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Mar. 14th, 2020 09:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pshaw_ravenI'm slowly catching up on my reading page here but it has been an interesting week.
Baby Sheba took sick very quickly this week, and suddenly went from normal kitty to obviously unwell kitty. There wasn't much the vet could do for her, since she had no real physical problems - no intestinal blockages, no kidney failure, etc. She said if we wanted we could try the University of Florida's veterinary school but there was no guarantee they'd be able to solve the issue either, while the cat continued to deteriorate and suffer. So we made the painful decision to let her go, as I felt it was in the best interest of the cat not to drag things out.
In the meantime the other three cats know something is off, but they're also cats, so they've spent the morning watching squirrels, chasing each other, and getting on the kitchen counters when they think I'm not paying attention. I gave them a bunch of treats and some catnip, and Nana is back to squirrel-watching, Crowley is enjoying his catnip high and sitting on a kick toy, and Feisal occasionally sprints up and down the hall.
Yesterday I also went out and laid in the rest of the things we'll need for a self-quarantine. We have enough toilet paper, and we also bought one of those nice Japanese bidets, so we don't actually need much TP at all. I highly recommend them. We bought a seat unit that attaches to an existing toilet. We had to run an outlet for it, but there was already one on the other side of the bathroom wall, so it was pretty easy. I know it's a bit late for some, but really, I think if people used them, they'd like them.
But it was like doing hurricane shopping, except different things run out. It was just difficult for me with the cat situation on top of everything else. I also don't want to sound like "that person" who goes on about how sensitive they are, but I do pick up strongly on other people's emotions. Some of it's natural to me, and some of it has developed out of anxiety and a need for self protection. I read people pretty easily and quickly, so I was surrounded by a lot of tension, worry, fear, and frustration, and it made it necessary for me to stop several times and just take a few slow breaths. Overwhlem isn't fun for anyone and I was getting pushed close to it.
Since I don't go out a lot anyway, life is going to be mostly normal for me. I'm starting to outline a new comic, and bought a notebook for it and everything. I have no idea what the title should be, but we'll worry about that later. Fox also fixed an issue that my PC had developed after he installed a trackpad. For some reason the driver put the OS into test mode, and a lot of my drawing programs were crashy, and a few times the whole computer rebooted without warning. I started saving about every minute or so out of paranoia, since the first random reboot lost me a good bit of work. But anyway, everything is back to normal now.
I'm probably going to be doing some stress-baking this weekend. While I know the recipe says "no bake" I'm considering it stress baking anyway, and making this dairy-free blackberry tart. I've still got a good amount of blackberries in the freezer - each spring the brambles around the house yield a pound or a pound and a half. I leave the brambles to discourage people from being too close to the house. Not that we have much trouble with that out here, but there's no deterrent quite like a bunch of pointy plants.
Oh, and Feisal has a kick toy now, and is beating the ever-loving shit out of it. It's actually pretty funny to watch because he just ambushed it, after hiding behind the coffee table, then doing wiggle-butt before launching himself across the room to attack this hapless roll of fabric and poly-fill. David Attenborough should be doing a voiceover right now.
Baby Sheba took sick very quickly this week, and suddenly went from normal kitty to obviously unwell kitty. There wasn't much the vet could do for her, since she had no real physical problems - no intestinal blockages, no kidney failure, etc. She said if we wanted we could try the University of Florida's veterinary school but there was no guarantee they'd be able to solve the issue either, while the cat continued to deteriorate and suffer. So we made the painful decision to let her go, as I felt it was in the best interest of the cat not to drag things out.
In the meantime the other three cats know something is off, but they're also cats, so they've spent the morning watching squirrels, chasing each other, and getting on the kitchen counters when they think I'm not paying attention. I gave them a bunch of treats and some catnip, and Nana is back to squirrel-watching, Crowley is enjoying his catnip high and sitting on a kick toy, and Feisal occasionally sprints up and down the hall.
Yesterday I also went out and laid in the rest of the things we'll need for a self-quarantine. We have enough toilet paper, and we also bought one of those nice Japanese bidets, so we don't actually need much TP at all. I highly recommend them. We bought a seat unit that attaches to an existing toilet. We had to run an outlet for it, but there was already one on the other side of the bathroom wall, so it was pretty easy. I know it's a bit late for some, but really, I think if people used them, they'd like them.
But it was like doing hurricane shopping, except different things run out. It was just difficult for me with the cat situation on top of everything else. I also don't want to sound like "that person" who goes on about how sensitive they are, but I do pick up strongly on other people's emotions. Some of it's natural to me, and some of it has developed out of anxiety and a need for self protection. I read people pretty easily and quickly, so I was surrounded by a lot of tension, worry, fear, and frustration, and it made it necessary for me to stop several times and just take a few slow breaths. Overwhlem isn't fun for anyone and I was getting pushed close to it.
Since I don't go out a lot anyway, life is going to be mostly normal for me. I'm starting to outline a new comic, and bought a notebook for it and everything. I have no idea what the title should be, but we'll worry about that later. Fox also fixed an issue that my PC had developed after he installed a trackpad. For some reason the driver put the OS into test mode, and a lot of my drawing programs were crashy, and a few times the whole computer rebooted without warning. I started saving about every minute or so out of paranoia, since the first random reboot lost me a good bit of work. But anyway, everything is back to normal now.
I'm probably going to be doing some stress-baking this weekend. While I know the recipe says "no bake" I'm considering it stress baking anyway, and making this dairy-free blackberry tart. I've still got a good amount of blackberries in the freezer - each spring the brambles around the house yield a pound or a pound and a half. I leave the brambles to discourage people from being too close to the house. Not that we have much trouble with that out here, but there's no deterrent quite like a bunch of pointy plants.
Oh, and Feisal has a kick toy now, and is beating the ever-loving shit out of it. It's actually pretty funny to watch because he just ambushed it, after hiding behind the coffee table, then doing wiggle-butt before launching himself across the room to attack this hapless roll of fabric and poly-fill. David Attenborough should be doing a voiceover right now.
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Date: 2020-03-15 03:39 am (UTC)I'm starting to get a bit worried. There are confirmed cases in my county & closings. Next week is my eye appointment & I'm hoping they won't suddenly cancel that as well because DH has agreed to come watch Uriah while I go because my eye dr has severely decreased the days he works & of course it's not on my only free day.
Also, allergy season is beginning for me, so I'm starting to feel the effects & of course my brain is going but what if it's not just allergies...
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Date: 2020-03-19 11:18 am (UTC)Yesterday we had our first confirmed death from corona in the county. I'm venturing out today to restock some of our supplies and I'm probably going to wear some latex gloves. I really don't want to bring this thing home.