Since I've been incredibly stressed out and looking everywhere for Baby Kitty - I've started taking a walk around my condo complex - Spanky, my other cat likes to go for walks and occasionally my other cats will follow me too but Spanky loves to follow me or lead me. And what I've noticed is that I feel better, get off my computer for 30 minutes and take a walk and it might actually help me lose weight instead of just sitting here on the computer all the time, I'm up.

Another meditation trick - for every 3 hours working - take 1 hour for myself. I miss doing my art and I have all these ideas I want to finish or start and I haven't had time. So now, every 3 hours of work = 1 hour of doing something fun. Not neccessarily turning off the computer - just turning off the screen. And that doesn't mean doing household chores either, do something fun. Something you love doing.

Regular meditation where you sit quietly and still your mind - doesn't work for me, I have too much going on in my head to completely block it out. But stop working and stop stressing is what I need and I might just find my creative side again.

I need to find my zen again, all work and no play or relaxation is making for a really stressed out girl and who needs that. I started this business because I liked what I was doing not to become a stressed out bitch. And I've been angry lately, angry and stressed out. Who needs that?

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I've had an interesting weekend - it started about 2 weeks ago - I misplaced Baby Kitty, i was so worried about him and I couldn't find him anywhere and I felt like I couldn't concentrate and trying to get over being sick and being worried was making for a really stressed out girl. I finally went to the SPCA to see if someone found him and posted a flyer by my mailboxes and last Friday went to the Concord SPCA to see if he was there and I found a cat that looked like him. I wasn't sure if it was him or not and at this point I was so stressed out and almost crying, I didn't know what to do. If I left him then I'd feel bad if it was my cat - so I adopted him. And as soon as I got home with this cat, I knew it wasn't Baby Kitty - it didn't know where it was and didn't look like Baby Kitty. About an hour after I got home, I got a call from a neighbor - who told me Baby Kitty was standing right next to her...apparently she has been feeding him breakfast and dinner for 4 mos...smart cat, getting wet food twice a day, no wonder he wasn't interested in wet treats here. So I brought him home and he was growling at me..something was definetly wrong - I trapped all my cats in the house for the night..OMG, never want to do that again, I didn't get any sleep cuz they wanted out and I had to find the additional adopted kitty that was hiding.

Saturday - I took the newly adopted kitty back to the shelter. And then spent 4 hours at a new vet to get baby kitty checked out. My vet was booked. The vet gave him an anti-inflammatory shot and antibotics for his urinary tract infection. And after 5 hours of being in a crate and in the car, Baby Kitty arrived safely home and stayed in the house for about 3 hrs and then disappeared again.

Sunday - today, I found him again - I know where to look now. He comes when called. He followed me home, I gave him some treats and his antibotics and he hung out for a little while and is gone again. But this time, he has a microschip in case he gets lost and picked up or anything. My peace of my mind is better now. He's a gorgeous persian/maine coon mix and very sweet when he's feeling good.

And next weekend - all my cats are going to go get their microchips put in - I can't take it. Its the best investment a pet owner can make especially for cats who don't like to wear collars

I started traveling alot about 4 mos ago which explains why he's been disappearing, I guess I have been neglecting my cats and I need to start paying attention again.

I'm so glad he's back - total relief and now every night before I go to bed - talking a walk and retrieving my kitty from down the courtyard.

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