It's been a while since I posted my plants. Here are a few photos that I like. 😁
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| I'm in love with this space. 😍 |
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| Check out my Ghost Echeveria getting ready to bloom. |
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| Calico Kittens, courtesy of Michelle. They are beautiful. A little thirsty, but growing roots is hard work! |
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| This teensy flower is giving me life. 💮 |
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| She looks a little thirsty, too. And she's making a flower, as well! Time to water some babies! ❤️ |
I've spent most of spring break working around the house and doing school work. But yesterday I got to visit someone I hadn't seen in 25+ years - my childhood babysitter now friend, Sabrina! I had a blast. We traded plants, did some crafts, did nails, and basically talked ALL DAY because we had A LOT to catch up on. I ended up staying until it was so late I was too tired to drive home! So I stayed over and it was a slumber party. 😃 I had a great time with Peaches and her puppies. Her baby Sambosey is my new buddy. And she made me this awesome diamond painting, too! ❤️ We'll definitely have to get together again soon. 😃
I would like to wish a very Happy 19th Birthday to my most favorite girl, Kira. Shaun and I love you so much. We know that life is hard sometimes, but we always have your back. Our lives are better with your goofy, sweet, adorable self in them.
I love you so much.
I love how you make me laugh until I pee.
I love how kind you are. You have the sweetest heart.
I love your drawings and your dances.
I love that you are so cuddly.
I love seeing your relationship with Leon. He's a purr-fect gramson and you take such good care of him.
I love your face. It makes me so happy. I'm sorry I'm always looking at you, but that's why.
Happy Birthday, baby - kid. I hope you have a day that is as amazing as you are. 💜💙💜💙💜💙💜
I'm going to tell you about the rest of my day now because I'm in bed and about to put it behind me.
When I was walking Booka this morning I heard the all-too-familiar pop and crackle sound that a limb makes when it's about to fall. Unfortunately, me and Boo were under the tree who made the sound and I didn't have time to see which limb was coming down. In my rush to move us out of the way I accidentally gave him a knee upside his head. That's the last thing I wanted to do especially since he had a seizure only a little over a week ago. But the important thing was that he didn't get hit by the limb - which was actually right above us and sizeable enough to have caused injury had we not moved.
The other notable not-great thing that happened today was right after we put Midna to sleep. Shaun usually holds the animals for that, but I had my sweet Shitty Kitty in my lap on a soft blanket. Once she had passed I had another good cry and a hugged her little body while I did it. I didn't really consider what I already know happens when death comes and I ended up with a smelly liquid down my leg. I'm pretty grateful that I'd left my gym bag in the car over the weekend because I went back into the vet's office and changed my pants before driving home.
The best things about today were these: Shaun stayed home from work to be with me, Dinorah checked on me, and I got a large haul of plant mail. Some of my trading partners were very generous and those packages couldn't have come at a better time.
I feel pretty bad so I'm heading to bed. I didn't get enough sleep last night and had to be up early today. That plus all of the crying I've done has left me with a really rough headache. I'm hoping some rest will do me good. Today kicked me in the teeth, but tomorrow is a new day. I hope you all are doing well. ♥
Sadly, we are down another family member today. We had to let our sweet Midna go. She was the first cat Shadow and I had. It was her and the dogs and she so loved them. Her crush was Booka; she loved to lay on him and roll on him and chew his hair. She would fetch and come when you called her name. She was our puppy - cat.
She battled hyperthyroidism and diarrhea for the last few years. She was put on medication and gained back to a healthy weight, but the source of her diarrhea remained unknown. We tried all kinds of food, medication, fiber - nothing helped. She was my Shitty Kitty, but we loved her.
Over the last few days she'd become less talkative. She felt a little dehydrated and was losing interest in food. There was bloody mucous stool near her box and she looked like she was starting to feel bad. We really didn't know what else to do for her so we made the decision to prevent suffering.
I always feel like I never get the timing of this right; in hindsight, I wish we had let ADDC go sooner. We spent time with Midna in the vet's office and gave her lots of treats; she purred and ate treats and explored a bit. She wasn't on death's door so it was hard to make the decision, but a she was already 11 years old and after everything we tried with little improvement it felt like the best thing to do. We didn't want to see her suffer. I wish we could have done the same for ADDC.
Midna was so silly. She loved Wal-Mart bags. She was so goofy and sweet and loved all of the other animals. She liked to suck on blankets, and always answered to her name with a sweet trill. We are all super sad today. 💔😭
Until they die and throw you into the worst depression of your life. I went from walking depression to "I need help" real fast when my pack of old-timers started leaving me.
This is cute, but not accurate. Sadness and depression aren't the same. Pets can cheer you up out of sadness. Medication and therapy are needed for depression. Full stop. No shame. Get the help you need and hang in there. ❤
Plant-loving friends: I joined a group called Broke Plant Traders and my experience there has been so amazing. You can trade with anyone, anytime, but they also have a Wish Wednesday where you can post one plant you are looking for and someone might grant your wish. OR, you can read the comments and grant wishes if you have plants to share. I. AM. DIGGING. IT. I'm sending out some plant babies tomorrow and it honestly makes my whole day that they will be loved and treasured by someone who wants them. ALSO... someone granted my String of Pearls wish (and is being so generous as to include a piece of Variegated Watch Chain) and I am OVER THE MOON right now. 💚💚💚
I took Booka and one of my cats to the vet today. Our cat, ADDC (pronounced "Addsie" - Shadow named her when he was younger, 😂) has an infection / possible tumor in her mouth. She got some medication and if that doesn't help we'll have to have a tooth extracted or tumor removed. Super fun.
The doctor said that it sounded like my little Booka Bear had a true seizure. He wants me to call if he has another; if they are not frequent he will be ok without medication. He mentioned epilepsy so I need to research that and get myself acquainted with that condition. So as of now he seems ok. His seizure was short and he returned to normal a few minutes afterwards. I am grateful he's ok for now. I really thought he was dying on me the other night. I've never seen anything like that before.
Booka just had a seizure. It was short and he seems ok now, but I'm scared. We'll be talking to the vet tomorrow. I hope he's ok.
Happy 19th Birthday to my awesome kid! I love you and am so proud of you. We're gonna throw down on some lasagna later since that's all you asked for. 😂😂😂 For real - you're the best and I hope your day is awesome. ❤️❤️❤️
Shaun made an origami succulent for me for our anniversary. He said it is the paper anniversary. I don't keep track of the traditional stuff, but I thought that was super sweet. He is the most thoughtful and creative person. I am so lucky to share my life with him. 🥰
Spending my favorite day with my favorite person. Happy 1 Year of Marriage to us! ❤️
We've been together since 2008. He's been my best friend through all of the good times and the bad. My life is immeasurably better because this human is in it. 💗💗💗
Edited to add: Yes, he plays Pokémon and he's definitely up for friends. Post your code in the comments and I'll make sure he gets it. 😊
The time change got me and I'm a bit drowsy, but I made it to my Geometry test on time. There were 5 questions total; one, I couldn't make sense of (it had 4 parts and seemed like they were all asking the same thing, but in a different way each time) and another was the ONE theorem I didn't learn how to prove. 😕
There were 2 Theorems out of the 11 I had to learn on the test so I spent the extra time after I finished the exam proving whatever I had time to prove (like 5 or 6 theorems - definitely not a small effort). I feel like that was pretty uncool - he surely could have narrowed it down some more. I don't know if showing that I worked my ass off to be ready for the test will pay off or not, but I definitely wanted him to see that I did.
In the end I might still fail it, but it definitely won't be due to lack of effort on my part. Thankfully, I felt ok about the other 3 questions so that's more than half, at least. We shall see.
For the first time in a few weeks I'm not anxious or feeling bad about school. I spent my weekend studying and relaxing. I desperately needed to do both and I did.
I'm pretty sure I've got an A in both of my CS classes. I'm passing Advanced Cal with a C which is honestly not something I will complain about. And though I messed up on my first Geometry exam I feel pretty good about the one I'm taking tomorrow. Overall, leaving Differential Equations for later on feels like it was the right decision. I still have some things to catch up on but I'm finally feeling like that will happen, thank goodness.
Thank you to everyone who helped and encouraged me last week. I was (obviously) pretty overwhelmed and it was not good. I'm really glad the teacher postponed the exam until tomorrow; he said he received a lot of emails from panicking students so at least I wasn't alone in that. I hope we all have a good week. Goodnight, friends! ❤
I came ThisClose to not going to school today. I felt like "What is the point of going if I know I'm just going to fail?" But then I scraped up some motivation and went. Is it bad to say that I really wanted to go to the Rec Center after classes to work out? (I've been going since it opened. I've not had a tension headache since.) Between that and some much - needed inspiration from Whitney - I left the house.
I'm glad I did. Our exam was postponed until Monday. The professor received several emails from students panicking. So we had another review and the professor admitted that there was a LOT of material on the test. He said he wouldn't do that again. I am grateful for that and the extra time.
I'm going to use Michelle's method of studying / writing proofs this weekend and try to get a bit more on top of things. I feel pretty relieved at the moment. Thank goodness!
I'm currently questioning my life choices. 😕 I love Math, but I find it to be more difficult than Computer Science. But it's just so interesting! I don't know what's up with me, but I feel so tired and unmotivated. I really like Geometry, but I don't want to study for my upcoming exam. It's starting to creep up in the back of my mind that maybe I should pursue only Computer Science and be done. I have a feeling I might not be happy with myself if I did that, though. Either way, graduation date will likely stay the same. Help?
I'm trying my best to stay awake through a drowsy spell, so look at my plants with me. 😛 I'm captioning each photo so you know what's new about them.
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| Look at these precious new spikes! |
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| Is he growing aerial roots?! Also, check out the puff at the top. That's new, too! |
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| I wonder if that teensy ball is going to be a flower... |
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| Frizzle Sizzle is getting tall! |
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| New growth! I'm excited. He still looks pitiful from me chopping his head off. 🙁 |
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| So in love with her flower crown. 💗 |
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| Maybe flowers starting on this guy. |
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| This webby guy has 4 new things growing out of him. I'm curious to see how they'll turn out. |
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| Babies in progress! ❤️ |
Shaun and I set up and sold my Polish All the Things jewelry and our potion bottles / necklaces at Annicon 2019. It went well. Our potions were a hit and I bought this adorable purse. I'm happy! 😁 We decided to join last - minute, but we'll definitely prepare more and be ready for next time.
