We’ve taken to given our cat his own bedroom as night because he drives us up the wall, leaping on the bed at all hours and howling for food from 3am. At first I felt like a bit of a monster, but last night I noticed he was hanging out in “his room” while we were getting ready for bed, so that made me feel better and we’re both sleeping soooo much better.
Sadly, the layout of my apartment impedes the ability to give him a room to chill in. Plus, he has bonded to me considerably, and at 3ish years old I don’t want to cause him more anxiety lol, he’s so needy already.
I’m going to try and play with him more before bed, so he’s tuckered out. In the long term, I want to get him a big cat wheel to work off the energy. As a top floor apartment, I don’t want to keep running around to wear him down and annoy the neighbors by stomping 😂
But this is certainly a good idea! I’ll think of ways to implement this within the environ.
I’m pretty confident we’ve hit the point where Tinyest is trying to talk to us not just saying words because he can. You can see him actively trying to communicate. We got “Ta” very clearly last night for the first time so we’re up to 3 clear words.
Its a real shock when they go from “baby” to “toddler” in your brain.
What would you do? A partner’s sibling having a wedding an another State assigns you cake duty. This means buying a weddin-ish cake, getting it to an airport, lap flying it for about 2hr, a 2hr train ride, and something more to venue.
Bugger the weddingish cake. Ask them straight out if there’s a colesworth handy where you can buy a packet of lamingtons before getting to the venue. You won’t have a kitchen, the transport will be extremely anxiety inducing, and you’ve got no idea what facilities are available at destination for assembly/decoration. Not to mention the microbiology aspect of transporting food over such distances. In quantities appropriate for a wedding. This is a bloody thoughtless requirement loaded onto you. Lamingtons, packet lamingtons, is all they deserve.
That seems like an inefficient way to go about it, and inviting disaster. One knock could smear or crush it, if it doesn’t fall victim to turbulence or get dropped. Also after all that the freshness might be questionable.
Why not have a caterer or bakery in the same state deliver it?? Or at least them buying something there. They should choose and organise their own wedding cake so they know they like it.
I bought the kitty’s Zylkene. Buying higher doses and dividing the capsules works out cheaper.
She’s good on food and litter for now, I just try to always stock up if I spot deals.
Art book ramblesI think the issue I’m having is lack of focus. Random art tutorials and tips really do help but there’s not really any framework there. No plan of attack. Man, physical copies of respected art books are expensive. I found ‘Drawing For The Absolute Utter Beginner’ on eBay for like $23 Aussie dollars from the UK. The ones in Australia are more around the $40-50 mark. But if I’m depressed and struggling with motivation/regular practice, maybe I’d be buying something that would just add clutter and gather dust. Hmm. I’ll leave it in my cart and think about it. Edit: Wait - the cheap one actually has a hefty postage that works out to more. There’s a copy of ‘How To Draw’ by Jake Spicer for like $25 citing damage but the listing doesn’t say how bad it is - it’s listed as new with no defects, and the description says cosmetic wear. I don’t mind if it’s very tatty or has a few small rips, I just don’t want something unusable like half torn or missing pages. The Morpho books are free online via Google Drive but I know those are still under copyright. I could dig up Andrew Loomis books too but they’ve been taken down from a few places. Plus I don’t want to click random links or download from unknown sites. I’d borrow books from the library and scan them for private use only except I got rid of my scanner years ago - also the cost of ink. Oh well. For now I’ve got a few genuine public domain books I’m reading in the browser. I might try a fineliner to avoid the ink streaks and blobs I’ve been having from the biros, and find something engaging to listen to while I build up layers of lines.
Scanning’s usually free at the library, small charge for photocopying. And regardless, it can be worth borrowing reference books first (cookbooks, parenting etc. as well as art) to see if they work for you & you’ll actually use them, then buy your own copy if you think it’s worth it.
Chicken is quite an affordable lean meat but could you occasionally mix it up? A steak with low cal mustard sauce or something, or salmon if it doesn’t stink up a small flat. Salad with vinaigrette on the side. Just so it isn’t identical meals forever
Rest is a kind of work , even tho we aren’t moving our limbs doesn’t mean we aren’t working. Rest is letting your immune system focus on fighting bugs and rest lets your body repair itself.]
I cried with frustration at having to lay in bed 23.5 hours a day for 8 weeks, but it was the only way my vertebrate would mend, only way my spine and nerves would reduce swelling. Rest. Let the body repair.
Unaddressed mail is wild. I just opened a letter addresses to our address but with no name, not even a return name (although strangely, a return address). It’s in cursive and I can’t read cursive but I’m pretty sure it’s some sort of conspiracy theory. All I can decipher is something about new governments and children of God. They also addressed this letter as “dear neighbour” even though the return address is 9 suburbs away
Even stranger - it’s a proper letter, like with stamps and an envelope and all the works. But the letter is a page ripped out of a ruled notebook
Edit: I searched the address and it seems to be some sort of weird gated Jehovah witness community thing. Absolutely wild
Unfortunately I did tear it, so I’m gonna save it til halloween then write some incomprehensible scribbles on it in red ink and stick it to the housemates door 😂
CBM advertisement. I am totally not admitting to just buying several kilograms of milo. They also currently have cheap period knickers if you are a size 12, and a metric butttonne of truffle stuff.
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