Feeling optimistic today. Woke up early, drank coffee with my dear cat Michelle who spent yesterday attacking me because I triggered her PTSD by putting her in a different room temporarily. Amazing how much animals can really be like people sometimes. You can see when fear takes over and she just loses control same as many of us do when exposed to a trigger.

Today I volunteer for a couple hours at the local shelter, mixed feelings about working with a kill facility but I think by being there I can still help/save cats sometimes and advocate for our program and reducing the shelter's kill rate ... hopefully someday we can make it 0 like it needs to be.

I am considering calling my doctor today about the multitude of problems I have been having. I fear going to the doctor because it seems like something bad usually happens, like finding out I had cancer. Though I guess I should feel lucky they caught it while it was still operable.

Hope everybody else is bouncing back from the holiday weekend and feeling well.