Some furparents would spoil their dogs or cats with food, fancy clothes, or lots of toys all in the name of love. For non-furparents, this sounds a bit too much because they believe that pets are just pets. Nothing more! So when I told my friends about quitting my job in 2019 to be with Kiah, they laughed and couldn't believe it.
You might think this is a joke, but no! I really did quit my job as a Transaction Processor in one of the BPO companies in Cebu City in January 2019 just for her. Before you start judging me, here's a not-so-brief story about it.
I bought Kiah on the 14th of February 2014 as Valentine's gift to myself. She was only 3 months old and was still very tiny but already super fluffy baby. By the way, she's a mix of a Shih Tzu and Maltese. At that time, we lived with my sister until Kiah turned 2.
Unfortunately, my sister and I had some personal issues, which made me leave to find another place to stay. This was the beginning of my struggles as a furmom, living in a city with a furbaby alone. Mostly, apartments and boarding houses in the city don't allow pets inside. Because of that, I had to look from one apartment to another to find the right place we could call home.
We then found one, but eventually, I had to move again, and finding the right place for her wasn't easy. I then had no choice but to send her to my mom for her own safety. Eventually, I moved to another apartment that allowed dogs, and that was the time I got to take her back to live with me.
The problem was, Kiah wouldn't pee or poop inside while I was gone for work. She was probably scared that I might get mad. I even bought her the potty trainer, so she could do her business while I was gone but to no avail. For this reason, I had no choice but to send her back to my mom as I didn't want her to get sick.
Since my hometown is far from the city as it requires traveling by sea, I don't get to see her very often. So whenever I get a chance to file a few days off, I would grab this opportunity to see her and my family. It was great to see her but going back to the city had always been a heartbreaking experience for me.
Whenever she saw me dressed at 5 am with my backpack, she knew that it was time for me to leave. She would start to cling to me and wouldn't want to leave my side. I could feel her sadness about my departure. Usually, I would ask my mom to send her to my sister-in-law, who lived next door, so she won't see me leave.
This situation had been going on for quite some time until January 2019. I was preparing to leave, and as usual, she would cling to me, wanted to come with me, and didn't want me to leave her. I would then ask mom to send her to my sister-in-law so I could go without seeing her barking. For some reason, she managed to escape and ran as fast as she could to see me.
At that moment, I was already outside the gate but saw her barking so hard. My heart shattered into a million pieces upon seeing her like that. I couldn't help but cry my heart out as I saw her begging me to take her with me. At that moment, I knew what I wanted to do to prevent that from happening again.
Before I left, I told my mom that I would submit my resignation letter as soon as I got back to work. Then I left. I was crying when I reached the ticketing booth and was still teary-eyed even when I arrived in the city.
The next morning, I prepared my resignation letter and submitted it the following day. Unfortunately, I had to render 30 days before they would sign my clearance. If it wasn't due to the company policy, I could have just handed my manager my resignation letter and gone home the following day.
In February 2019, after I did all the paperwork, I bid goodbye to my friends/colleagues and happily went home to see Kiah.
The end.
Closing thoughts
Some people wouldn't understand why I quit my job. For them, she's just a dog, but she's more than just a dog for me. Quitting my job is probably the best decision I've made by far. If I hadn't quit my job yet, I'd be stuck in that office doing the same thing under a company that enslaves us by demanding too much work but lesser pay.
After I quit my job, I applied as a ghostwriter until I ended up writing for a living. I also learned about crypto through crypto-blogging platforms like read.cash and publish0x, micro-blogging site like noise.cash, and this, Hive.
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Awe I understand you sis, I know how hard it is seeing your baby sad. I wasn't really that kind of a pet lover, but I do love pet's and I also feel sad watching them sad, after I lose my first dog I didn't get another one as losing him was painful. However I have Lala (cat) right now. Whenever we are out of home I always think about her and worry that she might get hungry and so eventually right after we finish our errands outside we headed home straight just to see her 😅.
Is this you, sis? Sa noise? Ako talaga, I am very attached to dogs even before as a child. And yeah, I understand you if you didn't get another dog after losing your first one. I also know the feeling. I have already lost several dogs since. It's not easy and I just think of them that they're having a vacation and that hopefully, one day, we'll be able to reunite again. :) Anyway, thank you, sis, for dropping by and for reading my not-so-brief story. :)
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This is the dilemma of having a dog while working. It's good that it turned out well for you. !PIZZA
Thank you for the pizza. ☺️ Yeah, it isn't easy, especially if you live away from home with a dog. Good thing it turned well for me and has opened so many doors after quitting the job.
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I really adore you Ate. You're a great fur moma indeed! Just like you, I want to do everything for Quatroo.
God bless ate.
Thank you, Jena. I guess we are just both a loving furmom who are willing to do anything and if possible, everything, for them. Cheers for being a proud momma! ❤️❤️❤️