Late last Wednesday night when I went to put the cat's outside, I discovered that Princess had saliva streaming/dripping from her mouth nonstop. Clearly something that's not supposed to happen, so I kept her inside and informed my parents of it the next morning. It hadn't stopped when I left to babysit Thursday morning, nor when I checked her out Thursday evening. To add to it, she also was moving rather slowly, kind of walking unbalanced, and had ridiculously dilated pupils. So with great worry, we called the vet and asked if there was anything we could do until we could bring her in, if this could possibly get picked up by the other cats, etc. Friday after dad and I had finished work and babysitting, respectively, we took Princess to the vet in Prescott and got her checked out- she actually was looking much better, though hadn't eaten. Her various levels were off and the vet told us that it was probably an issue with her kidneys. We could hospitalize her for 48 hours ($600-800 yikes!) and pump her with fluids or try a sub-Q fluid set-up at home (closer to $20) and if she showed improvement, ie started eating and drinking, awesome. If not, then it was most likely degenerative kidney disease and there isn't really anything to do.
None of us were too thrilled with the prospect of giving Princess the fluids- Mom gets sick with needles, I don't like seeing them going into people/animals, and Dad's not real dextrous- but we lucked out and Carly happened to stop by the first time we were attempting to do this and offered to help. Thank goodness. In her amazing generosity, she helped us every time. Monday morning was the last time and thankfully Princess has been doing a lot better. She's eating and drinking- not as much as previously, maybe- and just seems to look and act pretty much like herself.
So that was the big worry.
This week I only babysat Monday, so the rest of the week is open to figuring out what I'm doing for the rest of the week. :)
Sometime over the weekend (Saturday night maybe?), I painted my nails in my Halloween celebratory fashion and I'm proud to say that they glow in the dark as well as generally look pretty awesome.
I've been trying to decide what to be for Halloween, so yesterday I was going through our old costumes, most of which are from when we were much younger. That didn't stop me from trying on many items, including the hood from my tiger costume I wore when I was maybe 5. :) Much laughter ensued.
I also happened to find two Superman capes from when my brothers were really little, one of which my mother mentioned would probably be just about the right size to fit the cats. Conveniently, right after this, Yin came inside. She is the only cat I would really dare do this with, as a) she wouldn't kill me and b) she probably wouldn't care too much, either. So while she was eating, I slipped it over and sure enough, she didn't even seem to notice what I'd done. And she looked rather humorous, particularly at one point when she suddenly stood erect and looked around as though she'd heard a cry for help. Very laughable. Guess you had to be there.
Now, on to the title subject!
Today when I checked the mail, I found one of the keys they give you when you have a package, so I unlocked the box and lo and behold, the package was for me! Even better, it was from my roommate Kirsten! I was very excited, indeed.
However, I could not prepare myself for the awesomeness that was waiting for me inside the box. I opened it to discover........A STEGOSAURUS PENCIL SHARPENER!!! THAT WALKS!!! AND IS SHINY!!!
As if this wasn't enough, there was also a cute Halloween card with a note from Kirsten, a How To Train Your Dragon pencil, and a package of erasers shaped like teeth that all have little faces that vary depending on the extremity of their cavities. ^-^ so happy!!!
Here's the contents of the Package of Awesome:
Also, I've got a shirt that's really cute but is wayyyy too big (XXL), but I remembered in one of my Shojo Beats (a magazine I subscribed to. sadly no longer in print) they had instructions for fitting such shirts. So I spent a good portion of today going through all my past issues trying to find the one that had these instructions, and in the process also set aside those with other DIY projects I thought looked interesting.
What I'm getting at here? I'm going to hopefully start doing some of these projects and will also hopefully post my workings. So yeah.
Tomorrow we're going to Prescott for my mom's various post-surgery check-ups and a few other errands. My mission is to keep my eye out for supplies for these so-called projects, including a couple more ties for my previously mentioned tie skirt, and things I can use for my Halloween costume. Y'know, once I figure out what I'm doing about that.
Things I'm looking forward to in the near future:
Going to Prescott tomorrow
Kjersten's Halloween party this Friday/Saturday
Carving my pumpkins!
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