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May. 25th, 2008
Dempsey dropped by early this morning.
May. 25th, 2008 01:02 pmI was playing my Sims 2 in yet another breeding experiment community and got caught up watching a PBS show on Mae West. As a result, it was 3AM when I finally started my nightly rituals of kitty care and sinus clearing regime. Baby had been with me in the bathroom and suddenly heard something and left for the front of the house.
I needed to get a new ziploc gallon bag for scooping the litter boxes and noticed her drinking from the water bowl that was fouled with catfood. I picked it up to clean it and she flinched and ran halfway across the kitchen. I spoke softly to her and that's when I noticed the deformed ear. That wasn't Squeakers, that was Dempsey! It's the end of mating season and he's so emaciated he looks small like her. I put the fresh water down and refilled the crunchies bowl. As I filled the bowl, Squeakers came in and stretched her face toward him very cautiously. He was half sitting, ready to run and looked like he wasn't sure how to react. I told him to be nice to our Baby. That was too much for him. He walked to the kitty door. I was sad and called after him, moving the food closer to him. He left. Darn. He really needs to eat right now to bulk back up.
I'd be more worried but he does this every year. He'll be all buffed out again in a couple of months.
Yeah, I really need to get a picture of him with his deformed ear. The only icon I have of him is before the wound that deformed it.
Eric says we really need to get him fixed so he doesn't go through this every year.
I needed to get a new ziploc gallon bag for scooping the litter boxes and noticed her drinking from the water bowl that was fouled with catfood. I picked it up to clean it and she flinched and ran halfway across the kitchen. I spoke softly to her and that's when I noticed the deformed ear. That wasn't Squeakers, that was Dempsey! It's the end of mating season and he's so emaciated he looks small like her. I put the fresh water down and refilled the crunchies bowl. As I filled the bowl, Squeakers came in and stretched her face toward him very cautiously. He was half sitting, ready to run and looked like he wasn't sure how to react. I told him to be nice to our Baby. That was too much for him. He walked to the kitty door. I was sad and called after him, moving the food closer to him. He left. Darn. He really needs to eat right now to bulk back up.
I'd be more worried but he does this every year. He'll be all buffed out again in a couple of months.
Yeah, I really need to get a picture of him with his deformed ear. The only icon I have of him is before the wound that deformed it.
Eric says we really need to get him fixed so he doesn't go through this every year.
Naughty Loki
May. 25th, 2008 01:10 pmLoki managed to avoid the vet yesterday by disappearing for a few hours. He was probably sleeping somewhere in the shadows, but I checked all of the known sleeping places and he wasn't there. The neighbors were gone, so he wasn't over there. The vet was fully booked all afternoon. It was our 10AM appointment or nothing.
Later Eric found him sleeping in my laundry. Guess I'd better pay his license fees without the Rabies certificate. Beastlet!
Actually, I didn't really want to be out in the air before afternoon due to the smoke from the wildfires. I found my "Darth Vader" particle filter mask and it sets my progressive bifocals up a bit, so it impairs my vision a little.
Eric decided since we were dressed and ready to go that he'd mow the front lawn. I wore my "Darth Vader" mask and wrangled the electrical cord for him. With the air quality as it is, those with gas mowers were restricted from mowing. Trying to breathe through my mask had me winded and exhausted by the time we finished. Eric said I should try wrangling the mower. "Not with the mask on," I said. He was coughing out there and he doesn't have asthma. Bad air.
With all my safety measures in place, I'm not getting any worse. It's afternoon. I need to go to the pharmacy and grocery store while the air is expanded and the smoke isn't as thick.
Later Eric found him sleeping in my laundry. Guess I'd better pay his license fees without the Rabies certificate. Beastlet!
Actually, I didn't really want to be out in the air before afternoon due to the smoke from the wildfires. I found my "Darth Vader" particle filter mask and it sets my progressive bifocals up a bit, so it impairs my vision a little.
Eric decided since we were dressed and ready to go that he'd mow the front lawn. I wore my "Darth Vader" mask and wrangled the electrical cord for him. With the air quality as it is, those with gas mowers were restricted from mowing. Trying to breathe through my mask had me winded and exhausted by the time we finished. Eric said I should try wrangling the mower. "Not with the mask on," I said. He was coughing out there and he doesn't have asthma. Bad air.
With all my safety measures in place, I'm not getting any worse. It's afternoon. I need to go to the pharmacy and grocery store while the air is expanded and the smoke isn't as thick.
The mind wanders...
May. 25th, 2008 01:58 pmI have to be sedate and quiet so I don't further irritate my lungs. I don't like being still. I don't like being indoors several days in a row. It's probably a good thing the exhaustion from irritated lungs makes it easier. I just want to drowse all day. Not good for my neck or my weight-loss plan, which is stagnant anyway.
Too fuzzy in the brain to play Puzzle Pirates, I watch movies. I play my Sims 2. Recently I memorized the game testing hack for alien abductions and downloaded a new mix of 4 aliens to abduct my male sims and impregnate them so I've got a brand-new breeding experiment going on. Found a minor problem that by having two male sims in the same house fall in love and have a joined union that their sets of twins aren't allowed other than family relationships in college. Darn. I was trying to control which alien's spawn hooked up with another's. It will make generation 3 more difficult to manage. Too many of them will be related. I'll have to have fathers lose their babies to the social worker and be adopted by new sims so they'll be unrelated.
Facebook
In a side note, I joined facebook because I was missing out on a lot of J's life since he's posting there more than here. Not having a current photo, I created a me Sim to use for the icon. She's in the game. I'll have her adopt some alien babies/toddlers/kids when the need arises.
Profound thoughts
It's odd that when I'm driving to work in the mornings, I often have profound thoughts and think about surveys I'd like to post. Then they're gone forever. The only one I can think of is about music, moods and major and minor keys. Unfortunately, I'm not thinking clearly enough right now to formulate really good questions for a music survey.
Too fuzzy in the brain to play Puzzle Pirates, I watch movies. I play my Sims 2. Recently I memorized the game testing hack for alien abductions and downloaded a new mix of 4 aliens to abduct my male sims and impregnate them so I've got a brand-new breeding experiment going on. Found a minor problem that by having two male sims in the same house fall in love and have a joined union that their sets of twins aren't allowed other than family relationships in college. Darn. I was trying to control which alien's spawn hooked up with another's. It will make generation 3 more difficult to manage. Too many of them will be related. I'll have to have fathers lose their babies to the social worker and be adopted by new sims so they'll be unrelated.
In a side note, I joined facebook because I was missing out on a lot of J's life since he's posting there more than here. Not having a current photo, I created a me Sim to use for the icon. She's in the game. I'll have her adopt some alien babies/toddlers/kids when the need arises.
Profound thoughts
It's odd that when I'm driving to work in the mornings, I often have profound thoughts and think about surveys I'd like to post. Then they're gone forever. The only one I can think of is about music, moods and major and minor keys. Unfortunately, I'm not thinking clearly enough right now to formulate really good questions for a music survey.
