Confidential

I have been posting something on one of my 3 blogs daily through the summer and am so glad to have readers! It's such a great motivation. I've slacked a little as this week has been busy -- and every spare moment I'd spent blogging has been devoted to nursing the oprhaned squirrels instead. They need the time now, and it will be short term. Plus it's something I may never get to experience again.

You see, I have a little secret: apparently my biology is not well suited for this solar system. I'm terribly allergic to almost everything! That includes almost every cuddly animal, many plants, some foods (one fatally), and much of what travels in the air. Yet as you can see, I am a huge animal lover and this has been a cross to bear in this life.

Suddenly I seem to be able to be with animals and you're reading about it all right here. Maybe if I was able to have a dog or a cat (or, more likely, 2, 4 or 100) at home, I would never have gotten as involved with such exotics or in such unusual ways as I have. But I figure something about being in The Park, being at The Zoo has allowed me to at least get by. I assume it's the open air. Whatever it is, I don't know if it will last, but I'm feeling the abundance and very grateful.

It dawned on me after another night of feeding baby squirrels... I don't seem to be suffering any repercussions of being in an enclosed space with them for 5-8 hours straight, getting little scratches by them or holding them near my face and neck. Normally I would pay for for hours or a few days. My eyes don't stream with tears, swell up or become red, I am not wheezing or covered in hives or headed to the ER.

For those of you who have animals at home, can you imagine not being able to pet them, or be inside anywhere with them, let alone sleep with them, or have them on your lap or even at your feet??? I can actually put my cheek to the soft, warm, furry bodies and not break out in welts or struggle to breathe. I tell you it's heaven! I'm beyond overjoyed!