B is for Business

Let's talk about my day job (and animals!)

I've always struggled working a 9-5. Don't get me wrong, I have done, I've done many 9-5 jobs since I first started working. I tried different roles, different companies, different towns/cities, but never could I keep down a job. Now it wasn't always down to me, like, I wasn't shit at any of my jobs (I don't think lol), I'd always do really well at picking new things up quickly, I'd excel in every role I took on. But I could never seem to make it work for longer than 6-12 months... either life took a downward spiral, or I just wasn't happy in the role. Actually, there have been a number of different reasons why said job hasn't worked out/lasted long. I believe that if you're not happy somewhere you spend 80% of your life, then why the hell should you stay there? You're just asking to be miserable...

So yeah, anyway, moving on to the actual topic of the post (I'll talk about other work more in the future).

I've always had such a huge love for animals. When I was little I had a lovely lil cat called Tommy and he was my absolute favourite. He was my best friend, and he used to love laying right on top of my head whilst we slept. I remember it not always being the comfiest (having a big fat cat on your head when you're a lil girl was a bit much sometimes). I used to spend hours down by the pond and by the lakes out the back of my dad’s house, looking for wildlife and talking to the ducks. I'm not sure why I'm gunna tell you this (love embarrassing myself, clearly) but yeah my mum used to tell me of all the years I used to cry when the ducks migrated from the pond so that's why after my poor Tommy died she outright refused to let me have any pets - I hated her for it but I do kinda understand why she did it lol

Fast forward to adult life, I got myself 2 beautiful bunnies - Wilson & Milson - they loved doing zoomies n binkies, eating loads of fresh herbs n veggies (and occasionally chewing on my wooden coffee table and my carpet!! Little shits), they were so full of life and character - they really were my 2 best beautiful boys.

Moving on to 2022... I had rescued a very special, very beautiful lil cat and I decided to call him Floki. I absolutely, totally, madly fell in love with him the moment I laid my lil blue eyes on him. My boy meant the absolute world to me and rescuing him was the best decision I ever made, however in April 2023 I lost my baby in a hit & run accident, I still can't talk about it, it's so hard, it's been hard enough writing this but again, one day I will talk more about my lil man in future posts. Because it's a trauma I need to deal with, and that's what this page is (partly) for!

But in the same year that my heart shattered into 39292 pieces, I found the love of my life (Marc) and his beautiful moggy Percy. They deserve a dedicated post all about them, so that'll soon come <3

So yessss, anywayyyyy, my love for animals sparked ideas, ideas turned into plans, plans turned into reality and in June 2022 I started my own pet/house sitting & dog walking business providing top quality animal care for furry (and not so furry) friends.

I have absolutely worked my ass off to get my business to where it is today, and I am SO damn proud of myself. Being a one-woman business is hard, but then again, I always struggled with working for other people, so the fact I get to do everything alone and my way is fab!! 

I have SO many cute furry (and a small number of not so furry) clients, whether they're my doggos that I see on a regular weekly basis, or the cats/dogs/other small animals I get to see when their owners go away on holiday each year, I've built such strong relationships with them and love them all as if they were my own!

My schedule is all over the place. I never know whether I'm coming or going. I'm constantly here there and everywhere between clients' houses. Sometimes, I even stay away from home for long periods of time (for example, I just got back from being away for nearly 2 months! I was booked to look after the most gorgeous XL Bully and the most handsome lil chap of a black cat, whilst their owners went away on a very long holiday! It was great fun, and their home was beautiful!), although it sounds like I'm complaining when I say about being away from home. I'm not, I enjoy being away and getting to experience new things!

But I just bloody love my job, I love animals, I love being my own boss, and I hope that I can continue providing my services wherever I am in the country/world. I never ever ever want to stop looking after animals, I just pray I can keep it up when I want to travel/move away...

Anyway, I've been waffling on for so long now I'm going to shut up n go get myself a cuppa tea, I've got lots more work to be cracking on with!

All my love,

B ️ xxx

Photos in order...

#1 - My beautiful baby boy ️

#2 - A Spanish doggo I met on my travels back in 2023

#3 - Our Percy Pear  

#4 - Remembering Floki

#5 - Becktoria and the wild horse that Adam & I found on our motorhome adventure! 

#6 - Wilson & Milson looking like long boizzzz