April 1st, 2025
5:52 PM
following up from last month's entry lol -- my mom and i are talking again, but not a ton. bud seems to be on his last legs and, for a hot minute there, she was staying at her apartment. her kitten that she'd gotten when she went back home after the strokes passed away (it got FIP) and she was real broken up about it. and bud texted me the other day - which he never does - talking about 'might be the last time i get to talk to you' and telling me what was going on. so we'll see how much longer he lasts
those weird ocular migranes haven't shown up in a while, which i suppose is a good thing. stuff on the thyroid front have been the same, but i still haven't figured out my RAI stuff, tbh
cats have been doing well. oryx is getting looooooooooong and bigger. she's real slender, but has meat on her bones. i don't think she's going to be very BIG or chonky. i'm glad she took to free feeding easily and is happy to have wet food when offered, but doesn't feel the need to go feral for it. beans is still skinny/underweight, but still ravenous for food. he was a little rough for a week or so there, really quiet/lethargic, but perked back up pretty quickly. he's still demaning cuddles and food and getting around really well, i just wish he could put on a little weight. i've also had to start giving him a bath now and then b/c he just gets grodey and gets food on his face and stinky hind feets. he's been pretty tolerant of it, but he's not super strong anymore lol and i sit in the tub with him and just hit the spot that need it as opposed to getting his whole body submerged. still doesn't like it, but it's manageable
we still do not have new upstairs neighbors! the people who were supposed to move in, the one lady lost her job, like, two days after signing the lease. so it's been quiet up there in the interim. it did get me to really clean up/tidy/organize the basement storage area, tho, so i guess that's a perk
while cleaning out the basement, i found my iriver that bob gave me when we lived in silverdale! shockingly, with the charging/transfer cord still attached and everything (the usb part is a little rusted, but i can plug it into a usb port lol). it works and i re-installed rockbox on it, so it's nice to have it as a non-data backup.
the downside of the weather breaking is that the neighbors have been annoying as hell - burning stuff in their backyard, all the kids from either side of the house running around all afternoon screaming and shrieking and wailing about things, hitting each other with sticks, running through the backyard all the time, etc., etc. i'd like a forty foot fence around me house with a six foot wide moat around there, tbh
i also cleaned a bunch of the front porch and tossed out the old pink loveseat that was in the back of it that a rat was nesting in. the porch IS still a mess, but i know where everything is at the moment and it's easier to access, at least. also set the big dog kennel up in the basement in case we ever need to use it for the cats if there's, like, a tornado warning or something
most of this month has been pretty chill. money has been SUPER tight, so i've been shifting my focus to things that don't cost money, like little pixel animal adopts on the chickensmoothie site lol
wermz
emblings
familiars
vastrals
and, of course, i am playing around with starting my own lol - it's just kinda fun to make little pixel dudes to share, tbh
anyhow, i have three work days left this week and then i'm off for a week-ish for my birthday but i'll probably try to work some b/c i need to make a little money AND my vacation just got approved for anthrocon, so i gotta find money to sit aside for that, as well (room and reg is already taken care of, i don't have to pay for that)