The landscaping appointment went well.

The landscaping appointment went well. We're waiting for someone to come work out the irrigation now that the pool changed everything. Then we can get an estimate on the work.

Tobi spent most of the day at the vet having tests run. He's got a large, spikey bladder stone. 😢 All of his bloodwork and liver levels came out normal. He's on medication for inflammation. Re-check in 2 weeks to see if we can proceed with surgery to remove the stone.

It's always something.

Bear has his final surgery recheck tomorrow morning. I hope his knees are great. It would be amazing if his hips don't need surgery. I feel like we're barely keeping up with meeting everyone's needs. Paws crossed.

We sent Balthazar off...

Woke up to diarrhea on my bed...

Woke up to diarrhea on my bed. (I don't care. I know how to clean.) But my poor baby. He's losing control.

Look at my handsome old man. I'm sad, but I'm making the call. We'll see when the vet can get him in.

Edited:  3:30 today. 💔

It's been a busy weekend.

It's been a busy weekend.

Friday night I deep-cleaned my bathroom and vacuumed my bedroom. Then when I was putting the vacuum away I pulled it sideways over my foot. I have a pretty large bruise and swelling there now.

Yesterday, Shaun worked on cleaning the pool and getting the chemicals right. They're fine to swim in, but he'd like to get them optimal. We also blew up some floaties and started working on making the storage building. Then we got rained out.

That storage building... Phew. It's made of metal, and all of the sheets of metal have a plastic wrap on them that needs to be peeled off. I started peeling while Shaun made the floor. I peeled until I was tired and I did not get finished. 😂

Today I woke up and vacuumed the downstairs. I pulled the vacuum over into the tender back inside of my arm when I was using the attachment to clean crevices, so I'm probably gonna have a bruise there soon. 😅  (Edited:  I do. It's large and purple).

Anyway, after fter I vacuumed, I cleaned (not deep, though) the bathroom downstairs. Then I went back to peeling the metal sheets for the building.  I finished the ones that were in the house (it arrived in 2 separate boxes), then Shaun went out and started leveling the ground where we were going to put the building while I carried 25 heavy square blocks (one at a time) to the area because we needed them for the project.

We were tired after that and could see a storm rolling in, so we decided to clean up and try out the pool real fast. Me and Shaun and Cub went in. We got maybe 15 minutes and then the storm was upon us. But it was nice. Cub came in only briefly on the splash pad. Bear ran around in his life jacket. He came to the edge a bunch, but never got in. The kids are gonna try it out tomorrow.  Maybe Bear will, too. Who knows?

We ordered Pizza Hut and are chilling on the couch now. We've been going hard for days. Bet I sleep great tonight.

This coming week is a mixed bag. Tomorrow the pool cover, Tuesday the landscaper. More peeling and finally building the building. Shampooing the carpet. Bear appointment. Dentist appointment to get my real crown instead of this temporary. Hopefully a couple of cat vet appointments, too. Possibly losing my Balthi this week. 😭 I don't think he's super ok and I'm really sad about it. Fireworks have already started and Cubba's up Shaun's butt, so pup anxiety all week, too.

We'll get through it, though. The good, the bad, and the ugly. We always do. ❤️

It's Monsoon Season!

It's Monsoon Season!

It's so beautiful here, even when it's raining.

I went upstairs and...

I went upstairs and the bottom of the bathtub was covered in diarrhea. My poor Balthi. 😢

He had it on one of his back feet, so I got a wipe to help clean him. Every cat who's foot I've ever tried to clean has pulled away.

Not Balthi, y'all. He spread his toes. 😭😭😭

We are having a bad cat day. 🙁

We are having a bad cat day. 🙁

I don't think Balthazar's prednisone is helping his intestines anymore. His diarrhea is back even while on it. He sweetly bit my toes when I went to bed last night so he's still himself, but I feel like he won't be with us much longer. He seems to be fading very slowly and I won't let him suffer.

Someone peed orange (or possibly blood-tinged urine) on the dining room carpet. Toebean has been running around meowing all day. We checked his butt-end and his butthole doesn't look well. I don't know if those things are related, but our vet does surgeries on Monday and doesn't usually see patients, but they have been great about working us in as a drop-off if we need it. Well, we need it, so we're going to call first thing and see if they can see him (and Ash for her diarrhea).

Fun times. I hope these kittens will be ok. We sure do love them and hate to see them unwell.