I can say "no" easy and stick to it if necessary.  But for the most part, I will discover a reasonable justification in saying yes.

 

My husband always reminds me that "No good deed goes unpunished".  That's when I weigh either what my burden is or what someone elses is.  Who's is the heaviest?  I know where my strengths are, how to improvise and "make it work" one way or the other.  I also know when my burden although I'm able to manage it, is not so managable for my husband and children.  That's when things can get a little sticky and I have to be more creative.

 

The most recent was yesterday.  I said no to taking in 2 more kitties from my neighbor.  2 beautiful papered persians.  She's been unable to find them a home apparently because they're sick with the poopies.  She has no job. She has no money for a vet.  So, I went and bought her some organic food and instucted her not to feed them anything else right now.  I located a rescue center for persians in Seattle.  Corresponded for 2 days with the facility and the person who would foster them in Vancouver because my neighbor wasn't returning their calls to arrange a pick up.  I finally just walked over to her house w/my cat carrier, knocked on her door, waited for her to answer, told her I was here to get the kitties.  Took them to my house and kept them quarantined in my room away from my healthy animals.  Noted all the issues which were parasitic and upper respritory involved.  Waited for the foster volunteer to call me and off we went.  Thank goodness, the facility still wanted them and got them the help they needed to start getting healthy.  Because if they didn't....guess what?  I would have kept them, got them better myself (work overtime to cover the vet cost) and then found them good homes myself......There would have been some big time dispute over my decision in my house...but....the health and lives of the kitties outweighed the dispute hubby would have had...especially when he just hangs out in his own cave for the most part anyway!

 

 

 

i say yes too alot even thought i dont want too like okay i am dead too the world and really tired and someone wants me to run to the store for something i say sure why not why i am draggin butt all the way thinking gosh darn it cant even relax even though i am thinking it i dont say it