02/08/2024
The saying is true when it rains it pours…and sometimes there is even wind involved:(
On Sunday a rather unfortunate event happened to the “rescue mobile”. We had the rear door open as we were loading up the tables and crates from the Home & Garden show at Cal Expo, just trying to pack up from the event.
That night, the winds in Sacramento were blowing at 60 mpg, so while my rear hatch door was open, wind got under the open rear door, and ripped the rear window completely from its frame!
It completely broke the window out, then sent the rear window flying in the air over the roof of the car!
All the attached gear to the rear window also landed about 5 feet in front of the Expedition.
Glass was shattered everywhere!
So we were so very lucky no one was standing nearby when it happened.
Several people witnessed this catastrophe in the Cal Expo parking lot too.
While this incident is covered by comprehensive insurance as an act of God, it is still going to cost me $500 in a deductible costs, plus rental car fees, for who knows how long….Today i paid $144 to get a rental car until Monday next week.
The car is the autobody shop now, and they are going to order all major parts this week. So far the rear door shocks, rear window, rear window hinges, rear window wiper, front right mirror, front windshield, and the roof top of the car were all affected by this. It was such a freak incident and I really can’t believe this happened from wind.
Unfortunately I have already learned the hard lesson of how impossible it is to try to do rescue work without a car.
As many of you know, I did not have a car for over two months this past year, when my last car’s engine took a dump back in September.
I was riding my bike to work in the rain for weeks. I’ve only had this car for about 2 months now.
Every adoption event I do, I take work off, when I already make a poverty living wage as a Registered Vet Tech (RVT). This last event was three days long, and we had a total of 3 adoptions, which is not very many at all. It cost us more to do events, then we actually see returned to us, but obviously that part doesn’t matter because it’s all about getting these animals forever homes at the end of the day.
I place a very high value in the people we meet, the education we spread on spaying & neutering/TNR resources, and the connections we make at these events.
We are always so grateful to be invited to community events like these, and that is what makes these things completely worth it.
Now we are really going to need help for THIS upcoming weekend, in order to attend the Cat Show in Sacramento. We need major help trying to transport cats to this upcoming adoption event. Or even just help transporting crates and tables.
We have have many cats who we want to get as much exposure as we can there, but we NEED help! Anyone able to help transport materials or animals please reach out to me!!
Financially I can’t afford to do this any more alone, and it has largely been mainly me funding this rescue since Day one. Some days this really just feels very defeating, depressing, and exhausting. Last year there were many times I wanted to completely just give up. I really want to believe it won’t always be this hard, but I don’t know anymore.
Seeing people adopt their new best friend gives me a small sliver of hope that this still is worth fighting for. I am hanging on tight to that, and trying to stay positive things will eventually turn around. But it has been an extremely hard last year though😔
Any donations would be HUGE! Recently we also had a couple cats with some serious eye medical issues costing us a lot in vet care.
I absolutely hate asking for help, but our rescue needs it so badly right now to survive. Please help if you can, or please share our story to those who maybe can.
I will post our PayPal link in the comments too.
Thank you♥️
