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Karma and boo-boo kitty

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What did I do? J says my mom could really use a weekly housekeeper you in? I said "Sure ." She made a call to her friend K , I then had 2 houses to clean. Fast forward to a month later I now had at least 2 houses a day. But as Karma would have it  one of those houses was  the house of fur or a house full of "show " cats. Now first let me say that I myself love my pets a lot of the houses I cleaned had pets and they were usually the ones who warmly greeted me as I entered each home . But this was more then the average person can picture. When I agreed to clean this home I drove out to the home to met with the owner/employer/I don't know what to call them I always thought that customer sounded a little like I was a hooker. Anyway we met "Hello" I say . "Hello." I am Mrs.  _______. " "You will have your regular jobs like doing dishes, making beds, sweeping , dusting , moping" Mrs. _______ " says. "Let me show you around...

In which Karma pulls the rug out from under me Part Deux.

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So there I was in the middle of a huge store having  a total freak out moment. I don't even know what I bought from said store all I remember is the weekend seemed to go in slow motion. Then come Monday a meeting with the bigwigs  reviled all, that yes indeed the store would close by the end of the year. Really Karma before Christmas. It was like a nightmare. Let me stop a minute and explain working somewhere for 21 years , well if kind of defines you,  makes you feel as if this is who you are I was know as Big Redd to my co-workers who would I be now? Would I be able to find another Job I knew for certain that it would not be in a store maybe this was karma's way of say enough of this store business try something different for a change. But the other part of me the internal part was having  a total melt down, a total panic about how to put   food on the table and pay the bills. We have 3 kids what was I going to do. I had a daughter starting coll...