Eight Lives Left

This evening I went to the house of a woman who’s doing fostering for FoHA (Friends of Homeless Animals). I was met there by one of the main cat ladies for FoHA so she could give me some refresher training in giving kittens their vaccinations. I’m going to be the vaccination lady for this part of Loudoun County, and since it’s been years from the last time I did a kitten vaccination I wanted to have someone watch me the first time around.

It went well. There were three adorable feisty little boy kittens being fostered there, and after we got pictures of them for the webpage, Theresa showed me how to mix the two meds and fill the syringe and give the shot. It’s under the skin, not intramuscular, so it’s not hard at all. In fact the three kittens never even stopped purring or playing while I was giving them the shot, and the moment the needle was out they were off to play with their toys again.

I’ve been slowly picking up more duties with FoHA because I want to do more volunteer work, and getting to do it with kitties is very rewarding. I’m doing vaccinations, and weekly updates of the save-a-pet website, and eventually I’ll be doing blogs for each of the kitties at the shelter. I have to admit I’m looking forward to doing the blogs.

Also on the volunteer front is modding for Freecycle. I was working as a mod for one of the areas here in Loudoun, but when I moved I let the head moderator for Northern Virginia know that I was in a different town for the most part. Her response was to tell me to open a new group with Freecycle and be the head mod for it. Apparently I moved exactly to where they needed a branch-off group and since I’ve been modding for them for about six months now, I get to be head mod. Whee. Or not. Modding a Freecycle group is a lot of annoyance between stupid people and stupid posts. I’m going to give it a shot, though. I find it rewarding.

So, yeah. That’s actually quite a lot of volunteer work all considered, but I’m liking it.