New Places, New Love!!

I'm So excited!!
As I said I wouldn't post until finals were over and finals are Over!!
Well, my Anatomy final anyway...tomorrow I have a couple of quizzes to make up from my Comm class and I need to turn in that Theory paper which I totally finished and I have to say, I've very pleased with how it turned out! But sure, virtually over.

And with that comes the start of Summer!! :) At least for me anyway...even if it does still snow periodically (what's up with that anyway!) and the kids are still in school...but Summer for me!

I have Big Plans for this summer!!
Like today! I had my first day volunteering at an animal shelter!!! (I try to stay away from specs on here, especially when it comes to jobs...so if you want to know more, you'll just have to talk to/email me :) How Amazing!! What a place!! Everyone's super nice and the pets are super cute and the job is super fun!! - yup that's a lot of supers!

I work in the dog area because at some point in thinking of working there it hadn't crossed my mind that I'm allergic to cats and won't be working with cats. That's the first thing they asked when I got there...but I had planned to work with the dogs anyway.

So I started out by cleaning the stalls for the little dogs, removing all the "goo", putting in fresh clean bedding, filling food dishes! Then I moved on to the bigger stalls and cleaned those out, washed all the windows, again with the food dishes.

Then! I got to play with the most beautiful dog!! Bear, a big fluffy white Amazing dog! The people there said he was sad and won't really eat anything and his owner's sad that he had to leave him and is hoping to be able to pick him up again sometime. In the meantime I'm happy that I get to enjoy him! We went for a walk along an aqueduct next to a river, it was So beautiful! And the weather outside was perfect! I think Bear thinks he's a small dog or doesn't seem to care that he's not... he kept jumping up on me...I've got some very large scratches, but even more I was just happy to see him enjoying himself, running and playing, he's a beautiful runner!

Overall I felt something today that I haven't felt in a long time, something I feel that I ought to feel all the time...but in reality I think it's such a rare thing for most people to feel...or to at least notice feeling...and that would be Purpose.

...it's the best way I have for describing whatever it was I was feeling. I was working on something that had great purpose, something caustic and good and wonderful. You know, that spark that puts the extra bounce in your step, makes you sing all day and feel Happy!

I can honestly say that being a mom, working at the library, going to school, writing my novel all give me this feeling too, many things give me this feeling...there was just something specific about today and being in that place ...it was nearly overpowering and completely wonderful!

It's my wish that you, too, are doing something in your life which gives you such a feeling, or even better, many things! but if you're really not, cuz some people just haven't found that thing yet, then I say begin your Quest! Find that thing! Even if it means doing difficult things, like quitting the job you really hate, or moving to a different state, whatever it takes - believe me, it's So worth it!! And the best of wishes along your journey!

Sincerely,
Suzy