Re: leaving the real girlscout

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Domo-oh-mi-gato-Mr.-Hamster?

Cute, thanks Mia. Boyfriend said she has been moping around back at home. My

poor baby.

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> Aww! You'll be ok! And girlscout will be ok too! So many of us here have

> such a love for our animal friends, I don't think you're the crazy dog lady

> at all hehe. Maybe it is a KO trait? We show compassion for our pets

> because we never got any? I don't know.

>

> I also joke with my fiance that I will likely be the crazy cat lady when I

> get old. I love doggies too, but I'm more of a kitty person ;-) I can't

> have any here though because his brothers are allergic to both cats & dogs

> =(

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> When I was married I had pets, and I always got really sad & nervous about

> leaving them with whomever was sitting. I guess for me it was because they

> were my family too! And I felt weird going on vacation or whatever without

> them. They were always well taken care of and happy to see me when I got

> back =)

>

> Now I have a hamster... and he hates me LOL. I used to have a mouse... Bob

> was HER name lol. Had her for a year and a half & she passed =( I miss

> her. But I got this hamster, Domo is his name... I can't get him used to me

> no matter what I do. I keep trying but he's super hyper & afraid of me. Oh

> well... I'll love him & take care of him anyway and keep hoping that one

> day

> he'll figure it out that I'm not going to hurt him.

>

> Mia - who is apparently the crazy hamster lady? lol.

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> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Girlscout Cowboy <

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> girlscout.cowboy@... <girlscout.cowboy%40gmail.com>> wrote:

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> > Girlscout isn't my real name. Ha ha, I bet you are shocked. It is

> however,

> > my dog's real name. She is my baby. About 18 months ago I left her in a

> > kennel for 2 nights. Other than that, I've never been away from her over

> > night. Umm, she is 5 years old.

> >

> > I feel more and more like a crazy dog lady as I write this - but I'm

> going

> > out of town for 4 days tomorrow. Girlscout is staying home with her

> > brothers

> > and my boyfriend. He will take good care of all 3 of them.

> >

> > Am I freaking about leaving boyfriend? Nope. Am I scared to travel to a

> > strange city all by myself? Not really. Am I just about in a full blown

> > anxiety attack to be away from Girlscout?

> >

> > YEP YEP YEP

> >

> > Help me. I don't know if this is a KO thing or not. It kind of is because

> > Girlscout goes to every single therapy appt with me. And as I come to

> > accept

> > myself more and believe the bad things in my childhood were not my fault,

> I

> > only love her more and she has mellowed and melted into an amazing little

> > girl. She sleeps in my arms at night like a baby. She is my ID.

> >

> > 4 days without her. GULP!!!!!

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