Varmit Report

[tenaya]

As is usual for the beginning of winter, the varmits come around less and less. Nevertheless, tonight was a busy night. We had three opossums, a couple of skunks, two stray cats, a pair of peanut-loving raccoons and Cutiepie. And we had a lovely time enjoying the parade...until we saw a coyote looking in the window at us! I have no idea how it got into to the yard and obviously we'll have to check out the fences tomorrow. So frustrating.

As for the kitties, Reg is fine. His kidney issues don't seem to be bothering him. I have a hard time not rubbing his shaved tummy though. Scooter is his usual self. Brindle spent nearly three weeks living in the bathtub. Then he spent about five days thinking he needed to sleep at the base of the toilet. Needless to say, he didn't ever feel like moving so it made visiting the loo a bit of a balancing act. Now, for about the past four days, he's been nesting on my dresser. On occasion, he runs outside, freezes for a few seconds then runs back inside. He is the oddest cat we've ever lived with.

As for us, we're okay. Mom's blood sugar levels have been up since we came back from our trip. Tonight, she hit 310 and got on her treadmill finally. It went down to 230 so yay! Me? I got sick on Wednesday night. Too many sick adults breathing in my face as I listened to their breath sounds and I caught their crud. It's moved out of my lungs for the moment and now I'm sneezing and doing the whole sinus thing. This is in reverse of how things usually progress, I believe. Oh well. Yuck!

Comments

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

Kids! Talk about your vectors! They're as bad as it gets. But, yeah, dealing with sick people is a risk. Amazingly, our sick policy is incredibly strict. I'm sorry but to me, I just had a job related illness. I think hospitals are getting off easy saying it's my problem I got this, but that's how it goes. And actually, when you are doing your thing with all those small, mobile infectious units, any colds you pick up are job related, too.

We have a big picture window that looks out into the back yard. There's about 3 feet of earth before it rises as a berm. The coyote was about ten feet away at eye level. This picture here is taken from standing in the living room and where Brindle is lying is where the coyote was standing. I'm so grateful Brindle wants to be inside right now.
http://photobucket.com/albums/y98/kelpster/Sweet%20Pea%20Manor/?action=view¤t=Brindle-on-the-Berm.jpg

[moonchildetoo.livejournal.com]

That is tooo close!