Oh No! Not another one….!?

Hola Mundo!

How are we surviving the depths of the winter season? January is a long month….. and I wonder if it will ever end? I have to tell you Amigos…. some interesting information! I have been doing research about my new home land. And… I found, Vancouver is a good place! It is one of the warmest places in Canada, and it does not get very much snow! I think if I lived where grandma Diane + grandpa Ken live [Winnipeg] — I would have to live in an igloo, no? Erek, tells me stories of all of the snow forts and igloos he built growing up there. This is no place the Senorita. I will stay here in the Vancouver thank you very much!

I will share a story with the people to help warm your hearts! Senorita Chavez has a new hermano! His name is ODIN…. and his only downfall is that he is a Gato! But he is a very cool Dude in his own right. I’ve, caught him drooling? A couple of times, but I wouldn’t dare tell him that!

So, Erek has a small animal ranch going on…. but listen to Odin’s story……

Odin’s Story : Odin started hanging out in front of our Co-Op earlier this summer. His appearance coincided with a family’s move out…. so Erek suspected that he might have been left behind? After some investigation- nope not the case. Not left behind…..

So, not really going away; and basically living on our front lawn…. Odin became “part” of the Co-Op over the course of the summer. People were feeding him, and we all had our pet names for him.

One day in August, on one of our walks around the ‘hood, the big E spotted a poster. A rescue agency was looking for a cat with the same descriptions as the kitty at the Co-Op! Cool we thought, got home and gave them a rang…. Sure enough -he was the one. They came by and scooped him up + off to the vet he went! That is when we really heard what Mr. Kitty had been through…… Apparently he used to reside in the condo at the end of the street, but his elderly mother (who adored him apparently) died on him. [ He was trapped in the apartment with her corpse for 3 weeks, until the Coroner showed up on the scene. And that's when he bolted out the door, and had been living on the streets ever since. Can you say trauma?

The rescue agency that made sure the cat was healthy and neutered, was just going to release him back onto the streets "our front lawn" with the promise that some neighbors would feed him.... So that is when the Big E took matters into his own hands-- he would find this cat a new home! [He finds all kinds of homes for critters]. But, the cat kept coming back…. That is when Erek named him “Odin”, b/c only a god could live through what he has [and well me, but I am named after a Dictator of a Latin American Country- so isn't that the same thing]?

So, slowly over the course of the fall, as the weather has gotten cooler. Odin has slowly moved in with us…. He still comes and goes as he pleases…. but he has come to trust us all more + more, and has even cuddle with me a couple of time. Well, more like sat on me while I was beside Erek. We do play with each other outside though! A Gato that will play with me! That’s why I think he is cool!

What a God!