One of these days I’m going to get a full video of her doing this. I stopped recording today because she laid down…but then she started up again so I missed some. But she can’t resist a stack of blankets so it’s only a matter of time!
Apparently when you’re turning 84 in human years (July 4) you do whatever the hell you want?
And this was earlier in the day. Not quite as bad but not typical. The cats rarely get on the counters but they’ve both been getting on the table more these days.
This bird feeder has been up for about a year now but the cat hardly pays attention to it. Well, a chipmunk has started visiting and Charlie still hasn’t noticed it…so today I literally pulled her out of the bed and forced her head in the direction to see it. She wasn’t having it so it took much longer than I thought it would, but then she saw it. And she was intense. (I thought we might get some chirping but we didn’t.) Now I can’t wait to see if she looks out on her own…
Is that too much to ask?
Everything water-related is either out of stock or listed online at price-gouging prices, so when I saw this $18 slip and slide at Walmart I grabbed it. Of course the kids loved it.
You guys I am soooo happy this morning! No texts from Tom about Maggie so I knew she was at least the same if not better. He said she was on the couch this morning when he got up and then she went out mostly on her own power for her potty break (even making it up the steps). She’s still a little wobbly but she’s active and alert and walking around…plus she ate a bunch of biscuits and cheese! I did cuddle with her for a bit but it didn’t last for too long as she wanted to go outside again and walked over to the door on her own!)…and now she’s outside wandering around with Katie babysitting her.
I know her time is probably still coming sooner rather than later (and I don’t think we’re totally out of the woods yet now) but it looks like we hopefully have a reprieve for the time being.
I’m going to try and get back to business today but it’s honestly going to be Business Lite just so I can still spend more cuddle time with Maggie…because doesn’t this time call for as much pet cuddles as we can get?!
So I’m a hot mess of anxiety today and have pretty much checked out and am just doing what I need to do to mentally survive the next few days.
I woke up to a text from Tom saying Maggie (age 14) doesn’t feel well and is moving slow and acting odd and needs to go to the vet. They can’t get her in until Saturday but we’re on a waitlist. Of course every time she’s out of sorts I assume the worst and that this. is. it. She’s had a few of these days before and has always rebounded but this feels different. I vascillate between thinking of taking her to the emergency vet and just waiting another hour… And then she seems fine. And then she doesn’t.
I had to carry her down the steps to go potty and then she wandered around the yard a little shakily for a bit…then just stood at my feet and stared…so I just picked her up and sat in the grass in the sun and held her in my lap for a loooong time in case we are near the end.
That was my breaking point and just sat and cried. 😭 It doesn’t help that I haven’t had a good hard cry since this all started and I really need one because I’m just so sad about so many things. Kids not in school and eLearning sucks. Kids not being able to play with their friends. Behaviors issues with kids. Feeling like I’m failing as a parent. Baseball session cancelled. Swim lessons cancelled. Community pool likely being cancelled. Life just being on hold but Tom’s retirement still looming… Nothing Earth shattering, but all still…there.
I talk a good game about this Covid thing not being that hard because I’m an introvert and being at home is actually pretty easy…but there truth is lots of things are getting to me. And this was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
I’ll be fine. She’s been on my lap on the couch sleeping nicely for two hours. But for the immediate future, I’ll be taking it easy and spending time with Maggie.
Tom jokingly put Katie‘s robe on Maggie about an hour ago and she has wandered all around the house and up and down the stairs and it still remains.
Shortly after I stopped recording (of course) she crawled in and meowed at Maggie until she left.
Maggie is too much of a wimp to push the cat out. The cat, however, has no qualms about getting in with the dog causing her to leave. Maggie walked away.
Really enjoying the first (and last) nice day this week while the kids play nicely and quietly with legos on a blanket in the grass…and wondering how long it will last.
I think her sticky note habit is getting out of control. We found these stuck to the walls by their food dishes.
I just told a friend yesterday that the dog was the only animal that ever used this particular bed. And then this happened—and she stayed in it for HOURS.
And then later she followed me to the basement…
Not sure what this was about.
It’s really disconcerting plus it’s loud when she does it in the middle of the night.
Bella’s sore had stopped bleeding overnight so we let her out onto our (covered) bed because that’s her comfy place and I wanted her to be comfy. But she didn’t want to lay down until I put a pair of my pants on the bed. And that’s where she was all day.
