The one thought that went through my mind last night when she told me this was "How could you even think of getting another pet?" I had always liked this woman, but this has definitely changed my opinion of her. Pets are not disposable and you can't just get rid of them because you think they are too much work. But I also know that almost nothing I say will change her mind and she will go ahead with this when she is tired of them. Hopefully she can hold on until I get a house in the summer or we can find someone else to take the cats before she turns them into the shelter.

Part of me wonders what her son is going to say when he comes back from Iraq and he may have changed his mind about them...