Wow! Looking at this, I'm amazed by how much has changed in my life since the last post. Shortly after that post, I ended up leaving my living situation with my brother and sister-in-law, which should have been a good thing, but...it started a wave of awfulness that eventually turned into an amazingly wonderful thing. I moved in with an ex who wanted to try again, and it seemed to be good, until 2 months later when I found out he had been cheating the entire time, I mean for years. So, I moved out of there, but the only friend who I could stay with rents a house with a no pet policy. We made it work, one friend took my dogs and another my cats, with the caged critters until Christmas at which point the friend who had my dogs couldn't keep them any longer. So, facing living in my car with them, I moved back in with my brother and sister-in-law (which was a really unhealthy situation)with my dogs and cats. My amazing friend Dana took my reptiles. And my fantastic friend Lisa took Tim.
After 2 months, I moved in with the man who would become my husband. He and I had worked together for years at my 2nd job and he had been suggesting we date off and on for awhile, but it took some convincing. But honestly, we went out one night and have spent 2 days apart since. He is the most amazing person and the best partner and friend. He loves me for me and nothing else. He loves the animals, in fact, the turtles, are now "his" and he puts the rabbits to bed every night.
Tim stayed with Lisa for months and I missed him like crazy, but he was busy meeting the love of his life, Foo. Lisa works with this amazing rescue group called Rabbit Wranglers. They work in conjunction with local shelters, and take in rabbits that are for one reason or another, considered unadoptable. If it is a treatable health condition or a behavioral issue, they get the rabbit the treatment and work it needs and then the shelter finds them a home. If the issue is not treatable, as in Foo's case, someone, usually one of the volunteers, gives that rabbit a forever home and continues to give it all it needs to live life to the fullest. When Lisa told me about Foo, I was really concerned about the EC, but after talking to the founders of this group and doing a bunch a research, I realized, EC is very livable and exposure is so much more common then then most people realize and there are many forms. Foo's has only manifested itself in an eye infection which at this point, has been clear for 19 months and her titre is almost nonexistent. Timothy wouldn't be deterred and jumped a 3 foot gate to be with her, so the love affair was born.
In April, we decided to add another dynamic. I missed having Tim as my baby, so we brought home Raisin in early May. He was just a tiny bundle of fluff and is quite a Momma's boy, although Foo seems to be stealing his heart too. I love her just as much, so I guess I understand.