Dear brain,
I want to sleep. I love to sleep. I get great joy out of sleeping. Why do we have to disagree on this subject? Really, you benefit big time. Sleeping a solid 8 hours is like Thanksgiving. Seriously, you get fed all this crazy chemical juice which makes you feel all warm and fuzzy. Just think, it could be like that EVERY DAY.
So, can we please make up and catch some z's?
k, thanks
the bod
About me
- Malusfemina
- The Dark Thought, the Shame, the Malice. I meet them at the door Laughing and invite Them in. -Rumi.............. Otherwise they just keep bothering me.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Schools out for summer!
Nod to Alice Cooper for the title of this post but thats not entirely true. School is out for 2 weeks=P I did remarkably well! I got a B in calc which I worked very very hard for. I also got an A in my tech course which I didnt have to work as hard for, lol. Thankfully, that stuff comes much easier to me.
Good(?) new with Grimmy. I took him to see Dr. O Thursday for what I was convinced was for enlarged lymph nodes. Naturally, I thought the worst. My brain instantly jumped to lymphoma or Bartonella (which wouldnt have been awful, just a long duration of medication).
Turns out after doing a fine needle aspirate (he was good for it, such a brave kitty) it turns out I just have a really fat cat. Yeah. She aspirated what I instantly saw as fat on the slide. Apparantly, the "enlarged" I was talking about was a fat roll above his calf muscle. god.
He weighed 16lbs! That is a 5lb gain since December when we got him. Needless to say, he has been put on a very strict diet which he is taking pretty well. I switched him over to Purina OM since its a higher protein than Sciene Diet light which is less calories but more carbs. Since his problem is that he is always screaming for food, I figured a higher protein will keep him fuller faster. So far, so good.
Before I can even think about declawing, I need to get him back to a normal weight so he's not bearing all that extra on his paws postop. I plan on weighing him once a month to see our progress.
In other news, I had to euthanize Bruce the bat =P Poor little thing was wasting away. I have a few theories, he may have been an older bat which I suspect do to his wing condition. May be it was renal? liver? He never ate whole mealworms and I concocted every recipe from the book and then some trying to find something that he would like. He ended up liking A/D which is completely wrong. I would gradually add blended mealworms to it but he always knew something was up and would refuse it. I just hope that I did everything that I could. I think I did but I agonize over every bat that dosent make it to see if I could have done something different.
I plan on spending the weekend tackling more spring cleaning and catching up on my ever expanding to-do list.
Good(?) new with Grimmy. I took him to see Dr. O Thursday for what I was convinced was for enlarged lymph nodes. Naturally, I thought the worst. My brain instantly jumped to lymphoma or Bartonella (which wouldnt have been awful, just a long duration of medication).
Turns out after doing a fine needle aspirate (he was good for it, such a brave kitty) it turns out I just have a really fat cat. Yeah. She aspirated what I instantly saw as fat on the slide. Apparantly, the "enlarged" I was talking about was a fat roll above his calf muscle. god.
He weighed 16lbs! That is a 5lb gain since December when we got him. Needless to say, he has been put on a very strict diet which he is taking pretty well. I switched him over to Purina OM since its a higher protein than Sciene Diet light which is less calories but more carbs. Since his problem is that he is always screaming for food, I figured a higher protein will keep him fuller faster. So far, so good.
Before I can even think about declawing, I need to get him back to a normal weight so he's not bearing all that extra on his paws postop. I plan on weighing him once a month to see our progress.
In other news, I had to euthanize Bruce the bat =P Poor little thing was wasting away. I have a few theories, he may have been an older bat which I suspect do to his wing condition. May be it was renal? liver? He never ate whole mealworms and I concocted every recipe from the book and then some trying to find something that he would like. He ended up liking A/D which is completely wrong. I would gradually add blended mealworms to it but he always knew something was up and would refuse it. I just hope that I did everything that I could. I think I did but I agonize over every bat that dosent make it to see if I could have done something different.
I plan on spending the weekend tackling more spring cleaning and catching up on my ever expanding to-do list.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
My Pledge
1. reduce/eliminate plastic shopping bags by bringing my own
2. recycle plastic and glass until I make a habit of recycling
3. Reduce consumerism because really, less IS more
4. Landscape with native plants
5. Grow and purchase local and organic as much as I can
6. Use homemade cleaners EXCLUSIVELY.
Many of these I have started implementing but today I pledge to really make an effort on doing what I can to ensure this amazing planet, the ONLY planet we have, gets the respect she deserves.
pic from google image search
Friday, April 20, 2012
TGIF...I think
What a week. Its been very long and very crappy. It seems as if everything is going wrong at work, its finals week, the house is a mess and I have a ton of stuff to do (including find a bat rehabber to care for my non-releasables! yikes!) all before I leave for Ireland in 3 weeks.
However, I know it could be worse and I am a lucky person. First of all I have a job, I can go to school, I have house to clean and I am going to Ireland. I tend to forget how lucky I am in the midst of the chaos. (The bat thing though is still a HUGE source of stress, I have to admit)
I also have an incredible mister and 4 awesome (most of the time=) cats. Grimmy is a real pleasure and I am glad he is ours. He has got about 50 vet visits ahead of him (Im almost positive he has Bartonella) but I suppose its good that we took him in and will take the time and relatively small expense (thanks to an awesome vet) to fix him up and get him out in general population.
We are slowly getting the living room to our liking and more"us". We added "beetlejuice" curtains over the ugly vertical blinds. We raised the curtain up about a foot since the wall looked like Christina Ricci's forehead before, big and empty. We figured this would eliminate the whole boxy look we had going on before. Of course this is the pic that shows no artwork rehung and mismatched temporary furniture..but Piggy's cute anyway.
Only about a million other things to do but its getting there.
However, I know it could be worse and I am a lucky person. First of all I have a job, I can go to school, I have house to clean and I am going to Ireland. I tend to forget how lucky I am in the midst of the chaos. (The bat thing though is still a HUGE source of stress, I have to admit)
I also have an incredible mister and 4 awesome (most of the time=) cats. Grimmy is a real pleasure and I am glad he is ours. He has got about 50 vet visits ahead of him (Im almost positive he has Bartonella) but I suppose its good that we took him in and will take the time and relatively small expense (thanks to an awesome vet) to fix him up and get him out in general population.
We are slowly getting the living room to our liking and more"us". We added "beetlejuice" curtains over the ugly vertical blinds. We raised the curtain up about a foot since the wall looked like Christina Ricci's forehead before, big and empty. We figured this would eliminate the whole boxy look we had going on before. Of course this is the pic that shows no artwork rehung and mismatched temporary furniture..but Piggy's cute anyway.
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| Burton curtains! |
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Spring cleaning!
Mariana and I started spring cleaning this weekend! The house is nasty and has a faint (or strong if you ask Chris) odor of cat, mildew and hot sauce (i dont even know how to explain that). At any rate, it needed cleaned, and I mean cleaned really badly.
However, chris and I are really busy and the house cleaning gets pushed aside and put at the bottom of the list every week. I know everybody is busy, its America thats how we operate, but with Chris juggling a full time job, a growing business that is trying to open its doors and dealing with business politics, he is pretty much stretched to thin as it is. He has a mile long to-do list that had to be completed months ago.
As for me its working, my part in the business planning, school and City Bats. It's amazing how much work there is to do, all the time.
But anyway, back to this weekend.
It was a good weekend to start since I just finished a test last week and we are reviewing for the finals this week so nothing is due (for the most part) at school. School is a huge source of pressure for me. These are pre-vet classes and they are tough! Needless to say, I am a wreck most of this time.
We tackled the hallway and wiped down the walls with vinegar and water (I read that was the thing to do) and dusted and vacuumed. We made sure we even got the doors and arch thingy that holds all the knickknacks. We ended up doing 3 water changes in the bucket. It was THAT GROSS.
We were pretty much beat after that so we stopped for the day. I started the little room where we are currently housing Grim. Just as nasty.
Not a bad start. The kitchen will take both Chris and I for sure. I am looking forward to scrubbing it down. It will probably top all the other rooms as far as grim and dirt goes! Yuck.
However, chris and I are really busy and the house cleaning gets pushed aside and put at the bottom of the list every week. I know everybody is busy, its America thats how we operate, but with Chris juggling a full time job, a growing business that is trying to open its doors and dealing with business politics, he is pretty much stretched to thin as it is. He has a mile long to-do list that had to be completed months ago.
As for me its working, my part in the business planning, school and City Bats. It's amazing how much work there is to do, all the time.
But anyway, back to this weekend.
It was a good weekend to start since I just finished a test last week and we are reviewing for the finals this week so nothing is due (for the most part) at school. School is a huge source of pressure for me. These are pre-vet classes and they are tough! Needless to say, I am a wreck most of this time.
We tackled the hallway and wiped down the walls with vinegar and water (I read that was the thing to do) and dusted and vacuumed. We made sure we even got the doors and arch thingy that holds all the knickknacks. We ended up doing 3 water changes in the bucket. It was THAT GROSS.
We were pretty much beat after that so we stopped for the day. I started the little room where we are currently housing Grim. Just as nasty.
Not a bad start. The kitchen will take both Chris and I for sure. I am looking forward to scrubbing it down. It will probably top all the other rooms as far as grim and dirt goes! Yuck.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
revamped and recharged
I updated my 2012 list as there have been a few modifications since January. I decided to postpone my surgery for a year due to some recent developments with logistics. It was not an easy decision. I have/had all my hopes invested in this surgery happening but Chris has pledged to tackle weight loss and getting healthy for one year. I think this can be achieved as a team.
In other news...
My parents postponed their trip down here. Instead of a Spring visit, they are coming in the Fall. I'm bummed. I miss them.
I also miss home. I have a pretty good life here in Florida and I'm very lucky to have an amazing mister by my side. But, I do have a touch of homesickness. I miss Michigan and my parents and my old home and Dodger the cat.
It's weird really. I dont feel my age. I have the mentality that nothing has changed, really since I was in my mid twenties. Maybe its because I am STILL in school (damn my indecisiveness) or maybe I am still figuring stuff out. Which is kinda sad now that I think about it.
It is what it is though.
In other news...
My parents postponed their trip down here. Instead of a Spring visit, they are coming in the Fall. I'm bummed. I miss them.
I also miss home. I have a pretty good life here in Florida and I'm very lucky to have an amazing mister by my side. But, I do have a touch of homesickness. I miss Michigan and my parents and my old home and Dodger the cat.
It's weird really. I dont feel my age. I have the mentality that nothing has changed, really since I was in my mid twenties. Maybe its because I am STILL in school (damn my indecisiveness) or maybe I am still figuring stuff out. Which is kinda sad now that I think about it.
It is what it is though.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Its been a whole week! Ive been uber busy and this week has really flown by. April and May are shaping up to be crazy busy months.
Only 3 more weeks of school left and I am having a really hard time staying focused. I guess I am just ready for it to be over.
Tomorrow is going to be a math homework and test study day. All day! I just have to stay the course!
Only 3 more weeks of school left and I am having a really hard time staying focused. I guess I am just ready for it to be over.
Tomorrow is going to be a math homework and test study day. All day! I just have to stay the course!
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