I would like to personally apologize to Lisa for replying to what she wrote as i did on the FML. I try not to get hurt over things I have no control over, and should not have gotten torn up when I read that Lisa thought it was ridiculous to actually set aside 60 cents a day for ferret shelters. I am really sorry. I should just have gone for a walk. But I have been setting aside money every day when I come home, and put it in a container by my door for years now. To write that it is ridiculous to take money out of your wallet or purse every day so a ferret shelter can stay in business was so insulting. I've written on FML that I do it, that it is a good way for kids to learn to give to other than themselves, and an easy way to consistently be there for your shelter. I went through the day hearing "ridiculous" play over and over in my mind and thought of how Mary from F.A.I.R. is over $12,000. in debt now from having to care for 50 sick ferrets that people dumped on her, and that no one would take. And when Lisa wrote that "given that I need to live pretty strictly within my budget, spending the extra $200.00 for a ferret would mean I'd have to do without food for a month."-------I assumed that she would starve to death if she didn't eat for a month, and that she therefore wouldn't have $200.00 extra for ferret care if necessary unless she starved. I got myself so upset, I even thought she said she wanted 5 ferrets. But she clearly said she already had 5.Talk about blinded by emotions! Anyway, I feel like an over emotional idiot, am rambling [me andChewy at emergency vet til 3 A.M.] and I sincerely hope my apology is accepted. Lisette [Posted in FML issue 2701]