06:50- hear constant mewing from under the equipment container...can't see anything.
07:40- see a small blur run out, across the sand, and into some shrubs.
10:30- Lu tells me she has called animal control for a kitten and that I should try and catch it.
11:15- catch kitten who turns around and bites me(damn kitten teeth are sharp!!), runs away.
13:00- catch kitten for the second time, put her in a box with some water.
13:01- decide she shouldn't have to stay in the box so long so take her out and discover she is the thinest, mangiest, dirtiest
kitten I have ever seen, and trust me, I've seen some bad ones.
14:15- decide I can no longer take the smell. Find some baby shampoo (which we use for mask defog) and give her a bath.
The entire time all I get is constant purring.
14:32- realize she's not the only one who got bitten today.
16:02- tell Lu to call the Animal Welfare people off, I will take her home for the night.
17:20- get off work and bring the kitten out to my car...she tries to climb up in to the electrical wiring.
17:23- get kitten out from a tangle of electrical wires and put her in my backpack to keep her contained.
17:25- realize I need groceries. Think "here goes nothing" and pull into the store, put my backpack on and start my shopping.
17:40- grocery attendant asks if I have a cat in my backpack, "uhhhh....no?" "then why is it moving and purring?" "uhhhhh...okay-i-just-found-this-kitten-and-dont-want-her-to-be-put-down-so-im-taking-her-home-for-the-night-but-cant-leave-her-in-my-car (said all in a rush)" "oh. do you want a bag of cat food?" "yes please"
18:08- get home. release "cat from the bag"
19:00- fall in love.
Now what?
