Diary Entry 1

Dear Diary, (5/25/20)
Today was a very exciting day for Ben and I. We were sitting on our balcony drinking our morning coffee and talking. Out of no where we heard a what sounded like a cat. We didn't think much of it at first, thinking it probably belonged to the neighbor, but the meowing got louder. It sounded almost like it was outside. We live in Philadelphia, in the city, what person in their right mind would let their cat outside in the city??? So we put on our shoes and walked downstairs and out to the street to look around and see where this sound was coming from. We walked around the corner of the building over towards the dumpsters and we heard more meowing. We looked around and couldn't find anything. Then I heard one more meow, I turned around and looked in a box. From the dark shadow inside I saw these two big bright green eyes and saw a small pink nose. It was a cat!!!! I know "No shit Rebecca its a cat, what else meows" but I was excited ok. I reached in and picked up the little guy. He was all dirty and really skinny. Ben thought I was insane for touching a wild cat in the middle of Philadelphia but I love animals too much to let this poor little guy suffer. I carried him upstairs and I put him in the bathroom and closed the door. I immediately called the vet to make this poor little guy an appointment for that day. After that I went in the bathroom with some shampoo, baby wipes, a towel, a bowel of tuna fish (which did belong to ben, I don't know how he eats this stuff), and a little dish of water. Before trying to clean him up I let him eat some food since he looked starving and drink some water. After his little belly was full I got to work on cleaning him up. I have done this many times before since I have rescued all of my cats that I have ever owned, but even though I told this to Ben he was still concerned and thought the cat would try and hurt me. He was actually really lovey. He kept purring and brushing up against me and it wasn't very hard to get him all cleaned up. His fur went from a blotchy black and gray to a clean beautiful dusty gray color. I picked him up and gave him a little hug and he gave me a little meow. I decided to name him Clyde. When I brought him out of the bathroom Ben looked at him skeptically and went to pet the little guy. he reached out his hand an Clyde smacked it away and started purring. He was a little mommas boy. I took him into the vet and got him all of his vaccines and we got him some medicines since he had flees. Afterwards Ben and I walked over to the pet store to get him some toys and food. He is now the newest member of our family and I am so excited!!!! :D