I have been wanting a kitten for months now but there have been none for sale/free to good homes in my area the whole time I’ve been looking. A couple of days ago I saw a little black cat called Tiff who is 15 months old but her owner was no longer able to keep her. Now – she isn’t a kitten which I wanted, she is pure black when I wanted a tabby or tortoiseshell, and her owner lived down one of the big scary roads that I haven’t attempted in years. The round trip was about 100 miles.
Something made me want Tiff and I phoned the owner and explained my situation about the agoraphobic stuff, to my surprise her husband suffered from it as well! So she completely understood and instantly I felt the pressure on me drop. I told her I was going to try and get there and set off with best friend and her two little kids in tow, I took only a small amount of Diazepam and plugged my iPod into my stereo so I could listen to music whilst I was feeling OK, but change it to the mindfulness tracks when I started panicking. We had one episode that lasted about 20 minutes where I had to keep the woman just telling me how to breathe, if anyone had looked at me they would have thought I was in labour as my full focus was on my breath.
But it worked! And eventually we got there! And because I made it there and back I no longer feel like the massive huge failure I felt for not being able to get to the dermatologist on Monday.
So before I go I just have one last thing to say and that is – meet Tiff! – I need to take a better photo of her but I interrupted her cleaning routine to get this photo so I’ll wait ’til she is curled up later. And the best thing is she has been in a house with dogs so she will come and sit on my knee and let the dogs play with her. She is starting to come out of her shell now and I think she’s going to be really happy here!
Hi I’m Tiff!
Beautiful. Good work.
Excellence and a kitten- what a fab day.
Tiff is lovely, you’re a star.
Xxx
I think it’s great you conquered your fear and found such a wonderful friend in the process. Tiff is a beauty.
She is lovely. And well done for doing that journey.
What a cutie pie – Enjoy her!
There’s more that one blogger with a new kitten.
And that’s no coincidence that her husband is suffering with the same mental health problems that you are dealing with. So glad (if you see what I mean) that that happened like that so it made you more comfortable.
Post some more pics
What a beautiful kitty. I have two cats, one is black (you can see a pic on my blog) and the other tabby. They are such great company, great therapy, so relaxing. I love having them around. Enjoy your beautiful Tiff. Kat
That is one seriously adorable kitty!