Hi everyone, I want to thank Sharon and Robin and everyone who bid on the symposium print to help our shelter with the vet bill. It was a great success, raising $123.50 going to our vet. Our vet bill is high right now and with more sick ferrets comming through the doors its not going down. But as usual the most wonderful people come through to help the shelter kids. I can't thank you all enough. I'm so very behind on getting out thank yous but they are here and geting ready to go out to everyone who has sent presents to the ferrets. I recently got fired from a job that I loved so much but it was killing me emotionally and physically, then never being fired before was a shock and I'm just now getting over the depression of that. Over the last few months I have suffered great personl losses also. My baby Annie Bones passed away suddlenly in my arms, in less than a minute, Robin Tyson Jones pased way 5 days later, we lost a few old timers, Niles and Ford. And on monday my sweet hedgehog, Harley passed away. The great news is I'll be working again next week, at a job that won't kill me emotionally, thanks to Mark and Anna, longtime friends of the shelter for hiring me. Its a great relief not to have to think about going into working as a vet tech again, I just couldn't deal with that after the train wreck of a job I had at our local animal shelter. I guess in hindsight it wasn't a good job for me, knowing that i would love each and every animal there and how the sensless euthansia of many of them would effect me. I tried hard to help them but it was to no avail, it was just another pitbull or cat or old dog to my supervisors and many co workers, their lives didn't matter to them, many could have been helped and found homes. I have 2 new cats and a small dog that I did take home and adopt, among a few ferrets also. so now I'm hoping to get back on track, devote the time needed to my shelter with out doing it while sleepwalking, lol. I have the best group of volunteers anyone could hope for, the best friends I've ever had, all who have stuck by me through all this turmoil I've been going through. The shelter ferrets are lucky to have them also. Take care, Cj 24 Carat Ferret Rescue And Shelter "where ferrets are treated like gold" [Posted in FML issue 4840]