Bats Brains and Ex-Boyfriends

Okay, so as I mentioned before, life has been slow lately because I am spending all my time working and hanging out with family... I enjoy it but it doesnt make for entertainment. Well, I had a little drama over the last couple weeks and I figured I'd share.

My brother and I found a little, young bat lying on the floor at the office. Couldn't have been there long and looked dead. When my brother picked it up (with gloves of course) it started moving- "ITS ALIVE". Bats are definitely more freaky when moving!!! I've never looked at a bat up close and as disgusting as it is, its also very fascinating. Anyway, he took it to a place that rescues injured animals and we thought all was finished, we saved a rodent life. Not so... California is a RABIES state. So, if a bat is found it is tested for rabies. Do you know how thats done? It is killed and the brains are sent to a lab because rabies can only be found in the brain, after an animal is dead.

So, who cares about a bat right? Well, the problem was my dogs... DOGS=KIDS in Lisa World, until I have 2-legged children who puke, poop and wake up happy. My dogs had been with me when I found the bat and animal control told me that there was a chance that bat jumped up and bit my dogs on the nose without me seeing (because rabies is passed through saliva, through a break in the skin AND is almost always FATAL--BOTH humans and animals). What that meant was if that brain came back positive, Animal Control was coming to take my dogs and I had two options- 6 month quarantine at my cost or Euthanize so they could test their brains. Anyway, 2 days of panic and research later, I found someone who made the whole thing go away and learned that their are Lawyers who practice ANIMAL LAW... Ever heard of such a thing? If I liked school more, I'd consider going back to do that but I can't sit still in a classroom.

No rabies, no dead dogs, one dead bat and lesson learned- you find a bat anywhere, let it die outside. That and Raccoons, they are big rabies carriers too.

After that drama, the next day I found out that someone in Atwater California was on a shopping spree at Target and Guitar Center with my debit card... Strangely, my card was in my wallet, I have never been to Atwater and we all know how musically inclined I am. So, beware-- FRAUD is alive and well!

Last but not least, I have been having lots of fun with Facebook! There are people from as far back as Elementary School that I still remember. I've run into a some ex-boyfriends... A few were so fun to find- rewind back to the young love and innocent lives, laugh at shared memories. A couple others--well, either a quick reminder of why they were ex's OR a quick prayer of thanks that they had decided to make me the dumpee! And its amazing to realize how incredibly horrible my memory really is!!! I only remember faces- not details, names, places or events but some of these people remember stuff that I had no clue about. I have become aware of how selfish I was when I was younger, so if I was a little brat to any of you, I am sorry!!! :)

Well, thats it for me but I've been checking in on all of you and man, the babies/children are CUTE!!! Growing like weeds... I have a little Husband Envy too. The rest of you make me laugh OR make me think and I love it! I'm planning to be in AZ by the end of April so I'm sure once I'm there my blogs will be FULL of laughs since I'll have a life and get back to DATING-- sadly, Lisa's dating life is almost worth $7.75 and popcorn :)