Never a dull moment at work. Today I was servicing the plants in an empty building at an industrial park (why they put plants in the lobby BEFORE they finished renovating and getting businesses to move in I’ll never know, a few got cold damage and but the dust this winter because they weren’t using heat) but in the back parking lot near the loading dock, I saw a black cat hanging out. It snowed last night but was warm today and will be tomorrow too. I threw my work van in park and walked slowly near the cat, he started crying and hid under a car out of my reach, quickly ran to the store right down the street and picked up a can of food and rushed back, as soon as he heard the can pop he decided maybe I wasn’t all that bad. Scooped him up and drove him 10 minutes to the closest shelter to see if he had a home. Unfortunately I tried to put him in a plastic tote that turns out doesn’t hold cats and he turned into a jack in the box and I got a scratch, so he’s on a quarantine hold because rabies, but he was actually a sweetheart and even cornered in my van on the windshield he was hissing at me trying to move him but never swung or bit and he definitely could have. Rode quietly on my lap to the shelter while I sang to him. After the 10 days if he isn’t claimed or quickly adopted I may be trying to convince the boyfriend and my own cat that we need another one...the shelter and this account are an hour away from home. It’s not a no kill shelter so I’m the one who put him there I couldn’t leave him there if he’s not quickly adopted.
