I can't believe I have had my little furbaby for 6 years this week!!
I remember the day I brought her home from the rescue center. I asked my sister to come hangout with her because I had to be at my Tuesday night Trial Practice class with the best professor in the world, Judge James Rogan.
Maddie has been with me through all the ups and downs from the last year of law school and studying for the bar to fulltime legal work, from nearly yearly moves to living with my parents without me for a year or so. She has been a trooper.
When I was a student and unemployed I got to spend a lot of time with her. When I started working in the legal field, the time spent together got less and less and she actually started acting out.
I would come home to destroyed furniture, tipped over water and food bowls, and various other things in disarray. She would wake me up at 3 in the morning by jumping all over me and scratching at the corner of my bed. She got very aggressive and was often nipping at my feet and ankles.
I knew she needed more of my attention but I had no more bandwidth. I was working long hours and spending copious amounts of time at the gym trying to at least maintain my weightloss. Weekends were easier to spend time with her, but it was not enough.
In March of this year, I started coaching, working for myself from home (or anywhere else I choose). Maddie spends nearly the entire day with me, sitting on my lap or laying under my chair when I'm working, watching me when I am working out, and cuddling up with me when I take a break. She has completely calmed down. No more incessant scratching, no more 3am wake up calls, and most importantly no more ankle biting.
Maddie is the closest thing I have to a child right now and I am so thankful that making the choice to coach has allowed me to spend more time with her. smile emoticon
#throwbackthursday #tbt #furbaby #kitty #mywhy
I remember the day I brought her home from the rescue center. I asked my sister to come hangout with her because I had to be at my Tuesday night Trial Practice class with the best professor in the world, Judge James Rogan.
Maddie has been with me through all the ups and downs from the last year of law school and studying for the bar to fulltime legal work, from nearly yearly moves to living with my parents without me for a year or so. She has been a trooper.
When I was a student and unemployed I got to spend a lot of time with her. When I started working in the legal field, the time spent together got less and less and she actually started acting out.
I would come home to destroyed furniture, tipped over water and food bowls, and various other things in disarray. She would wake me up at 3 in the morning by jumping all over me and scratching at the corner of my bed. She got very aggressive and was often nipping at my feet and ankles.
I knew she needed more of my attention but I had no more bandwidth. I was working long hours and spending copious amounts of time at the gym trying to at least maintain my weightloss. Weekends were easier to spend time with her, but it was not enough.
In March of this year, I started coaching, working for myself from home (or anywhere else I choose). Maddie spends nearly the entire day with me, sitting on my lap or laying under my chair when I'm working, watching me when I am working out, and cuddling up with me when I take a break. She has completely calmed down. No more incessant scratching, no more 3am wake up calls, and most importantly no more ankle biting.
Maddie is the closest thing I have to a child right now and I am so thankful that making the choice to coach has allowed me to spend more time with her. smile emoticon
#throwbackthursday #tbt #furbaby #kitty #mywhy
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