Tonight's special lap guest:

Tonight's special lap guest: Adrian (bottom of the pic). She was a foster failure, and I'm ok with that. She's a lover. I named her after a shelter cat who she resembled and who was also a lover. Every time I cleaned Shelter-Adrian's condo at PetSmart, she would be SO all over me that it was hard to get anything done. When I'd get there and open the condo, she'd walk straight out and CLIMB up me to be held and petted. It was awful in the sweetest way. 😂

Todays Progress:

Todays Progress:

Pardon the mess, but moving is hard.

I brought plant supplies and naked plants and one of my shelves home recently. I managed to put the shelf together and re-hang the lights today, as well as pot most of the naked plants with fancy new dirt. I would give y'all a close-up, but they look pathetic. They were pretty neglected (even by succulent standards), so I'm ashamed of the shape I let them get into. When they get fat and un-limp, I'll be proud to show them off.

P. S.:  Please don't judge my hanging cacti yet. My grow lights just weren't sufficient for their needs, but hopefully these south-facing windows will help them glow up.

Tomorrow I need to get at least another batch of my plants plus the other shelf and lights. I don't plan to keep my shelves full of junk like they are now, but I filled them up purposefully to discourage the cats from trying to get up there. I *thought* I'd stashed a couple of plants somewhere safe overnight and that turned out to be false because we found some leaves in cat vomit and far more plant pieces on the floor than I'm happy about. 😕 That's why the bottom shelf doesn't (and won't) have plants on it. It can hold my dirt bin and supplies and that's fine with me.

I just realized that the outdoor windows are showing a reflection of the room. There is a cat scratchy, our microwave in the middle of the floor because moving 😂😂😂, a rocking, reclining love seat and reclining couch that we threw sheets over so the cats won't mess them up, and the mismatched-in-size cat doors in the kitchen windows. I know it's probably weird to most people, but I think this room is going to be great when we're done. I love having a space for my plants and animals. I'll have to get a photo of the animal houses soon because I think those look amazing and everyone is settling in nicely.

Well, I'm off to do more stuff before I crap out. I just needed to take a break because I've been working non-stop all day and my back needed a rest. I hope you all are doing well. I'm busy, but happy. Can't really complain! ❤️

Why am I so popular tonight? 😂😂😂

Why am I so popular tonight? 😂😂😂 I have my boyfriend, of course, but also Shaun's brats - Bastian and Calypso.

A mighty dragon was found...

A mighty dragon was found running down the hall. He fought valiantly to avoid being caught and banished to the cold outdoors. Despite all of the damage he inflicted upon me, I was the victor - this time.

Don't look at my plants. They're naked.

Don't look at my plants. They're naked.

Update before I get this busy day started:

Update before I get this busy day started:

Yesterday while we were in Talladega we got a notification that a package was delivered in Anniston.  I didn't think I was expecting a package, but we decided to go ahead over there and see just in case.  Turns out that the large nail polish order I placed when I was consoling myself for doing what I thought was terrible on my final exam had arrived much earlier than expected.  Since I passed the exam and my class I guess that makes it a celebratory package now.  I let Kira know that we had nail mail and she came over and opened it for me.  I love watching her open things.  She Hulks out on packages and it's wonderful to behold.  😂😂😂

As we were looking at our goodies we were talking about what all we could do with them and I started to get really excited thinking about having time for my hobbies once again.  That was the first hint to me that things have changed - knowing that I'll be able to spend time with the kids and do things we enjoy together.  We're so busy moving that we haven't had time to relax, but just knowing that the down-time is coming made me super happy.

While I was at the house I started getting my plants ready to move.  It's going to be a much bigger chore than I thought, though - because of mealy bugs.  I had seen a few here and there and always removed them and sprayed my plants down, but I got really behind on that this past semester and it's a dang mess.  I'd been failing to get them completely under control for months anyway due to time constraints so I'm using moving as an excuse to throw away all of the current dirt, scrub pots, spray my plants down, and then soak them to hopefully drown any remaining bugs.  Of the many plants I did that to last night I found a single live mealy bug so maybe this system will be pretty effective.  I'm planning to spray them down for the next several days even after repotting, so hopefully once they're at the other house I won't have any issues.  I'm just over these bugs and want them gone.

Other than that Shaun and I spent yesterday going through things and packing.  The kids came over and it was great to see them.  They helped him do some things and then we had dinner all together for the first time in a while.  I am really looking forward to getting us all settled and being able to do that more often.  Also, not related to anything but something I found to be pretty funny:  After we got home last night, Shaun put a space show on TV.  It was about the Apollo space ship.  This one guy was talking about them landing on the moon and he said that if the calculations were off that the ship would "intersect the moon."  I've never heard the phrase "crash into the moon" put so oddly.  Intersect. the. moon.  😂😂😂  I found that HILARIOUS, but I was also EXTREMELY tired, so maybe it's not that funny to anyone but us.

Well, I'm off to put my plant shelf together so that I can start bringing my babies home.  I hope you all are doing well!  ❤

I brought my boyfriend home yesterday.

I brought my boyfriend home yesterday. I don't think he's ever been happier to be in my lap. 😂😂😂

As of today we have all 10 cats moved in. We still need to get Koopa (horned lizard) and Anansi (tarantula) moved, plus Cubba and Rose. We're working on it. I just want everything / everyone moved into the sun room before we get the dogs. I would hate to have to go through the gate and battle them to the doorway while carrying critters, or even things. I'm already struggling as it is.

We got a lot done last night, but both of my guys injured me yesterday. Shaun was trying to lay my back seats flat so he could fit more stuff in my car. In the spirit of being helpful I pulled the release so that the seat would fold. Fun fact: the release lives in the crack between the butt part and the back part of the seat. While I was pulling the release he slammed the seat forward to fold it. That would have sucked less had the seat next to it not already been folded down. Alas, it had and my elbow was resting on it. So when Shaun slammed the seat forward it put a lot of pressure on my elbow in the wrong direction. I rarely exclaim in pain, but I did that time.

Later last night I was showing Scar around the house and he was nervous. I take responsibility for not being more thoughtful of his needs. I opened a door and it made a loud sound. He freaked out to flee and in the midst of that scratched me pretty deep above my right eyebrow. Hilarious, considering this is a week I'd planned to have pictures made. 😂😂😂

A fun thing that happened today was that Ashanti (cat) decided to sneak out of the screen door that has problems closing. We ordered parts to repair it yesterday, but they won't arrive until tomorrow. Our cats are strictly indoor cats. We would like to get them a catio so that they can get fresh air, but that's a "let Blu get a job first" typa task. 😂 Back to the story:  I went out to get Ash and she was like "Fine, ok." But then we couldn't find Adrian (also a cat). Shaun and I both looked for like, an hour. We couldn't find her anywhere. Not in the cabinets, not on top of the fridge, not under the couches, not in the closets. We even looked outside although we didn't think it was possible she got out. Since we had stuff to do, we eventually decided to go do it. When we got home she was sleeping on the couch. We still have no idea where she was hiding, but we're glad she's accounted for. I was REALLY worried.

Anyway, we've been moving stuff all day and are pretty exhausted. I'm definitely going to be feeling it tomorrow. Well, I need to get off the internet (and also my butt) because I have a long list of things to do. Nothing urgent, but disorder gets to me mentally and I just need to handle it for my own sake. I hope you all are doing well! ❤️