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Thanks y'all ❤️ kind words are keeping me afloat for now, I really appreciate it.

Dude, I've almost come to blows over people not respecting my cats too. Back when we just had Boog and it was time to move my in-laws kinda steamrolled over us as far as taking over the actual move itself and crammed a bunch of people in our tiny apartment and were crowding the cat and wouldn't let me take her separately insisting she was fine etc etc and it ended up pretty much traumatizing her. It took like a year or so before she started being confident again. None of it was malicious, it was just "we know better and all the cats we've had have been fine with this and you just don't know" type shit but I was about to just throw hands I was so upset In sadder news, Oobie started to decline pretty rapidly so yesterday we had a in-home service come and we sent him on his way over the Rainbow Bridge. This is the first time in my life I've gone through this, only pet I was ever allowed as a kid was a hamster and while that was sad, it just isn't the same as a cat you've had for a decade, you know? When we lost Percy we'd only had him a few weeks and his death was due to a sudden and traumatic accident. I'm a huge wreck but I'm also at peace that we did the best for Oobie. He was still happy enough to enjoy being near us and getting pets and stuff, and I spoiled the absolute fuck outta him in his last days food wise. Y'all, he got a bit of cheeseburger, he got a bit of cheesy chicken enchilada, he got pulled pork, he got a chicken nugget and he even got sushi grade tuna for his last meal, all that in the last week alone. Before that we'd been giving him as much fancy feast and treats as he wanted/could eat. Near the end he was basically just getting Churus for meals (those treat goop tubes that are so popular!) because that was tasty and easiest for him to eat. He had a good life, he was loved and gave a lot of love. I'm just sad, lol. Gotta figure out how to adjust my existence to not having him in it day to day. and that's my cat rambling

❤️ they're totally just love bites, maybe. probably. possibly. He might wish to eat hand.

GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME SAD SHIT SO FEEL FREE TO IGNORE I JUST GOTTA TALK SOMEWHERE AND I CHOOSE HERE Our cat, Oobie, has had some dramatic severe weightloss in the past few months, we got him checked in Feb and they ran all sorts of tests and all the numbers looked great so we thought it was just stress because a lot of shit was going down in our house around then anyway. We gave him some appetite stimulant and he began eating and eating and eating like he used to and appeared to be on the way back up weight wise and then that just stopped and he's pretty much skin and bones. We took him back today, fully expecting very bad news, but it still fucking hurt when the vet discovered a tumor down by his kidneys. Oobie is FIV+ and we always knew that something like this was likely going to come up at some point, but you always hope for more time, you know? Especially considering we lost 2 years with him. A door got blown open and he slipped out and was lost for 2 years. We searched daily for months, I went to the city animal shelter a few times a week to check for him. Put up posters. We ended up adopting Tater during our search because someone called us thinking they'd found Oobie and we fell in love with this other lil cat that needed a home and he fell in love with us. We didn't give up looking for Oobie, but Tater helped us heal. Then one night Lee comes home real late and has to park in the far back lot of our complex... and as he's walking towards our building he sees a familiar cat. Thinking he's just being wishful, he calls to it and it runs up and greets him like an old friend..... he'd found Oobie. I will never forget that night as long as I live. We got him back. After 2 years. By some miracle, we were granted more time with him. The FIV has always made it seem like we got him back on borrowed time (or, as the vet encouraged me to think of it--- "bonus time") so there's never really been any doubt this day would come but.... yeah. I'm devastated, y'all. He's getting steroids to hopefully keep the tumor under control and let him put some weight back on, and other than being scrawny he's still his same happy self. He's joyful, he wants snuggles, he's enjoying his food and begging for treats. So basically the clock is ticking, and as long as he is happy to be here we're going to be happy to have him. When he's ready to go, we won't try and make him stay. Even bonus time has to end sometime, but we can still enjoy it to the last. anyway, hug your pets or something i'm just being a crybaby bitch

hhhhhhhh those sound amazing

What kind of cookies?

Jesus, that's a lot. I'm so sorry for your loss, but I'm glad that, as you said, she was able to let go peacefully after all that. Love ya, girl. Hang in there.

Oh man, that's a big change for sure!! I've never lived by myself before either, sometimes I wish I had for a bit just to learn how to better be alone but that's not how things worked out so guess that's a flavor of life skill i'll continue to lack in! I love that your roomie is still gonna be close and accessible, that should make things easier for everyone, but still very intimidating! Come in here and holler at us if you get lonely, unfortunately for you some of us Center roomies will never ever move out >>

HELL YEAH

woah woah woah now, I don't want that weather either Don't have a choice though, it'll happen here anyway. There's still so much concern over Texas's stupid ass power grid that I'm scared for summer here too. fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu god a water fight like that sounds divine. We did a huge group one several years back and it was so much fun! I think the bulk of kiddos in our friends group are big enough now to where we could put one together again.... hmmm.....

I'm legit scared for a lot of people up there... We had people fuckin' die here with the snow crisis because we ain't prepped for that type of shit and heat kills too stay hydrated and safe y'all

Deviated septum procedure? I can't remember what it's called off the top of my head either but sometimes i desperately want that for myself. Hope those 2 days go quick and you can enjoy your nose breathing again

oooh give us a review when you've used it for a while! I'm very interested in getting an all electric in the future

hope things get on track smoothly!

oh shit I keep forgetting who I've spammed with pics and who I haven't Mosey on over to the pet topic where I'll put a post together here in a bit!!

Thank you ❤️ It was just more heartbreak, because his body was technically alive but they couldn't do proper tests for brain activity for a few days so even though we all knew deep down that it was the end, we had no idea what the timeline would be. Once they confirmed it and he did fully pass on thankfully my aunt and cousins were able to move arrangements along pretty quick, although i might have to pay a visit to the funeral home and fart in all the employees faces because they were SUPER unprofessional but that's a whole other kettle of shit. Mostly I'm just thankful that due to vaccines and lee's job being awesome about the whole situation we were able to go out to his funeral. Plus now I got this adorable lil kitten to help me through my grief! Cutest lil fucker you ever saw. Still working on a name that fits, started with Blade (suggested by neighbor as short for Fanblade) but now I'm calling him Percy because we have a black cat decoration I call Percy and it's a cute name

FUCK ALL OF YOU IT'S THIS TOPIC AGAIN I've had a lot going on in a short span of time and I have to ramble about it a lot just to process it so some of y'all might have already heard some of this 10 times but I appreciate anyone who reads. Unexpectedly lost the uncle I was closest to a few weeks ago. He collapsed at home and coded at least 3 times between then and when he made it to the hospital so he was already gone but we still had to wait several days and confirm that he wasn't coming back. Once we knew that, my aunt and cousins were able to proceed with funeral plans and thankfully they opted for close family to be able to go to a small graveside service, and that included us. So we threw shit in the car and hauled ass 10 hours to attend that. It was the first time in quite a few years that the entire side of that family, all the aunts and uncles and cousins, were gathered in one place. Usually one or more family is split off at holidays or schedules just don't line up. So it was incredibly bittersweet.... we were the most whole we'd been in a while but with a huge loss. The obvious hurt aside, it was still a wonderful visit in the end. Spent a couple of days there then headed back home. Very exhausting. Then a few nights ago we had the windows open to enjoy the rainy air and lee messages me something along the lines of "hey go to the window and see if you hear a cat" Welp, sure as shit I did and we went hunting for this kitten that was calling for its mom. Followed the sound to a neighbor's car, knocked on their door to explain the situation and ask if they'd pop the hood and allow us to rescue it, so we searched and rooted around and did all sorts of crap and about an hour later pulled a lil black kitten out! We're both still exhausted and emotionally vulnerable and after spending so much time and effort rescuing the thing we fell in love pretty quick and now, unless our other cats simply can't accept him, we have a new kitten. IT'S A LOT OF CHANGE BUT KITTENNNNNNNN ok thanks bye i needed that ramble

Snake hoe is just a gardening hoe you kill snakes with

Man, y'all ain't ever heard of Snake Hoes?

SO GATHER ROUND FOR A TALE OF WHY MY FAMILY IS WEIRD AND KINDA DUMB THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE COVID (WELL, IT DOES BUT NOT AS THE MAIN FOCUS) My grandmother, who is in her mid 90s, has finally started having some health issues that have hampered her independence so my eldest aunt has been staying with her a lot to help out and make her feel more secure. So Aunt K is in the den watching tv and she hears Mimi call out to her "K...bring me a hoe." Turns out she'd seen a fucking snake in her bedroom and her instinct is shit, get me a hoe i'm gonna FUCK THIS SNAKE UP. Mimi's a tough lady. Aunt K, however, is not. Instead of being like oh shit yeah lemme grab one, K flies into hysterics, shrieking and freaking out and panicking more when there is no hoe to be found and the snake vanishes (it hid from the chaos) and they end up calling my uncle, who comes over, catches this lil harmless snake and releases it out back. This is not enough, so then they must venture into town in search of a Snake Hoe in case of future snake alerts, but, GASP! No shop in their small town has any hoes! DAMN YOU, CORONAAAAAAAAAA So by this point my parents, who are planning to come up for a family gathering anyway because my family is a bunch of idiots, are like no need to worry! We in the BIG TOWN will get a hoe! So they do. They make it halfway to my grandmothers before being informed that one (1) Snake Hoe is not enough. Mimi requires one for her bedroom and one for the back porch now. So, they stop and get another hoe. Fast forward to now, Aunt K tells my mom that she's bought some big rubber rain boots to wear as snake precaution, because that's totally rational and how you should react to a lil garter snake. Moral of the story is I just like to tell this so I can say "snake hoe"

well i would goddamn well hope so

update: Friend is OK now, still lots of rocky days ahead tho. MAHA WAS OLD AND DIDN'T COME TO ICONCON SO HE IS DEAD TO ME FOREVER no deer have crashed through any windows here, although we did have a whole bunch of tornados pass by us last week. Closest one was like... a mile away or something dumb. We're fine, and amazingly no one was killed even though there was lots of damage so \o/ fuck you tornado

Glad to hear some good news! Congrats! My life's a bit of a mess right now but I'm not really comfortable going into detail beyond saying Lee and I are both OK, it's friends that might as well be family that aren't. In good news though, Iconcon is happening soon and assuming he isn't too busy being old that means we'll see Maha \o/ Really looking forward to that. Also I have like.... infinite fajita leftovers in the fridge because we went to our fav mexican place two nights in a row (first time was just for a date/treat, then some friends came into town and were like hey wanna go to your fav place?) so that is just the absolute best thing possible

Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that. Be safe in your travels. =(