tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33486933418618591642024-03-05T20:15:51.143-08:00Author's Notes, a Blog by Jean BoothJean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.comBlogger331125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-70508506926788975552021-12-03T17:07:00.001-08:002021-12-03T17:07:17.043-08:00Yearly post?<p> I guess it has been a while since I posted. </p><p>Good news: life goes on. This year has been a bit insane and I'm ready for the drama to stop so I can get back into what I love. At the end of 2020 we discovered I had a growth on my liver. Turned out to be a pre-cancerous tumor that was attached to my liver and stomach and compressing my diaphragm. This was one of the many reasons I've not been doing well. That was removed in April and I have a fantastically gruesome scar from mid-sternum to belly button. I do freak out children when wearing my bathing suit. It's fun. :) </p><p>My "real" job has kept me crazy busy to the point where I'm so exhausted after my days that I don't have the energy to move, let alone write or do much of anything that I want to. This is not a good work/life balance and I am working on overcoming that. I am trying to take time for myself along with jumping back into writing. It's slow going, but I'm stubborn and determined. </p><p>I'm working a on a few new stories, some that will be very unexpected for most of you that I will probably write under a different pen name as they are not paranormal/supernatural of any kind. I hope you enjoy them. My goal is to put out 2-4 new books next year. Achievable, yah? </p><p>Hopefully, I'll get better at posting stuff here. I'm trying. And learning. And working hard at a lot of things. I can't wait to start publishing on my own again. <3 </p>Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-87519425183463776142020-03-20T18:59:00.004-07:002020-03-20T18:59:51.414-07:00Who you're protectingI debated a lot about sharing this with anyone outside my family but I think it's important to know who you're protecting with this quarantine. Maybe having a face you know, would help.<br />
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Me. I wore this shirt ironically today as I went to the urgent care to try to get tested for COVID-19. I don't feel like a survivor, I feel like I'm becoming the zombie. I have every symptom and I'm immunocompromised because I'm asthmatic and have been struggling with bronchitis for 6 weeks. I'm negative for flu, negative for bronchitis, negative for pneumonia, negative for sinus infection. But I'm dangerously sick. Every breath I take is a chore - a fight, and it's exhausting. I can't do even the simplest things because I can't breathe.<br />
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I didn't leave the country. I didn't leave my state. I caught this from someone while living my every day life. Someone who didn't have symptoms, or were just starting to show. We don't know enough about this illness yet. It's scary.<br />
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I know things are rough right now. There's financial fear. Fear of catching or sharing this thing. I get it. But I urge you to realize the quarantine isn't about you. It's about me, and people like me. I have books I want to finish, fans I'd love to meet, places I'd love to see. My cats seem to understand that I'm sick, but that's about it. They've gone out of their way to make sure I know I'm not alone and that they're here with me. My husband and family are terrified and trying (very poorly) to not let me know how scared they are. And I don't have any other words of encouragement other than, I'm doing everything in my power to fight this, not infect anyone else, and be okay.<br />
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So, please, when you're complaining that this is stupid, that you have nothing to do, your kids are driving you crazy with their boredom, or when you think this is just the government's paranoia or way to "get you," realize that I'm out here fighting. And I won't stop fighting.<br />
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Here's some cute kitty pics from the last few days. <3 I love you all! <3<br />
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<br />Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-68436691713793302472019-04-18T11:01:00.003-07:002019-04-18T11:01:50.008-07:00Life finds a wayI've always said, "if I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have any." When I was 18, I was told I couldn't have kids. I didn't take this news well; desperately trying to prove the doctors wrong. I did not. A few years and a few miscarriages later, I learned to accept that I would never be a human parent. And I want you to know that I am genuinely, completely okay with this.<br />
Part of this acceptance was acknowledging that my genes aren't great. I have severe asthma and allergies and wouldn't be alive today without medication. Combine that with the things that run in my family - depression, narcissism, thyroid, obesity, and intestinal issues to name a few, and I convinced myself that I'd be happy not to share that with a future generation. I convinced myself that my 9 cats would be enough, that I loved them as much as I would a human child.<br />
And it worked. I no longer want human children, and my feline children are treated like my kids - not pets. We chat, they have rules, they push boundaries, they ignore me when I talk, and then they have times when they're the sweetest, most loving things on the planet. They remind me of toddlers - you have no idea what they're trying to say to you as they have their own language, but as their parent, you can *mostly* decipher their odd babbling, grunts, and gibberish.<br />
Then Gunther got sick. We took him to the kitty ER because he stopped eating and drinking and we couldn't figure out why. About a month of meds, different treatments, tests, and vet appointments and his doctor told me that we could do one last specialized test to see if he had liver cancer. "I'm hoping that it's liver cancer," she said to me, knowing that with my background in healthcare I would completely understand the severity of his condition.<br />
It wasn't cancer. He had Feline Infectious Peritonitis. It's such a rare disease that there's almost zero information on it. The doctors don't know how or why they get it, there's no way to know if your kitty kid will ever develop it, there's no vaccine, there's no treatment, and there's no cure. Four years ago, I held my 8-year old child in my arms as he took his last breath. My heart literally felt like it had been shreaded in my chest. It was a pain I didn't know was possible to feel. And I knew I was going to have to go through this 8 more times. We blamed ourselves; if we hadn't gone on vacation, if we hadn't stressed him out, if we - the list is endless. I truly understood how parents could either rip each other apart or create a deeper bond with the loss of their kid.<br />
Needless to say, I went on paranoia overload. No way was I going to lose another kitty kid to some stupid disease. Everyone got vaccinated with every vaccine my vet had. Three months later, Onyx developed Rabies Carcinoma. "It's a one in a million chance that this can happen," my vet explained. "There's something with the genetic code of some rare cats that after receiving the rabies shot, they get cancer."<br />
"Of course it would be us," I laughed, hiding the pain and shoving my tears down. Not again. "What do we do?"<br />
Rabies Carcinoma, like Feline Infectious Peritonitis, is an extremely rare disease that is diagnosed by ruling out everything else it possibly could be. The only difference is that it isn't fatal - at least as long as it isn't punctured. Onyx could easily live a very long, happy kitty life as long as we don't puncture the growth on his hip. He's lived with his cancer for four years now and doing just fine. He has episodes where he needs to take steroids to help him eat, but it isn't often, and he's always grateful to be taken care of.<br />
I've returned to being a more mellow parent. Then Psydon had an asthma attack. It scared the crap out of us both, because we weren't sure what was happening. We googled, I kept telling my husband that it looked like an asthma attack. Making sure albuterol was safe for kitties, I administered a breathing treatment to him with my nebulizer. It worked. The next day, our vet confirmed what I already knew - Psydon had asthma and has to be medicated. He has one medicine for if he has an attack, and another if he has consistent attacks and needs to have steroidal help. Frost started experiencing the same symptoms a year later.<br />
Orion had a massive asthma attack last night that didn't present at all like the other two. We had no idea what was happening to him but it looked like he was choking, had something lodged, and couldn't dislodge it. ER vet confirmed he had asthma. "While not common, it's easily treatable with medication," he started explaining.<br />
"We know. We have two at home with asthma, but they've never reacted like this"<br />
"It probably presented differently because it was a severe attack," he explained.<br />
We sat on the bench, waiting for Orion to be released when I started chuckling. "I didn't want to have kids for this very reason," I explained to my husband. "I know my genes. I didn't want to share them with another. Of course we'd have kitty kids that have issues."<br />
He smiled at me, "yah, we seem to be lucky that way."<br />
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It got me to thinking this morning, that life finds a way. I can't procreate so I have cats. Surprisingly enough, they have the same health issues I'd have passed off to offspring, so I get to experience that anyway. Life always seems to find a way to give you everything you don't want.Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-40290292470002257842018-08-19T21:53:00.002-07:002018-08-19T21:53:52.453-07:00Kiss Me: An Asian Boxed Set Anthology<h3 dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5999959999999998; margin-bottom: 11pt; margin-top: 19pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From Australia’s vineyards to the bright lights of Hong Kong, these stories have something for anyone looking for a little international flair in their romance.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Joanne Dannon</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – An Unexpected Forever - </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because of her upbringing, they can’t date and they can’t live together. Their differences leave them worlds—and soon to be oceans—apart. With such a gulf between them, can they find a way to bridge it together and seize their unexpected forever?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khardine Gray</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Kisses and Blossoms- </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Akihiro Kimora was the kind of guy you’d imagine in a dream. If only he wasn’t the cop investigating the theft of a priceless Japanese painting Helen was suspected of stealing. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dakota Harrison</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Once Upon a K-Pop Prince- </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A hunky hardbody in her bed wasn’t what Andi ordered for her 40th birthday but when he has the face of an angel, the package is hard to resist. </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In Underlayes, a dimension separate from our own,
where all mystical creatures reside, lies an orphanage for seemingly cast-off
children, known as the Abbey. Children who are born from two or more factions.
There they learn both who and what they truly are, and what powers they have
lying within. What these children do not know is they were put there for their
own good, for their protection, not because they were unwanted or unloved. In
fact, the very opposite is true. Many would kill to get their hands on these
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of the Abbey for as long as she has been alive. She has also never known what she
is, besides being part witch. At the age of twenty-five, she will learn just
what types of blood run through her veins. She will also find out much
more—that she is also the long-lost princess almost no one even knew existed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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child away for her own protection. Before she can tell Jelissa the truth,
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eyes, and her past comes back to haunt her in more ways than one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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age, Jelissa will learn the hard way that adult life isn't all it’s cracked up
to be. And Tialanna learns the hard way that if you don’t learn from your past,
it will come back and bite you on the ass.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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find her in time? And if they do, will they be able to save her from a danger
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“That’s right, Sis, none of us really did. Like I said
before, sin isn’t a thing here. We never even entertained the possibility of
her ending up there. She’s been her entire life with almost no power at all. If
that much power comes on line all at once—power that won’t only be foreign to
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">When you become a Mom, you begin to put yourself last, and your
combat boots begin to collect dust. Going to your child's PTA meetings in full
Gothic, especially industrial, regalia is pretty much frowned upon. Especially
by your own children, and your teens would die of a heart attack. But, one
should not have to completely stop being themselves, uniqueness is greatness. All
of that darkness is put into the words in her books, and designs in her jewelry
sold in her GothicMoms DarkCharms shop.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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far more than just that. T. A. Moorman is an artist, a former violinist, a
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darkly dangerous, fiercely protective friend. And currently broke, so go buy
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Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-56160953165651629782018-02-21T16:52:00.000-08:002018-02-21T16:52:44.578-08:00RamblingsI've had a lot on my mind lately and been avoiding other things. <- I know, super vague.<br />
I literally had an epiphany like 3 minutes ago and thought I'd share. First, I tend to like to ramble more on Facebook than anywhere else, and not on my page, but on my personal profile. I think some of these ramblings need to be switched to a different media - either here or on my actual page, since most of them have to do with writing and my process/frustrations. So I'm going to try that and see what happens. Apparently, that's my motto for this year. Last year was the "year of Change." This year it's, "let's try that and see what happens." I have zero control and minimal direction. And I'm freaking out - but oddly okay with that.<br />
Second, I'm writing a new short story for another anthology. I love anthologies btw. As a reader more than a writer, since most of the anthologies I've been in have been extremely frustrating from my side of things. But I absolutely love reading and being introduced to new authors by way of anthologies. After the last one I participated in, I didn't think I'd have the courage to try again, but here I am, avoiding writing this little story.<br />
And you know why? Because - and this is where the epiphany comes in - I love this story. I've been wanting to write it almost since I started writing in 2010. I have pictures, synopsis, notes, even the first few chapters plotted. I thought, "ohh! This new anthology is the PERFECT opportunity to jump into this book - write the intro here and when I'm ready, I'll write the whole thing." And I've been avoiding it all week; purposely finding other things I've wanted to work on/study instead. I have this book so hyped in my head that I am having doubts that I'm good enough to write it. There. I said it. No one could write it except for me - it's MY story.<br />
But I want it to be epic. I want people to hold it in their hands reverently. In awe of what's between the pages. Emotions running the whole gamut from angry to weeping to overjoyed. And I'm absolutely terrified that I won't be able to deliver. I have this pressure I've put on myself that's completely unreasonable.<br />
I started writing it today. I've decided on a new path for it, while still holding onto the original goals. And I'm okay if it's not epic for everyone. If just one person has to stop at some point while reading to hold it to their chest and whisper, "I love this book," then I've done it.Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-36694396782064307942018-02-18T17:08:00.001-08:002018-02-18T17:08:07.145-08:00Save the Date!<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;">March 1- May 31 - Dreams are Stranger Than Fiction available.(pre-orders available now!)</span><br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "SF Optimized", system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.11999999731779099px;"></span><br />
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Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-34575057074268008892017-11-01T10:59:00.000-07:002017-11-01T10:59:19.901-07:00Kitten RescueLast weekend was quite the adventure in our house. Hubs and I decided that we were going to have a stay-at-home weekend because we've had a lot going on with projects and activities lately, and I've been sick. So Friday, we were watching a movie on the couch when Orion comes tearing through the living room. He tried to jump between the two couches and scared Saphyra. They argued, and Orion went to the back door where he immediately became poofy. His tail fluffed up, the fur on his back stuck on its end, and he was fixated on something in our fenced-in backyard. I went to pet him and make sure Saphyra didn't hurt him when I saw his strange behavior. Looking at where he was staring, I saw a tiny little ball of black fluff on top of our retaining wall.<br />
"Babe," I said, pausing to get hubs attention. "I think there's a kitten in the backyard."<br />
"What? No way," he replied, getting off the couch.<br />
I went to put some shoes on as he walked outside - barefoot. Now, this may not be a big deal to most of you, but our backyard is dirt with the occasional sagebrush and goathead bush. And if you've ever stepped on a goathead, you know that stepping in a lego minefield is preferable.<br />
I come outside to him trying to lure the kitten down from the hill.<br />
"I thought it was a cat and she got her head stuck in one of the holes, but you're right. It's a kitten," he said with a soothing voice so as to not scare the kitten. "Grab some gushy food for her."<br />
I rush into the house, grab a can of gushy food, and rush back out, opening it so the kitten can hear the sound of food opening and smell the fresh treats. She wasn't having anything to do with either of us - food or no. But the neighbor's dog heard us.<br />
"I'm going to try and coax her down so she doesn't run through the hole in the fence." He explained as he slowly moved to corral her toward me. I placed the can on the ledge and got up to catch her. We ended up nabbing her just as the dog started barking.<br />
And then we heard the screams.<br />
Loud cat screams could be heard between scuffles, growling, and more barking. I thought it was the kitten's mother and she was being mauled to death. Hubs jumped over the fence.<br />
"I can't know it died," I yell with a hitch in my voice. I could feel my heart breaking and knew if he told me the cat was dead, I'd have nightmares for weeks, replaying what we could've done differently to save her. I couldn't know she died. He was about to jump over the next fence, to the yard where the dog was, when the owners came out.<br />
"No! Drop it! Stop!" We could hear them yelling at the dog, hear the dog refusing to follow direction. I listened helplessly as they wrestled with their insubordinate dog to get him to release the cat and move away.<br />
"I'm going to come over and get the kitten, is that okay?" Hubs asks over the other neighbor's fence.<br />
My stomach hits the floor. It was a kitten. No way is it still alive. Not with the noise we heard. Tears welled up in the back of my eyes, but I couldn't lose it - we had a rescue to attempt.<br />
Rather than entice the neighbor's dog into attacking him, hubs jumped back over our fence and came inside. We put the first kitten into our spare room with the food, grabbed a pillowcase, he put on shoes and new socks, and we ran out the door. Driving around the block to the house that had the kitten, we quickly knocked on their door, knowing every minute counted, especially when we didn't know the status of the kitten's health.<br />
The family let us in, through their house and into the backyard where we could see the kitten huddled against the filthy doghouse. The father and teenager were trying to get the kitten, but had been unsuccessful.<br />
"You need gloves," he said to me as I walked over. "She keeps trying to attack me."<br />
"I'll be ok," I replied, looking at the tiny ball of bloody fluff. Quickly, I reached out, grabbed her up, and wrapped her into the pillowcase. "Lift up the house so we can make sure there aren't any more."<br />
The guys tilted the house and I swiftly assessed it - no more kittens. "Ok. It's clear. Thanks."<br />
They put the house down and we hurried home. Hubs went to do another check for kittens in our backyard while I took the new one into the bathroom to clean her up and assess the damage. She was covered in poop, dirt, twigs, stickers, and blood. I washed her off as best I could in the warm sink water, combing out debris and checking her little body for punctures or breaks. She seemed okay. Terrified, but okay.<br />
"How is she?" Hubs asks as he poked his head into the bathroom.<br />
"I'm not sure, but she isn't bleeding and nothing seems broken," I reply. "Can you hand me a towel?"<br />
He hands me a big towel we use to dry our cats. I dry off the kitten, being careful of her boney body, still checking to see that she's okay. We bring her into the room where her sister's hiding. I place her gently on the floor to see if she can move - she runs to hide in the corner under the cat tree.<br />
"Okay, nothing seems broken, she's not bleeding, and she's walking. I think she's okay, but we should monitor her." I explain to the hubs, even though I know he already knows all this. It makes me feel better to say it aloud. "I don't know that a trip to kitty ER would be helpful at this point." Kitty ER is an hour away and cats are resilient, I remind myself.<br />
"Holy crap. Did you see how much the black one ate?" Hubs says as he brings the half-eaten can of food over.<br />
"Wow. She was starving." I reply, looking at the can and back at the kitten. Her body from shoulder to hip was the size of that can, and she'd eaten half of it. "What are we going to do with them? I can't do long-haired cats, and I don't know that our cats will be okay with them."<br />
"I don't know. Don't you have a friend that fosters?"<br />
I picked up the one that I'd cleaned and nestled her under my shirt, against my chest. It's the second warmest part of my body, and the only place I could put her and still move about. She almost immediately fell asleep. Placing her sister next to her for warmth, she fell asleep too. I melted.<br />
Calling my friend, we made arrangements for her to take them the next night and she told me how to care for them in the meantime as it's been 10 years since I've been around kittens.<br />
We had to bottle feed the grey one that night. She was in too much pain and shock to do anything but lay in my shirt and drink from the bottle. The next day, they were both eating gushy food and exploring the room, but the grey one still preferred sleeping on my chest over anything else. A few hours before we were scheduled to leave, we placed them back in the room and I ugly cried against hubs shoulder.<br />
"Babe, we're doing the right thing." He explained, rubbing my hair. "I want to just say, let's keep them, but that wouldn't be what's best for them. It would just be the easy thing now. She's going to take good care of them, and they're going to be adopted into a good home. We just have to believe that."<br />
"I" - sob - "know," I blew my nose. "I know that, I'm okay with it all. It just hurts. And I want to be the one who hears their first purrs, who sees them play, to watch them grow into spoiled, fat cats. But I can't, and I know that."<br />
We spent the next few hours scouring the neighborhood for their mother and other kittens to no avail. Returning to the house, we brought them back out to the living room to get love, explore, and snuggle before taking them to my friend's house.<br />
Currently, they're playing, purring, and doing all the things spoiled kittens should be doing while in the care of my dear friend. They will spend the time they need with her, see the vet, get spayed, and be adopted together.<br />
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<br />Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-49885349953607935242017-09-27T11:00:00.000-07:002017-09-27T11:00:06.223-07:00Dreams are Stranger Than FictionGreetings! I know I've been absent for a bit, I've missed you, but it couldn't be helped. I'm excited to share one of the many things I've been working on - the cover reveal for the new Anthology I'm in with 13 other amazing authors!!<br />
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I'll wait while you finish your "squee" of delight.<br />
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Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-66147568157046452322016-12-29T17:40:00.000-08:002016-12-29T17:40:01.496-08:00ReflectionsI have got to say that this year has been crazy. Not all bad or good, just crazy. I'm hoping that next year will mellow out a little for me and if I can push my luck, it'll bring a lot more joy with it than the past two years have brought.<br />
I know some of you have been wondering what happened to me - I was posting quite often and then seemed to have disappeared. Well, life. In August I got really sick. I was having rather intense abdominal pain every time I ate or drank anything - including water. My symptoms stumped even the head of the Gastrointestinal facility I went to. We decided that for lack of anything else to do, I should get rid of my gallbladder. So, right before Halloween I had surgery.<br />
I felt back to normal almost immediately, except for some small adjustments that no one really tells you about until after you have the surgery and are experiencing "busters in-and-out."<br />
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So, while adjusting to that, Thanksgiving comes and goes, sharing with me a wonderful sinus infection. The antibiotics throw my body completely back to square one, and just before Christmas I started putting it back in place.<br />
With all that going on, I'm waiting for my editor to get back to me with the final edits for Choice, I've been slowly working on Convergence, started a new non-fiction short, and have changed the setting for The Head Hunter and have been working on that rather intensely. I'm hoping that 2017 will see at lest 3 releases for you to enjoy. That's my goal, and as long as things progress as they have the last half of this year, it should be attainable.<br />
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and may 2017 find you in good spirits with reasons to be positive. <3<br />
~JeanJean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-29477491569227128482016-12-22T18:06:00.000-08:002016-12-22T18:06:07.397-08:00PositivityI have a friend who's in the hospital. He's one of the most ridiculous (in a good way) people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing.<br />
A few years ago, he found himself in rehab trying to learn to walk with an amputated leg. Being a good friend, I wanted to let him know I was there for him, I cared, and help if he needed anything. I was a bundle of nerves as I went to his room. Losing a limb can change a person. He'd always been positive and silly, but would this make him depressed? Would he be angry? Or could we joke and would he find the pirate hat I had in the car as funny as he used to?<br />
Walking into his room, he was just finishing his jello and greeted me with a hearty "argh!" We talked, laughed, and while he did admit to feeling sad about losing his limb, he thought the whole pirate angle was hilarious. Said he'd get a fake parrot for the next time he had to meet with PT. Months later, he got a tattoo on his other leg with a finger pointing to the stump and above it read "I'm with Stumpy."<br />
Last week he lost the other leg.<br />
This was after he lost his dog of 10 years, his step-father passed before that, and two weeks prior to surgery, his mom had a stroke. I thought for sure he'd be sucking on a bullet. Nope. I walked in and he greeted me with a big smile. "Hey skinny! How you doing?" (I've lost weight in the past few months - not on purpose) "Those better not have cost you very much." He sends me an accusing glare as I hand him a stuffed cat with about 10 balloons pinned to it.<br />
I shake it off, knowing he'd look at them and smile a little when I left, so they were worth the ridiculous fee the hospital charges. We talked for a while, catching up on things and he was telling me the various things he could envision as he looked at the watercolor flower painting on his wall. His doc came in to talk about pain meds and left. After she left, he looked at me and said, "well, I always did admire Lt. Dan."<br />
It took me a second, and then we just laughed and laughed.<br />
I left, amazed that someone could still maintain their sense of humor and positive outlook in life after all that had happened. He's crazy, and humbles me almost every time we talk. I want to be that positive light in someones life.Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-6773115132643718972016-12-18T18:35:00.002-08:002016-12-18T18:35:55.278-08:00Family<br />
I am so excited and nervous to meet my uncle next month. He called today to let me know that he's gotten his tickets and will be here for a work conference and would like to finally meet face-to-face. This past year has been surreal because family I never thought I'd know, contacted us. <div>
Let me rewind a bit. My mom was adopted and never knew her birth family. I always knew that I might have more family out in the ether that I may or may not ever meet. When dating, it was always in the back of my mind; I prayed I wasn't accidentally kissing my cousin - ew. Years went by, I got married, and the family question faded into the background; except on the rare occasion that someone wanted family history for some reason or another. </div>
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My sister-in-law lost her brother and went on a rampage about how important family bonds were. Said I should be doing anything and everything I could to find my mom's birth parents. It opened the old questions and old wounds. We had never really been accepted in my mom's adoptive family. Never really in any of our family, if I'm being honest. There was always that undercurrent of - something. It was an unspoken barrier that I knew at an early age that I'd never overcome. So I always kept my distance, kept quiet, to myself, and tried not to let being the black sheep bother me. I have relationships with my family members now, it's easier to maintain now that communication has been relegated to fb, texts, and the occasional face time. No more awkward family reunions, or really many family gatherings at all. And when there are, it's easy just to showcase the positive in life. </div>
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So, a few months ago, my mom was contacted by her younger brother. She gave him my info, and we've all been dealing with the discovery of family. I started understanding my sister-in-law's obsession with family, and I've been struggling to put into words why knowing them has been so important. </div>
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Will it change my day-to-day life? No. </div>
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I was trying to discuss it with my husband, who I thought would understand as he doesn't really know much of his family either, but nope. He just doesn't care to have more people in his life. He's content with his little circle of life, his routine, and has no desire to change it. He asked me, "What's getting to know them going to do? Add people to your Christmas Card list?"</div>
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And it really hit me that - no. Knowing them won't alter my life in a dramatic life-changing scene like you see in the movies. That's not the point. It's family. It's a chance to truly be accepted for who I am, not what people want me to be - by family, not friends. And while having him accept me or not won't change anything in my life, the little girl in me craves it. It answers some questions as to why we are the way we are, history, genetics. It's important in a thousand different ways, yet vastly unimportant. It was Schrodinger's Cat, and now the box has been opened. Does it truly change anything, knowing if the cat was alive or dead? Not really - unless it was your cat.</div>
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I just needed to vent. To try to explain away confusing emotions without hiding. </div>
Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-1936922729031047332016-12-03T00:43:00.000-08:002016-12-03T00:43:13.633-08:00My special little princessMy oldest cat is the most annoying, adorable little pile of fur you'd ever want to strangle. Most days she tries every possible way to purr her little body as close to me or my hubs as she can. If she's awake, you can usually hear her purr from the moment you enter the living room to the moment another cat enters her six-foot visual radius. Then the most god-awful growl/yowl emits from her throat, making you think that in seconds she may be torn to shreds.<br />
Damona is fourteen and absolutely hates cats.<br />
I've tried explaining to her that she, herself, is a cat, but she'll have none of that. We've come to a compromise, however. She will tolerate, even play with, the black cats in our house. But any of the others that come anywhere near here - beware. The screech of impending death will emit; interrupting whatever it is anyone in the house was doing, inciting a sliver of panic that she may, in fact, be facing her last moments on Earth. When said cat moves on to whatever it is they were doing in the first place, she will quiet down, hunkering in her cat-cube-of-safety until a cat-free human settles on the couch.<br />
Another part of our truce is her room. Yes. You read that right. My 14-year-old cat has her own human-sized room, and has had this room all to herself for years. She has everything a cat could ever dream of in this room - a pillow snuggled on a shelf under the desk, a window seat, cat scratch post, cat condo, litter box, food, water, and a large dog bed complete with blankets. Each night as I go to bed, I gather her up, trying to avoid her claws as she reaches to cling to me - there may be an evil cat in the room that I didn't see, just waiting for the split second they need to rip her to shreds. I take her over to the hubs and he gives her kisses. We then traverse through the terrifying house, narrowly making it down the hallway of doom into her bedroom. Here I have to let her see the vast open space so she knows that none of the evil creatures have followed us into her sanctuary. Only then can I place her delicately upon her fluffy dog bed so that she can saunter toward her food dish.<br />
Her night-light doubles as a wax-burner, keeping her room smelling like fruit or some random flower she's never seen. Fulfilling my nightly duties, I am dismissed so the delicate princess can nom her food in privacy. I turn off the light, closing the door until it clicks closed.<br />
In the morning I open it and let her out. Usually I have to retrieve her from wherever she decided to curl up and take her back out to her perch in the living room. Lord forbid I leave her to traverse the hallway of doom by herself! Keep in mind, that three feet from her perch is another litter box, food, water, and my couch. (I'm insanely clean and no, you can't smell cat crap when you sit on my couch - that would be beyond disgusting!) Usually the other cats come out for breakfast (which is in the other room, but still visible from her perch) and then go immediately back to the king-sized tempurpedic bed and pass out until we come home from work.<br />
They all have such a hard life.<br />
Over the past couple of months, she's been increasingly annoying in her bedroom, and the hubs has been opening her door when he comes to bed so that he can actually sleep without hearing the song of her people. She's actually gotten to where she doesn't even want to go to her room - she wants to stay out in the living room and sleep on her perch. Rather than argue, we thought that maybe she was getting over her strange paranoia and hatred of cats, so we've been letting her be a "big girl" and rule the house as she sees fit.<br />
I got home today, sat on my spot on the couch, and smelled something I hate - cat pee. The litter box was clean, the couch unsoiled, and I crawled around on hands and knees looking for where she had her "accident." I finally found it on the folded blanket she slept on the previous night. She has now been thrown (figuratively, not actually thrown) into her dungeonous room, where she is meowing, scratching, and whining at the door; and the rest of our house is being scrubbed with bleach - just in case.<br />
Exactly what I wanted to do on my Friday night.Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-73844958955527094922016-05-31T21:35:00.001-07:002016-05-31T21:35:45.525-07:00Personal conversationI've had some rather interesting personal conversations with people as of late, namely with one of my sisters. It got me to thinking about how everyone has their own path, their own way to decipher life's lessons and challenges. And I wondered how many others were having similar conversations with people close to them. So I thought I'd share a part of the most recent conversation with you, in hopes that it may help. At the very least, it will help you know that you aren't alone in your struggle.<br />
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Sister: I don't want validation from anyone, but I feel like I need it sometimes and it's so frustrating. It's like, my day is fine and then, for whatever reason, it completely crashes to the worst thoughts possible. I don't know why I go to such extreme self deprecation when times are a little challenging. It's annoying.<br />
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Me: It's a part of healing, I think. I go through it too sometimes. Less than I used to, but I still get that way.<br />
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Her: I don't go through it often, but there's been a lot of change in my life that has been difficult. Combine that with recent birthdays, and family pressure to find someone to be with, I struggle.<br />
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Me: The hardest part of life, I think, is not living according to other's ideas and opinions of how you should live. I've literally had people ask why my husband stays with me, since I can't, and won't, give him people kids. I listen to the disappointment from the entire family because I'm not doing something that "matters" with my life. I get to have interventions because I'm grossly overweight. I see how people look at me. I hear what's being said behind my back. I feel the pressure to exercise, diet, become a nurse, have people kids, and it's hard. I like who I am, but I don't fit with the mold. Most days are okay, but on the days that aren't, well, I try not to live in that darkness anymore. It's a struggle, and maybe no one else will ever see my worth, but I do, and that's all that matters.<br />
You're still growing, recovering, and healing. You're not going to define yourself overnight. And you'll find whoever you're meant to be with when the time is right. Just because you do things differently than what society expects, doesn't mean it's wrong. It's just different. And that's okay.Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-52745000217732596702016-05-27T06:00:00.000-07:002016-05-27T06:00:35.257-07:00Huge sale by one of my favorite authors! Biggest sale on books you may or may not have heard of!
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Many have read these, many more have not. Some will share this because they love them, other won't because they don't wish to inflict my books on people they care about. On the flip side of that, if you didn't like them, share this to your enemies! Plenty of opportunity abounds for lovers and haters alike! Here is your chance to spread the love (or torture those you feel are deserving). All of my eBooks are on sale in one way or another, so take advantage of it since I don't do these often. The sale runs from today, May 27th thru Monday, May 30th
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<strong>A New Beginning (short prequel) - FREE</strong>
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In the War of Fire, death often heralds a new beginning…
Dragons, magic, and war are commonplace for sixteen year old Emallya. Though she longs for the simple life of hearth and home, some things are not meant to be.
Her dreams for the future are changed in a single night when battle breaches the walls of her home, and she finds her true calling. The innocent hopes of youth are cast aside as Emallya steps forward into a future she never imagined for herself.
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“A ray of light, a stain of shadow, shall endure to breathe life and death into the future”
The war between the Guardians and the Shadow Riders ended in total devastation. The final battle killed all the dragons and left nothing but fields of ash. A small clutch of dragon eggs was all that remained to provide hope for the future.
Five hundred years later, the ability to use magic is a death sentence and dragons are remembered as a curse. But the unhatched dragons sing for their riders...and six lives will be changed forever.
The elements of magic are drawn together as the dragons’ call leads them on a journey where they learn everything they've been taught to believe about magic and dragons is wrong.
With the last of the dragons and the world at stake, they will risk everything to heed the call.
But an evil from the past rises again. Shadow Dragons ride the dawn once more... <br />
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“Old things come again and new things surface.”
Faced with a looming war, the riders have no choice but to leave the safety of Galdrilene and reach out to the nations for help. But the Shadow Riders are doing the same and not all nations are opposed to their rule.
New discoveries are made, old wounds are reopened and betrayal hides among welcoming smiles.
As one nation begins to unravel it’s clear that some choices, even those made with the best of intentions, can have devastating consequences.
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<strong>Ashes and Spirits (Dragon's Call book 3)</strong><br />
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“The incomplete weave breeds the darkness…”
Presented with impossible odds, the Guardians struggle to hold against the Shadow Riders. While enemies from within are discovered and allegiances are formed, the losses mount.
As the war escalates, one Guardian may have to make the ultimate sacrifice to save all.
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Time knows no bounds when you are tested to your limits…
Isobel Moore is looking forward to spending her summer break alone while her parents are overseas. But when she returns home from college she discovers it’s no longer the welcoming place it used to be…and that something sinister now resides within.
As Isobel begins to question her sanity, a mysterious neighbor moves next door with plenty of his own secrets…and Damien DeLuca has the uncanny ability to always show up when the unexplainable happens.
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<strong>Bound by Legend</strong><br />
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When demons show up there will be hell to pay…
At nineteen Morgan has already faced more loss than she can handle and has more experience living on the street than she wants. Unable to do anything other than keep on the move in order to hide from the demons that hunt her, she guards her heart and emotions carefully. But when the demons start talking to her and calling her by a name from another life, things spiral beyond her control.
Lucian, an ancient dark angel who has seen his fair share of lives, is happy being a free agent until he’s assigned to Morgan. Determined to do everything on her own, she’s unlike any channel he’s ever met.
As the danger mounts and a demon prepares to open a gateway to the underworld, Morgan must find a way to overcome her past in order stop him. Offered what her heart desperately wants, and holding a key that will close the gate but open another, Morgan struggles find the strength to make the right choice.<br />
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<strong>What people are saying about the Dragon's Call books</strong>
<strong>The people that were happy:</strong>
"I thoroughly enjoy these books and feel anyone that love true Fantasy, full of magic and dragons, will enjoy these books. The characters are richly written and the storyline is addictive. The interaction between dragon and rider is some of the best Fantasy I’ve read. I love the relationships the author has developed between the two."
"Took a well used genre (dragon riders) but added a new twist that had me struggling to put the book down. Real page turner that keeps you on your toes."
"All 3 books are just wonderful. From start to finish it will keep on edge just waiting for what will come next. You won't be disappointed!! These books have gotten me in trouble!! I couldn't put it down, tried for work as a result!! Dragon Loves must read set. Looking forward to reading more books by this Author!!!"
<strong>And the people who weren't happy:</strong>
"Very boring. ...."
"This book might take prize for overall, most cliche fantasy book Ive read this year."
<strong>And those that are neither:</strong>
USA Bestseller List says, "Who are you?"
New York Times says, "This is a restraining order..."
<strong>The happy for the Bound series:</strong>
"Such a sweet, romantic and action packed story. From the onset, you're drawn in and intrigued by everything going on. I never knew a window could be so menacing!"
"I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed reading Bound by Time."
"Amazing & intriguing story. From the very beginning I was drawn in & it never disappointed."
<strong>The unhappy:</strong>
"The storyline was slow and uneventful with very little happening along the way."
"Dull..."
"Hated main character."
USA Bestseller lists says, "We still have no clue who you are."
Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-39675821314783353652016-04-12T17:56:00.003-07:002016-04-12T17:56:33.878-07:00Strange little worldThe past few weeks have been strange, to say the least. I come from a complicated family (really, who doesn't any more?), and that family just became more. I just sent my first text to an uncle I never knew I had. It's weird. We've been talking online for a couple weeks, and sometimes I feel like I'm writing to the personals. Like: <i>I'm 35, I like motorcycle riding, playing with my cats, and long walks on the beach. Please, tell me about yourself.</i><br />
Have you ever encountered family you never knew existed? It's trippy. How do you condense a lifetimes worth of stories into a casual, singular conversation?<br />
I've been dying to talk to people about it, but am never sure what - or how much - to say. My inner child is screaming: "I have family! Yippie!"<br />
And it's insane how much the family we're learning matches the family we know. It's like life took a mirror at a certain point in time and said, "you're making this huge change, let's see how each path will go." On one path, you have an outcast who's rejected by family. The other has a core family rejected by the extended. You see how things really aren't any different, yet everything is. It's weird, and tough to process.<br />
I had to talk to someone, even if it was just vague. Thanks for being there, and being patient while my world continues to erupt into the strange and unusual. <3Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-78260881986959039472016-03-11T19:59:00.000-08:002016-03-11T19:59:04.500-08:00SALE!
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<!--EndFragment--> Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-49865885410093216622016-02-19T09:11:00.000-08:002016-02-19T09:16:28.517-08:00Feeling Lucky...My husband and I recently discovered that we are "lucky" people. And when most people hear that word, they think <i>good </i>luck<i>. </i>People in general assume luck is good and karma is bad. Neither is true. Both luck and karma are neutral - it's the adjective placed before it that defines how that luck or karma behaves.<br />
We have bad luck - LOTS of it. We're overflowing with bad luck - it's almost comical at this point in our lives. Don't believe me? Well, we played the lotto and lost - shocking, so did about a billion other people. We had a cat who had FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis), an incredibly rare cat disease that our vet had only seen once in her 30-year career as a Veterinarian. It affects about 1 in every 5,000-10,000 cats and is always fatal. If that were't enough - us having one cat out of nine being "special," we just found out we have another "special" cat. Onyx is even more rare.<br />
Apparently, about 1 in 1,000,000 - yes, one in a million - cats have a genetic abnormality that causes them to react to foreign bodies entering their bodies. So, when you take your cat to get their shots, this one extremely rare cat reacts - badly. This phenomena is called Rabies Carcinoma. This form of cancer received its name from the spot where it typically reacts on the cat (because it's almost mandatory to have animals vaccinated against rabies, or you risk getting sued if your pet bites someone and you don't have that vaccine). After about a decade of research, Veterinarians discovered that it isn't just the rabies vaccine that causes this - it's anything that enters your cat's body. And just like FIP - there's no cure. However, unlike FIP, Rabies Carcinoma isn't as fast acting. There are things we can do to help Onyx, and we can remove the tumor if it starts bothering him or starts growing. If we do have the surgery, we risk the carcinoma spreading to any spot on his body that had an insertion - so the injection site for the anesthesia, the I.V. site, and 4-inch incision to remove the tumor. He is being monitored for the next three months to see if he continues to do well, or if the tumor progresses.<br />
My husband's response to me after we found this out - "I'd have never gotten the rabies vaccine if I knew there was that risk. Of course one of our cats would have it. This is bullshit."<br />
I couldn't agree more.<br />
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For more information:<br />
<a href="http://www.petmd.com/cat/conditions/cancer/c_ct_vaccine_sarcoma" target="_blank">Pet MD</a>Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-89622381557577487342016-01-11T21:10:00.001-08:002016-01-11T21:10:16.499-08:00Getting BetterSince July, when my personal life caved in on itself, I've been distracting myself heavily with work. Not only have I established myself at my main medical job, but like a crazy person, I took on another mostly full-time job managing a grant. Needless to say, my writing life has suffered. Trying to manage two full-time jobs, holiday depression, and my family, has been, well, difficult. I fell off the planet, without any idea that I fell so far or how to recover.<br />
I'm still working the two jobs, but I *hope* think I've found a way to manage them so that I can get back to the one thing that has brought me more comfort and joy in the past few years than anything else has - writing. I miss it. I miss the stories. The characters have given me space, time to heal and find a way to recover from the losses and the near-loss I had during the summer. They've been patient, but they want to finish their stories. And new ones are waking up.<br />
I was up last night, reoccurring back pain from life as a CNA causing me to be unable to sleep. A few things I realized about myself:<br />
1. I don't deal with pain well. As a matter of fact, I become heinous, and mostly towards the one person who really doesn't deserve it, but is a saint for putting up with my crazy moods - my husband.<br />
2. Arm numbness is one of the most painful things I've ever experienced. It's like having your arm come back to life after falling asleep - the tingly warmth with a million pins poking without any sign of relief. And nothing helps. Pain meds, IcyHot, heating pads, and cold compresses were all tried, none successful.<br />
3. Chiropractors and massage therapists are amazing. They help open the neural pathways from your spine to the rest of your body and bring relief that is sorely needed. They're given a bad rap, called quacks or treated like frivolous pampering, and not utilized nearly enough.<br />
4. I cannot, like at all, sleep sitting up - unless I'm in Bry's truck as he drives.<br />
and 5. Damian does not do well when his sleep is interrupted. Have you ever been slowly kicked in the face, back paws pushing against your forehead until you move out of a cats space? And then, when you don't move, he sits on your head? That was my joy when I tried to go back to bed. I do believe I've spoiled the cats a wee bit.<br />
Anyway, I wanted to let you know that I'm still here. I haven't forgotten about the stories, and I haven't given up on them. Thank-you for allowing me time to mourn and time to heal. The missing piece is still there, I'm not sure it will ever go away, but it doesn't hurt as much any more.Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-18050698136888510842015-11-19T13:12:00.001-08:002015-11-19T13:12:28.202-08:00Respect<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I see this shared around social media rather often, and I wonder, how many actually do?<br />
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I was talking to a friend a few weeks ago about a situation I had at work. One of my now ex-coworkers was incredibly rude, disrespectful, and plain mean to me. It was stressing me out so much, I wondered if I'd made the right choice in switching jobs. I was nauseated, cried on my way home, stressed out, and frustrated. You see, I had done nothing to provoke this. And even if I had, that was no way to treat someone.<br />
Finally, I'd had enough. When we were alone, I asked her, "have I done, or not done something to upset you?"<br />
Even confronting her on this level had me so nervous I wanted to puke. But it had to be done.<br />
"No. Everything's fine."She replied without so much as glancing in my direction - a normal behavioral trait from her.<br />
"Well, everything is not fine, and it's extremely obvious. The way you roll your eyes when I talk, and flat out, physically turn your back on me when I join conversations, and your over-all demeanor towards me makes me feel as if I've done something to really piss you off. And as we have to work with each other, I'd like to fix this." I mentally gave myself a huge pat on the back for not attacking her, for using the stupid "I feel" statements, and for staying calm - when I really wanted to tell her what a freaking bitch she was and to grow the f* up.<br />
"Nope. Everything is fine."<br />
I sighed quietly, shook my head, and went back to our strained silence, working and trying to figure out my new job without asking questions I knew wouldn't be answered.<br />
A few hours later, she turns to me. "Remember what you asked me earlier? Well, I've been thinking about it, and you haven't done or not done anything. We simply have a personality conflict that is never going to change."<br />
Not having a clue how to respond to that I simply stated, "well, thanks for telling me."<br />
The rest of the day I fumed. She didn't even know me! How could she hate me on sight? How can people be so rude? As the days went on, I went on vacation, she left for maternity leave, and I thought about it.<br />
My friend that I was telling this to was horrified that I could be truthful and say that while I never wanted to be that girl's friend, and still don't, I do respect her for her honesty - no matter how difficult it was to hear. And she probably said what she said to piss me off, but at least it was some level of honest. Could you, when presented with a challenge to respect those who've hurt and pissed you off with their honesty, truly respect them for it?<br />
Be honest now. ;)Jean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348693341861859164.post-36987596436806793562015-09-08T21:35:00.000-07:002015-09-08T21:35:04.418-07:00Summer from HellMany of you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, so you already have a general idea that things have not been going well lately. Let me tell you, that is the understatement of the century. This post is almost entirely for me, and is extremely personal. It has almost nothing to do with writing, perhaps it's only so that you can understand why I've been away, and will be for a while - but not forever.<br />
It started in May.<br />
In work life, I finally got out of being a CNA and landed a dream job doing something I've wanted to do for years - work in a cube in surgery. I work behind the scenes and love the low-stress job I have. The only problem, the main girl there HATED me. The tension was so bad, my supervisor and I discussed the possibility of me going somewhere else. Then, as a stroke of luck, the girl who made work-life a living hell decided she wanted to work somewhere else. For the first time I can remember, I like my job.<br />
While dealing with this girl, and before I discovered she would be leaving, my husband and I went to visit my family across the country. It was tight financially for us, but as we hadn't visited in about 9 years, we figured it out and made it work. The hardest part was leaving our 9 cats alone. My mom kept watch over them, visiting them daily and making sure they knew they weren't abandoned. They got treats galore and were spoiled beyond rotten by the time we got home.<br />
It took us a few days to realize Gunther wasn't eating.<br />
It was Memorial Day weekend when we rushed him to kitty ER because he refused any sort of treat, and we could feel each ridge of his spine. We were there for hours, running every sort of test the vet could think of and pushing fluids through him to rehydrate him. He spent the night there and we spent a very restless night thinking of the worst.<br />
I picked him up in the morning and cried as I took him to our vet, where she ran more tests and watched over him for the rest of the day. That day was filled with unbelievable anxiety, but the worst was yet to come. When we picked him up, our vet couldn't find a single thing wrong with him. She gave us some formula to force-feed Gunther about 4 times per day until he started eating on his own. It took us a week of force-feeding, vet visits, antibiotics, and medication before my husband and I snapped on each other.<br />
I broke down, weeping harder than I ever thought possible with the knowledge that Gunther was starving himself to death and there wasn't anything I could do about it. Even after 2 months, I still have tears streaming down my cheeks as I type this. This is by far, the most painful thing I have ever written. But I feel it's important. Not so you'll understand, but to help me heal. Today I write not as an author, but as a woman needing release from a heartbreak I hope none ever have to feel. Today is journaling. But I digress...<br />
I don't know how to seek comfort from others. I can't even bring myself to find comfort in Bry's embrace. I knelt against the bed, sobbing for the impotent frustration at watching my child die. Two days later, he started eating. Life appeared to return to normal and I went to visit my sister.<br />
A week later, Gunther was as wide as he was long. To most, this wouldn't seem strange. But he'd always been slender. Now he was the fattest cat in our house. We brushed it off, thinking it was just taking his body time to re-acclimate to the digestion of food. We thought he was like a kitten again, with his fat belly that would dissipate in a few days and he'd be fine again.<br />
I know my timeline is fuzzy, but this all happened from Memorial Day to my birthday, July 16. Somewhere in the July 20th range, we took Gunther to a kitty specialist, where the vet told us in a cold, unfeeling, matter-of-fact tone, that Gunther had FIP and was dying. There was nothing we could have done to prevent it. And nothing we could do to cure it. A diagnosis of FIP is not made lightly and is always, always fatal. My heart broke.<br />
We had him drain Gunther's stomach of the fluid he'd accumulated from the virus, gave him some shots to ease the pain and keep his appetite up, and went home. I wept, begging and pleading to any god that would listen, to just give me this small miracle. Don't let my baby die.<br />
On July 23, 2015 we said our final farewell to Gunther. A part of me died with him that day. I felt my heart tear, shattering into bits as I held him. It is a pain indescribable. It literally feels as if that flimsy organ in your chest rips apart, leaving the delicate strands barely enough momentum to continue to push blood through your arteries.<br />
That next weekend, when we received his ashes, a close family member crashed a vehicle, and my grandmother died. A week or two later, my brother was beaten up by a gang for trying to help a kid. This past weekend, another family member is struggling to regain - everything - after an accident.<br />
Most people would be upset more about the human tragedies in my life. Those people know nothing about me. I can't have kids. My cats are my children. In every way. They are my everything. I have just lost a child after only having him for 8 years. It is not a thing I would wish upon my greatest enemy. I look at people and their mundane lives, and think, "what the hell is wrong with you?" I need the world to stop. I need to grieve and learn to cope with a torn and shattered heart. But I don't know how.<br />
So that has been my life this year. I'm having trouble coping, and finding the energy to do anything more than work and come home. The other cats are adjusting, but it hasn't been easy on them. Psydon searches for Gunther from time-to-time, wondering where is best buddy is, and Frost mopes in the hall and bedroom, missing his brother-by-birth. We have good days, and things start to look like they'll get better, then life reminds me that I'm not done with the emotional trauma, and something else happens. I'll see him out of the corner of my eye, I'll pour too much ranch in my dip cup, or I'll catch myself calling him for his butter treats, or yelling at him to stop fighting. Each day does get better, but for now, I'm trying to heal and learn to deal with a broken heart.<br />
Thanks for listening and understanding.<br />
~JeanJean Boothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18083206571788440035noreply@blogger.com0