Mr. Motor

Okay I must start with the fact that Harding has rules against pets...and I am a normally a rule follower... One night I insisted that Jennifer and I got on a walk and get out of the dorm for a little while. So we started our walk and we got about 100yds and we heard this Meow sound coming from the parking lot. Then we see Harding Public safety around this car and they are looking under the car for this animal, that happens to be a cat...well kitten. So I couldn't walk on until they got the kitten out. I asked what they were going to do once they got it out, and they said we will probably just put it in the old sed car lot where there are a bunch of other cats... Okay, those that don't know..I have a special place in my heart for animals, especially little ones. So when I heard what they are going to do with the kitten...that was unacceptable...I must take that cat. I looked at Jenn and said we are taking this cat, we can find a home for it somewhere. So eventually they got the kitten out..and that kitten was no bigger than my hand and was very skinny....but very cute!! Well, we debated on what to name him (l looked). We came up with motor...cause that is where we found him...or kia cause that was the kind of car...but we decided on Mr. motor...it works.Well our next objective was to find food, litter box, and a way to get it back in our room. The last thing was the easiest thing ever..and we bought a little thing of kitten food and soaked it in milk/water so it coud eat it. Well, Paige( our suitmate) is very "allergic" to cats, so we didn't tell her we had a cat in my closet...but we did tell Lindsey(my roommate) who couldn't have been more excited. Well the first night I think Mr. motor was so tired from his adventure he slept right next to me and didn't move until the next morning. But by the second night he was ready to play...which made me feel like I had a newborn...lol.. anyways, we had to find a home, and soon!

I called my parents and got an "absolutely not" so then I skyped them and let them see his cute little face...but no luck. Jenn asked her mom and the initial response was no...but then she called the next morning and said..I'll take him. So we made arrangements to meet her mom half way between Searcy and St. Louis..(2 and 1/2 hrs.) on a thursday evening. We were very excited he had a home. So we geared up for the trip by getting his litter box ready (cause he was not about to poop in my car) and got food and water bowls and we started the drive. About 15min in Mr. Motor was out cold..all snuggled up on Jenn and didn't really wake up until I woke him up to make sure he was still alive. We handed him over, said goodbye, and drove back. Jenn's mom loves Mr. Motor and he is getting soooo big.

So why I am not a rule breaker..my heart couldn't let go of doing the right thing. I saved a life(a kitten's but it is still a life)!