Animal Lover

earlier today I was with my "cousins" at an outdoor birthday dinner. There was a stray cat or someone's pet who got out. well it kept coming to the backyard and going into the bushes.

These people were either allergic or scared of animals and they kept saying to kick it or throw stuff at it. They were even encouraging the little kids to do the same thing.

Me being a cat/animal liker, I was getting defensive. I got up from eating to escort the cat out and closed the gate behind me. Not much good that was. Cats can jump gates & fences.

every time the cat came to the backyard they were like "where's Lizet? she's the cat lady to get the cat out..." the cat wasn't bothering anyone. it came into the backyard and hid in the bushes. They actively sought the cat out to get it out of the backyard!

This got to me so much that I called my dad to come get me early (later I changed my mind, then changed it back again once more people started to leave). I just wasn't in the mood to be around them.

What got me even more was seeing the guy I used to crush on throwing stuff at the cat. He even joked that the cat needed to be saved (needed Jesus). I don't care how good you are with kids (he's pretty awesome around kids), you treat animals like that and you're on my shit list.

This is yet another reason I hope I am able to move to Wyoming in a few years. Start over fresh with people who don't know me and I don't know them.