Wildlife Post

I went out with my friend on Thursday for Karaoke and Ladies Night ($1.00 beers and $2.00 well drinks, 9 to midnight).

If it wasn't a full moon that night, it was damn close to it and my friend and I started on the well tequila and crans at 9:01. I usually drink only Sauza Tequila and Cran but for $2.00, is a girl supposed to pass THAT up?

So, I spent all of Friday (the next day) with the hang over from hell. I usually don't have one so hurling the whole day after is new to me. I called my friend about 3:00 pm and she was hosing off the deck where she puked also. NO MORE WELL TEQUILA for these girls. EVERRRRRRR!!! I will be loyal to my darling Sauza Tequila and I will never stray again. I don't care if it costs a little more. It is WELL worth it. (get it? WELL worth it)

I was sitting on the couch about 5:00 on hangoverfromhellday, at least I was finally upright, and the kids came bursting in saying something about baby birds falling in the shop. I yelled for them not to touch the birds and scrambled for my flip flops and ran down there. There were 2 baby birds, obviously newborns, laying huddled together on the concrete. So sad. One of them wasn't breathing but the other was still alive. I scooped them both up with an old hand towel, put them in a box and headed up to the house to make some calls. I snapped the picture below while I was on hold.



The Humane Society (local Animal Shelter) gave me the name of Turtle Ridge Wildlife Center and as luck would have it, they were less than a mile a way. I arrived there in less than ten minutes with my daughter and step-daughter and the baby birds.

They had lots of wild animals there including a pack of 6 baby racoons. The look on Jenna's face was priceless. I asked the lady there if they have any need for a 13 year old female volunteer. My daughter's face lit up again. She's the animal whisperer and wants to be a Vet when she grows up and I told the lady so.

She gave us the website address so we can fill out the volunteer application. What a sad event that turned into a good thing. Life happens that way. It's fate sometimes. I TRULY believe that.