{"id":985,"date":"2021-03-22T18:26:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T18:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shadowthecat.com\/adventures\/?p=985"},"modified":"2021-03-22T19:00:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T19:00:24","slug":"taking-care-of-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shadowthecat.com\/adventures\/2021\/03\/22\/taking-care-of-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Care of Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shadowthecat.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stwbiglitter-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shadowthecat.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stwbiglitter-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/shadowthecat.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stwbiglitter-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/shadowthecat.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stwbiglitter-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/shadowthecat.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stwbiglitter-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/shadowthecat.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/stwbiglitter-767x1023.png 767w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Shadow, this is Kitty Litter.\u00a0 I just got your message.\u00a0 I\u2019m sorry I have been busy.\u00a0 I had a feeling you were getting squirrely.\u00a0 Please call me back,\u201d said Kitty Litter on the voice mail left for Shadow. Shadow listened to the voice message.\u00a0 She hung up the phone feeling annoyed.\u00a0 Now, she thought, I need to call her back and tell her I\u2019m not comfortable with how she is sponsoring me \u00a0 \u201cDamn,\u201d said Shadow aloud.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shadow ran the conversation over and over in her head.\u201dRemember to stay with I statements, she told herself aloud as she dialed back Kitty Litter. \u201cHi, Kitty Litter, this is Shadow returning your call,\u201d said Shadow nervously over the phone. \u201cHi, Shadow.&nbsp; You mentioned in your voice mail that you needed to talk to me about your concerns you have about skipping steps. Please let me know the concerns,\u201d said Kitty Litter. &nbsp; \u201cI\u2019m not comfortable that we are skipping steps 6-8 and then moving on to step 9 directly.&nbsp; I feel I need to go over steps 6-8 with my sponsor.&nbsp; I also don\u2019t like the fact we have never met in person.&nbsp; The Zoom meetings don\u2019t work for me. Why are we skipping steps, said Shadow. \u201cYou need to trust me. This is how I was taken through the steps.&nbsp; From step 9, we will get your character defects.&nbsp; Trust me, this system work.&nbsp; It has worked for my sponsor and his sponsor,\u201d\u2019 said Kitty Litter. \u201cI have step eight left to read.&nbsp; I haven\u2019t been reading because I felt uncomfortable with skipping the steps. I guess I will trust you and finish step 8 tonight and start my harm\u2019s list tomorrow even though it doesn\u2019t feel comfortable to me. \u201cOkay, you follow through with what you said and call me tomorrow if you have any questions. I am here for you.&nbsp; Call me any time.&nbsp; I will get back to you,\u201d said Kitty Litter. \u201cOkay, thank you.&nbsp; I\u2019ll let you go now,\u201d said Shadow.&nbsp; \u201cGoodbye, Sadow,\u201d said Kitty Litter.&nbsp; \u201cGoodbye,\u201d said Shadow.&nbsp; As Shadow hung up the phone, she still felt uncertain about taking the steps in this way, but she told herself she will give it a go&#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Shadow, this is Kitty Litter.\u00a0 I just got your message.\u00a0 I\u2019m sorry I have been busy.\u00a0 I had a feeling you were getting squirrely.\u00a0 Please call me back,\u201d said Kitty Litter on the voice mail left for Shadow. 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