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Sunday, December 4, 2016

Any time now...

Marika's due any time now, has had a few Braxton-Hicks contractions already--just practicing! And she feels quite ready. There was an issue that might have indicated C-section, but that has resolved itself, and everyone is glad about that. She saw me up around 9pm my time, which was around 4am her time, and messaged me, unable to sleep. Part of it is the getting up three times a night to pee a teaspoon--anyone who has given birth knows whereof I speak: With a belly full of baby, there is not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 2, 2016

Christmas is really coming...

It begins to feel like it, with snow coming down, snow flakes dancing on the wind! Errands to run, business to attend to, and then perhaps I will begin to get into it, into the spirit, the quiet excitement of the early December days. Ravel's BOLERO, currently on the radio, is illustrative: starting slow and quietly but packed with intent that gradually reveals itself, culminating in a frenzy of rhythm and music. Years ago, when I was around 6 or 7, I remember my dad teaching us to hear musical... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Happy Yule, Embers Eldercat!

http://www.petsmart.com/cat/supplies-and-training/furniture-and-scratchers/furniture-and-towers/armarkat-cat-tree-4979.html?cgid=200085 I ordered this today online. I have wanted to get one for a while, but the prices for what I wanted were a bit high. As you see, this sale is a significant discount! Hopefully, it will suit her. She likes to be on high, after all. It will arrive in pieces to be put together, and hopefully I will be here when it does so the delivery person can carry it up the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

The Sneeze Factory

We have both been sneezing today. A lot! And that raspy back-of-the-sinuses feeling that's so often prelude to a head cold... I feel it, maybe Embers does, too. I sucked on a couple of zinc tabs a while ago, and I'll take an allergy pill. Tomorrow I will call the vet and ask about what sneezings portend and whether there's something to do about it. The antibiotic shots they gave her should still be active, but of course they do nothing for viruses. It is not unlikely she picked up something at... Sign in to see full entry.

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So--Scam making the rounds?

My landlord got a notice claiming to be from the utilities company that said I am in arrears by $45.01 and if it isn't paid by Dec 2 they will shut off my power. First, I have been paying my utilities ahead for the past several months, and nowhere on my current bill does $45.01 appear. (First.5-- the current bill is in my hands, and it is due on Nov 30, after which they typically give anyone a 10-day grace period to get it paid) Second, after the grace period and a notification by mail and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 26, 2016

Feeling lightheaded...

I'm guessing Embers is, considering they took out 6 teeth yesterday! She has chosen a spot on the kitchen floor, I'm not sure why, as her personal spot, and mostly just hunkers down there. When I pick her up, she purrs a lot, and wants to rub, especially along the sides of her face that are sore. This rubbing on things or with her paws is to be discouraged, but cats don't discourage as easily as dogs. I can only try to distract her when she starts pawing at her jaw. She was on IV for rehydration... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 25, 2016

Embers is sleeping...

The blood work determined that all her systems are good and could handle the anesthsia, so she is having several teeth removed, and will be waking soon to come home again. I am waiting now for the call that she is ready to be collected. Since she won't let me put the pain meds in her mouth, I'll be giving them to her by injection under the skin. I used to do this for our cats when we had several, and we needed to be frugal: we got their regular annual shots at the farm store and administered... Sign in to see full entry.

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back to usual...

Today Charlie's dad flies home, the last of yesterday's dishes go into the dishwasher now I have the first load shelved, and Embers returns to the vet. She has been eating a little, drinking very little, and so she'll go in today and possibly be put under to have her mouth x-rayed. They'll take measures to rehydrate her, too. She is sitting on me now, purring. Soon she will be less pleased, being put into the carrier again, then the car. The vet she doesn't mind so much: they are people, and she... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 24, 2016

The Table of Truce

This day, this year, this season is a mixed bag of the glad and the sad. Our tradition has long been to sit at the table of many dishes, to raise a glass and put into a few words something each of us is thankful for. We don't do long speeches, typically, not with all the good things on the table awaiting our dedicated attention. And they are usually pretty much what you'd expect, reflective of family and personal accomplishment and appreciation. There's that older American tradition that started... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Long days, early dark...

Waking at 6:30, the sky is beginning to lighten, and it is dark out by 6pm. It's only November, a month yet before the winter solstice, the longest night of the year. But also when the nights again begin to grow shorter, though it won't be noticeable for some weeks. I invited Charlie's dad here for his birthday (today) and Thanksgiving, as I believe I have mentioned before. Birthday dinner was a culinary experiment: a more or less medieval recipe for pork and apple pie. It has been a very long... Sign in to see full entry.

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