Man, Cancun was SO awesome! The kids and I had a great time. Gran Melia was the nicest hotel I've ever stayed in. (Not that that is saying much if you're a rich globetrotter, may be small potatoes to you...). There were about 5-7 swimming pools, with little jacuzzi inlets, etc. We were able to get this 'palapa' a little thatched hut beside the pool, for the entire time, where we could just lay down and enjoy the scenery in comfort and without getting sunburned. Of course, with Brynnan there, I didn't get much time to lay down, but I gave it my best shot. The kids and I had a really good chance to bond, and I think it's something we will always remember. I'm really glad we did it.
On the DDB side, I just had a phone call from a hilarious woman, (no, I don't know her name if the cops want to arrest someone), but she told me that one time she was in a wheelchair and she tried to go steal this dog off a chain because she couldn't stand seeing it that way, but she had to crawl on her stomach because she couldn't walk. She got caught, naturally, because she was moving at the speed of a slug, and the woman came out and started hitting her on the head with an umbrella! I was cracking up at the mental picture this created, and she said, "what are you laughing at, it really hurt too!" She was laughing, although I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time. A 70 year old woman, what a character...I really meet some characters doing this job, some people who do help me believe in the goodness of mankind.
And I also 'meet' some real a*&holes too; you would be surprised, or maybe not, how many people who chain their dogs are NOT nice! All the neighbors are afraid of them because they are typically quite disreputable in the area. So I get a lot of phone calls from these people, which rarely end well. As soon as the swearing starts I hang up on them. Then they call back, like 100 times...Thank God they don't know where I live...and, if that weren't bad enough, there is always someone against you who used to be with you because you pissed them off, or someone accusing you of stealing their money, or stealing dogs, or doing everything wrong, etc., etc. It's exhausting!
Thank God I have enough people who DO believe in me to continue. And I'm stubborn enough to not want to be seen as a quitter. Because I've wanted to quit a million times, but then I think that everyone else who started groups is going through the same thing, and I don't want to be weaker than them. So in an odd way they keep me going. When they are able to stand up to all the abuse, it makes me stop my whining and just keep going that one more time...and then next one more time...etc. etc. I hope some day it gets easier or I get more able to just brush it off...one of the other is definitely needed!
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