When Fat Cat =/= Rich Cat

[clevermanka]

In the past six months, Fetish Kitty cost more in vet bills than she has her entire fifteen years prior to this. That doesn't include food, but her food bills are higher too, since she's on all-meat-all-the-time food now.

She racked up almost $1,000 in medical bills since January.

I love my cat. And she's going to keep me from attending the yoga training course. There is no way I can catch up at this point. All the money that was supposed to be going into savings for the yoga course is now earmarked for the LASIK surgery payment. If this continues, I'll have to pay for 100% the surgery out of my savings account, instead of half from current savings and the half I'd hoped to save since I scheduled it.

I was really banking (har har) on the fact that April is a three-paycheck month. The good news is that extra paycheck means I didn't have to put any of the vet payments on a credit card. Yay for silver linings.

To remind myself why I'm shelling out all this cash:

Comments

[satowi.livejournal.com]

Darn kids anyhow...furry and otherwise! I might be touring, have a fairly low body fat percentage, and buying a house were it not for time and financial obligation to the little lives I'm nurturing in this world. As frustrating as those momentary realizations are.... I can't go to this workshop, can't make that class, can't travel to that performance...it's always trumped on those lazy night when you curl up with the smallish creature(s) who love so unconditionally. And knowing you are helping them to survive in this world where they spread so much warmth, love and complete goofiness.... it's worth a little poverty and the slight social death ;) You're a good mamma to your familiar love. And the photo is priceless!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Ha! Everything is a compromise, right?

[satowi.livejournal.com]

You get what you give :) The universe knew your little Fetish needed a very particular human to look after and you've done a magnificent job of it, from what I have gathered. I do believe, Ms Lydia...the gods are pleased ;)