Rocky

fate is so awesome
today i got bored so i walked over & visited with the in-laws
cheryl was sleepin.
(poor baby got off a 12 hr shift @ 7 am, had an 11:45 Dr appt, & another 2:30 Dr appt, she didn't get much sleep at all!!)
i left their house,
walked back to mine,
& harley found a tiny ball of fur on the ground
he sniffed it
and politely (i shit yall not) threw it up in the air
i called him off of it to take a look myself
it was a baby squirrel
it'd fallen outta the nest
and was shiverin and not hurt too bad
(there were no apparent injuries)
so i called cheryl's mom over
we stood there
looked at it
and left it
well...
this bugged me
didn't this poor little fellow deserve a chance to live?
(even if some rat bastard squirrels have been causing our transformer to keep blowin)
i woke cheryl up & told her
she agreed,
we couldnt just leave it there to die
so, i got a cardboard box
went outside & got the little booger
& brought him in to cheryl who was getting dressed
she called her mom bc she remembered there was an exotic petting zoo here in o-burg
i called the owner to ask how to care for the baby
he gave me the number of a girl who wanted a baby squirrel
in the meantime
we mixed an egg with warm milk & attempted to feed him through a dropper
Gloria Jane wanted him but got off work at 8
so we put a heating pad in the box, covered it with towels
and put the baby in there
we were vigilant about it not getting too hot for him
cheryl named him Rocky
he threw up twice (turns out its 'supposed to be evaporated milk)
but on the drive to the lady's workplace
he perked up & got a lil frisky
turns out
Gloria Jane's pet male squirrel had just died
he was 5 y/o
so she was SOOOO happy about him
her female pet squirrel now has a friend.
i saved a squirrels life,
made a lady happy,
gave some female squirrel a future fuck buddy,
and made a life long dream of mine come true
(i always wanted to save a wild animal from death)
not a bad day after all.