$65 sheep

I'm thinking about fostering cats. Jim and I went down to PetsMart today to look around (okay, we were looking for bunnies on a whim), and I noticed that while they do, uh, 'stock' cats, these cats are supplied by a local rescue program. Apparently, there's a network of homes that hosts these cats and they rotate through the petstore so that they can be potentially adopted. The lady in charge, who fosters them as well, said there are about 150 cats in the network and they always need more homes. She gave me the card of agency and I left a message inquiring about the program.

I figure, I'm not in a position to permentantly adopt a cat. I'm about to move across the country, and I'm probably going to be between homes for a few months. Tam can just go back home - he's lived there most of his life and it's familiar to him. A new cat would be freaked out by the entire experience and it just wouldn't be fair.

On the other hand, Judy was the cutest little tortie cat ever (about 7 months old, so not quite a kitten) and if she needed to stay with me for a couple weeks before someone adopted her, that's fine with me. I'd be doing something good and I'd get to take care of a cat without a long-term committment.

I'm not sure I'm going to do this. The boy will be jealous, I know. But....it's worth looking into, if nothing else.

Plus! I learned cool things. Did you know you can adopt a sheep for only $65? And cows and horses and goats! Man, how cool is that? I found a halfway farm in Unionville, PA and they said they might be interested in having me volunteer there over the summer. I've got horse, dog and cat experience, so I figure I might even be useful.

ahhh, so many neat things to look forward to!