 5x a week
-ballet, pilates or core at least 3x a week
-arms at least 3x a week
-less fast food, more healthy food at home (this means adding more to my cooking repertoire b/c mac and cheese doesn't fit into that category :/ )
-sleep at least 4 hours a night
3. Concentrate more on my writing
4. Read more, and by that I also mean more variety. That does not mean I'm giving up my romance novels, just mixing it up a little more than usual.
5. Go to church at least 3 times a month. As much as I miss church choir, I have a class on Wed night so I'm not adding that to the list. If I have the time, I'll join a bible study or small group. This plays into my next:
6. Meet more people outside of PC
7. Keep in better touch with friends and family back home and in Lubbock or wherever
8. Go out at least once every weekend
9. Three drinks absolute max-counting shots; it only took once to learn that lesson
10. See more of Atlanta: the Aquarium, the Fox Theatre, museums, parks, etc.

There are a couple more but I'd rather not post them on my blog for all the world. I think this list is a good start and will help me keep things more in focus. Good luck to all of you with yours and Happy New Year!

John's Catch...

Christmas morning. This is the first video on my new Sony Handycam... We're all around the pool playing catch -- probably not the best idea in the word but it seemed to work at the time. I threw one to my brother John and this is his gallant catch.

Aside from that fall, my dad took a pretty bad spill down the steep, brick driveway while playing catch wih the same brother. He's ok -- just trying to come up with a good story for the guys at work to explain both black eyes and the scars on his arms. No trips to the emergency room yet this trip though... and for our family, that's an accomplishment.

On Christmas Eve we held our own carol service with Uncle Walt reading the Christmas story from Luke. Then we opened our Christmas morning pj's as is tradition.






And more family pics:









I saw Aunt C's stylist today and she did a fabulous job on the cut. I actually did the color myself... well my mom and my cousin did it this time but I'll do it in the future. Way more affordable than getting it done and it actually looks pretty good. :)

We took the scenic route home and stopped for lunch in Malibu:

Long time, no blog...

Me, my cousin Kristi and my bro John in LA, California!

So, I haven't blogging in forever... I'm on the plane, on the way to LA and so incredibly bored. I even stayed up till 5 this morning hoping I would just sleep through most of the flight. didn't work. I slept just long enough to miss the first snack/meal thing. I'll take this opportunity to update those of you I haven't spoken to since critique.

I finished everything! That's a feat in and of itself. I was very proud of everything I presented for typography and design aesthetics. My critique panel said they were very impressed -- especially with the Yu'pik dollhouse and magnetic dress-up penguins. I'll have to add those pics to this blog too. I could tell they weren't particularly impressed with any of my writing. I know I have a lot to work on in the creative writing arena. I pretty much knew what they would say before they did. Hopefully next quarter I can focus more on writing. It would be great to actually do some advertising writing! Copywriting is what I signed up for after all.

So, critique came and went. A lot of buildup for nothing, if you ask me. I know it's more about the finished product, but I was expecting a bigger deal. Not sure what exactly, just more comments maybe? In the days after critique I was a slug. I cleaned my place of course -- finally! Oh that reminds me, I forgot to take pics of the place for the fam to see. Oh well. I deserved a couple days to be totally lazy. I didn't make my long-awaited massage/ mani/pedi appointments in time so I still have that to look forward to in Los Angeles! And, who knows, I may come back with a completely different hair color, too! Depends on what Aunt C's fabulous stylist recommends.

I got teary-eyed as I left my apartment today. I had to leave Shelby. Mer is gonna look in on her, but I feel like I left my child home alone! Dramatic, I know, but she's my baby.

This is lame, instead of showing a new movie or something remotely entertaining, they are showing Scrooge with bill Murray. Thanks, Delta. (And, the creepy guy next to me is staring at every word I write -- finally he got up for a second so I could write that. :)

So, Happy Break to everyone for now, I hope you all got to your destinations safely! Tyrese- have a great time on that cruise! I'll be expecting lots of good pictures objectifying men, k! I'll keep in touch better from now on :)

MEOW

Y'all have all told me what a sweet and pretty cat I have. What do you think now? Last night, Chrissy called and told me there was a cat outside her door and had been there for a while. The cat had a rabies vaccine tag and a collar so it was obviously an indoor cat. Chrissy couldn't bring it in with her roommate's dog, and it was freezing outside, so I took it up with me. Shelby was pissed, as you can tell from the first picture. She's is VERY unfriendly to other cats! She's only been around two but this is how she acted both times. She growls and hisses and then just stays in one place until the coast is clear. She stayed on the dining chair under my table all night until right before I took it home and she cornered it in my closet.

Chrissy had told me that someone else would get it when they got home last night but they never called so between the visitor cat meowing like crazy ALL NIGHT and Shelby's growling -- she even growled at my door when the other cat was shut in my room -- I didn't sleep. I didn't get much work done either. Paige, the other cat, kept meowing and rubbing all up one me and my key board.

Luckily, the vet was able to give the number for the owner when I called first thing this morning, but the guy didn't bother to call me back until after noon. The guy was such an idiot too, he said she was kinda an outside cat now... Well, PUT A FREAKING TAG ON IT WITH YOUR ADDRESS AND NUMBER! Plus, if you don't have a yard, I don't think it's right or intelligent to let your cat roam around the neighborhood, but that's me. No more taking in lost cats for me. Next time it's someone else's turn.

Update: Chrissy called again lat night after hearing an awful meow for help and big thump. Paige was outside, huddling in the bushes, and hiding from the head stray cat in the neiborhood. After all I went throught the other night, this Zack guy let his poor sweet cat out again to fend for itself and she wandered back to Chrissy' door. When Chirssy called Zack he said he's be over in like 20 minutes. He never showed. Poor Paige...