Best Friends Animal Society National Events @BFAS

Best Friends Animal Society National Events @BFAS

Lexi Lee

I'm walking to support Best Friends Animal Society's Los Angeles programs. Your donation will help Best Friends continue lifesaving adoption and spay/neuter programs, rescue at-risk animals and find new homes for them, and save animals from the misery of life in puppy mills.

At the very core of all the work of Best Friends Animal Society is the dream that one day kindness will replace cruelty, and animals will no longer be destroyed because they are unwanted or imperfect. Spaying and neutering will become commonplace, and adoption will be the first choice for everyone. Shelters will have the knowledge and resources to help rehabilitate special-needs animals and find the right family for every animal. Making this dream a reality is the mission we call No More Homeless Pets®.

More than five million beautiful, healthy animals are euthanized in shelters every year. Supporting my fundraising efforts for Best Friends is one way you can help to change that tragic reality.

These are just a small number of examples of all the good things your contribution makes possible:

--$5 feeds 5 dogs a day

--$25 is enough to fix a dog or cat to prevent
unwanted litters

--$50 can provide five cats with microchip IDs
to help them find their families if lost

--$100 is enough to get a homeless dog or cat
out of a shelter and into a forever home

--$200 can provide bottle feedings and TLC
for two orphaned puppies

--$500 is enough to save 10 dogs from the misery
of life in a puppy mills

--$1,000 can provide shelter and care for 50 animals
displaced in a natural disaster

Thanks so much for your support!

I am here in Los Angeles working at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. It has been a short assignment, only 8 weeks long, but full of fun...

I have been having a BALL here in Hollywood. My apartment is AWESOME!!! It isn't the nicest apartment that I have lived in BY FAR... the building is really old and a little shabby, but the manager is so nice, the apartment, although small is very cute and cozy and perfect for the dogs... The location is perfect!!! I am just 1/2 a block from Hollywood Avenue right behind the Kodak Theater. I just walk over there and people watch. I have seen the Prince of Persia movie premiere and saw Jake Gyllenhall in person walk the red carpet... VERY CUTE!!! I saw the premiere of The A-Team... they had the whole street closed off and Bradley Cooper arrived in a tank and they had an A-Team helicopter circling that I thought was going to land in the street.. It was COOL!!! My mom has been here 3 times and I have managed to see most of the touristy things. When the Phoenix Suns were playing the Lakers, we went down by the Staples Center and had dinner at ESPN Zone and watched the crazy people and the game. We tried to get into see Jimmy Kimmel Live, but they were sold out... We even found out where the Playboy Mansion was and drove by.. didn't spot Hef or any of the Playmates, tho... Darn!! The only thing I have to do is I want to take a city tour.. They have the Hop On Hop Off ones that I will probably take.

My job is amazing!!! I LOVE it!! The people are all so nice. There are 3 girl nurses, 2 full time, one part time, all working 10 hour shifts, so there are usually 2 nurses in the lab every day. There are 2 other techs. The one just came back from knee surgery. They are both men, 55-60 years old, and, well, not all that "spunky". The one that was left with me, Oliver, is pretty set in his ways, but I won him over somehow and the girls want to know my secret cuz he hasn't been this happy at work in a long time... hee hee.. who knows!!! Now that the other guy is back, there are 3 of us there each day cuz we work 8 hour shifts.. We usually do 2-3 cases a day, (they usually run 2-3 hours a piece, sometimes takes an hour for an IV and access...), but they are getting a new group of doctors starting in July or August and they want to run 2 rooms. They are building a new hospital that is set to open next year. There has been a third tech position open for over a year and they tried REALLY hard to recruit me as they saw me as new blood and would add a little pep to the ol' men... As much as I wanted to, I just couldn't afford it... I tried to get them to keep me on as a traveler, but the manager said they couldn't afford me. BUMMER!!!!!

Soooo.. I got another assignment at UC Irvine in Interventional Radiology. It is a 26 week assignment and it will take me through the first of the year. I am hoping by then Children's will realize they really need me and will take me back as a traveler. My last day at Children's is July 9 and I start at UC Irvine July 12. I found a really cute apartment in Orange. I was going to try to live on the Beach in Newport Beach, but couldn't make it to the hospital in 30 minutes as I will be on call quite a bit.

Also since I have been here, I have joined LA Fitness as there is a gym 3 blocks away. I even bit the bullet and got a personal trainer and OMG.. he is HOT!!! Hottie Watch 2010 DEFINITELY!!! I hate to work out but LOVE to go see him 3 times a week!!! I am so sad that I am moving away and had to break up with him tonight... I asked him if he would come to the OC to train me and he said he would for $80 an hour... Well, as hot as he is.. there is an LA Fitness close to the hospital and I am going to try to find a hot trainer there to "inspire" me... I will miss my Joshie, tho...

So, this is my last weekend in Hollywood. I am very sad to leave.. I am sure, tho that the OC will be fun as well.....

Hollywood BABY!!!!!

Well, here it has been almost a year and I haven't updated my blog... good grief... I am TERRIBLE!!! Oh well... I am just going to start fresh....

I finished my assignment in Santa Clara after being there a year. I have some really good friends there and am sure that I will be back there again. For my going away party, we rented a party bus and 20 of us took it into San Francisco and partied like rock stars... It was so much fun!!! And what a way to exit... whew....

I just started a new assignment at The Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. I LOVE my job!! Th people there are so nice and the cases are very interesting.. it is amazing what we can do to help these kids!! I am living a block away from the Kodak Theater on Hollywood Blvd. where they have the Academy Awards. My apartment is in a really old building but it is cute and the location is AWESOME!!! There is always so much going on, that I am sure I will never get bored... I have only been here 10 days and there have been 2 movie premiers... SWEET!!! I love to go over there and people watch... there are some CRAZY people out there. People just dress up in costumes and stand out there and have the tourists pay them to take their picture... AND PEOPLE DO IT!!!! What a racket... their costumes aren't even that good.....

I also turned over a new leaf and joined a gym. I HATE working out, but I need to get back into shape... so I joined and got a trainer... I met him Monday for the first time and HOLY HOTNESS!!! He is so yummy to look at that I actually look forward to going there. Maybe oogling him will keep me motivated and I will keep going....

Well, that's all I have for now... I will try to be better at updating.... Yea, right!!!!