Trashed

 I am very tried this morning after yesterday's Portland trip.  I thought I was getting enough sleep, but apparently not enough to avert exhaustion today.

I returned five of the cats.   I'd already told their owner when I'd arrive, but texted when I left here, so she'd have the gate open.  She did not have the gate open.  Some friend of hers was there, car blocking the driveway, even if the gate had been open.  I had to wait.   

My drop trap was still there.  I went to find it and load it in my car.  She'd tried to take it apart.  The top hooks, via spring attachments to the bottom part of the trap.  The trap lay, in two parts, in a pile, with other stuff atop it.

I saw that many of the spring hook attachments were crushed beyond repair.  I surmised she'd been walking on the drop trap as it lay there in a heap.  WTF.   I was furious, tried to pry apart, briefly, to fix, a couple of the attachments, gave up and put it in my car.  I barely said a word to her, except "you broke my trap".  I was too tired to deal with it and what good would it do.  One of my cage covers, there to cover a regular trap, with which she was to catch the big male, was missing.  I asked where the cage cover was.  She went and got it from out near the barn.  It was muddy and wtf was it doing way out there.

I messaged the rescue who took the pregnant cat from there, told them what had happened.  I had to tell someone, as it felt like a violation.  It's not a good feeling.

Before I was even to Home Depot, where I intended to look for something that would work to replace the broken attachments, that rescue had ordered replacement parts for the trap from tomahawk.   This sent a wave of emotion through me.  

So, there's not a thing I can do to fix people like that lady, trashing my equipment, but having the other folk, the rescue, immediately remedy the damage, was a tremendous boost to my worn out spirit.

Water under the bridge.   Gives me an excuse not to trap much until the parts come, lol.

I'm taking the two Albany girls, also fixed yesterday, out to their new home right after the lady who fed them gets off work.  She has to take them to her property now, instead of feeding them at work.  I'm loaning her a cage for this pair.  For the others, whom are not yet caught, she's building a big cage for relocation, that should hold the rest.   Big endeavor, but should work out fine for the cats.  She has a few out at her place already, long fixed.

I don't know how many people in Oregon have died of coronavirus since mass vaccinations began, end of January.  It might be nice to know how many have died from then to now because 3 people have died of coronavirus since mass vaccinations began who were fully vaccinated.  I think that is probably a significant percentage of the total number of virus deaths since end of January in our state.  I knew you could still get the virus once vaccinated but there were claims made by vaccine manufacturers, things like 100% prevents hospitalizations and death.  Yeah right.  168 fully vaccinated people, that the state knows of, have contracted the virus who were fully vaccinated.  19 were hospitalized and 3 died.

The numbers of hospitalized and deaths of vaccinated folk here, in just a couple of months since mass vaccines really got going, took me by surprise.   I don't know how many cases of virus we've had in total since end of January or total deaths, but its not that many.  Which makes the number of vaccinated folk testing positive and the three deaths rather astounding.