Love it!

Love it!

These are really the most excellent, interesting creatures.

These are really the most excellent, interesting creatures.  Please be kind to living beings, even if you don't understand them.  ❤

I just have to tell you about this kid right here.

I just have to tell you about this kid right here. Scooter is 100% my child. He gets his short stature and his quirks from me. So this is what he just did - and he does it every day at this point:

When he needs to poo poo he gets so mad. He faces the door from across the room and he barks and / or growls. He inches closer to the door the worse he has to go. If you make the mistake of trying to take him out a minute before the poop is ready to fall out of his butt he hides and has to start over. Unfortunately, he doesn't usually allow anyone other than me to take him out. But at least he gives us plenty of warning. 😂😂😂

He hasn't always done this. He has periods of different weirdness and that's ok. He's about 10 years old now, but when he was a puppy he was prescribed Ivermectin and ended up in a coma for a couple of weeks. I was told he might have permanent brain damage from that and honestly I could see that being the case. But it's ok. We love him anyway. ❤

Me lately. 🙁

Me lately.  🙁  I can't even muster the energy to go places I kind of want to.  Shaun and Shadow are trying to make plans for this summer, and I'm just like, "I don't care what you do.  Just leave me on the couch."

I'm so sad that classes start back Tuesday.  I only have to physically go to one class a week (the rest is online), but dang.  That feels like too much right now.

I think that I am not in a great place.  🙁

I've been out of school for almost 3 weeks.

I've been out of school for almost 3 weeks.  I had major plans to do crazy things to my nails, but as you might have noticed from the lack of posts, I have not.  To be honest I haven't really been feeling it.  😕

My nails were long and bothersome by the time school was out, so I shortened them and then shortened them again.  Then I tried this nail oil (Bliss Kiss Simply Pure Cuticle and Nail Oil, if you're interested) and it said to go a few days with naked nails while applying the oil many times a day to get moisturized.  So, I did that.  But I was also cleaning a lot (without gloves because I'm bad), so it took a little longer to get my nails to be in better shape.

I'm probably about to sound like a commercial, but that oil is the first one I've tried that ACTUALLY made any kind of difference in my nails.  My nails have no problem growing longer, but they will peel like crazy.  They are also naturally brittle, so will just snap off if I bump them on something.  Well, somehow, the oil stopped the peelies.  Even places that were already peeling up it seemed to seal back down somehow.  And they are little more flexible, so when I bump them I might get a new peelie spot (when un-polished), but they aren't snapping off.  So that is pretty cool.

I have no idea how things will go when I start painting again, but with as many layers of polish as I tend to use I've always felt that my nails were protected by it.  I am hoping that with them being in better shape AND polished that they will look really nice, as well as be stronger.  We'll see.

Anyway, if you're into nails and / or cuticles I would have no problem recommending Bliss Kiss oil.  I am not exactly a connoisseur of nail oil, but I did buy CND's Solar Oil a while back because it was highly recommended, but Bliss Kiss is better, in my opinion.  You can find it on their website or Amazon, whichever you prefer.

BONUS:  It smells faintly like an orange dreamsicle, which is surprisingly pleasant.  I think they have an unscented version if you're not into smells, though.

Check it out:  https://www.myblisskiss.com/simply-pure-hydrating-oil-pen

Compassion Fatigue is real, and it's a killer.

Compassion Fatigue is real, and it's a killer.  You may not agree with every decision that someone in rescue, law enforcement, healthcare, etc., makes, but please be kind and understanding to them.  They really don't need harsh words from anyone on top of the terrible realities they face every day.  The worst part is that most of the people who will shit-talk us won't lift a finger to improve whatever they are complaining about.  It's much easier to sit back and let someone else do the real work.  I've seen that firsthand a thousand times.

Compassion Fatigue is the sole reason I am not in school to become a vet.  It would be the end of me.  I NEED to be able to step back, and rescuing /  rehabbing animals on a volunteer basis allows for that.  Thankfully, I am still here, but a few years ago I reached hopelessness and that was a scary place to be.  The problems that we as individuals face when we try to help are so much bigger than us.  Try as we might, we will never fix it alone.  It is an up-hill battle and lives are at stake.  But often, no one else cares.  That is terrifying and depressing.  It can definitely make you not want to live.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-3604719/Director-Taiwanese-animal-shelter-commits-suicide-feeling-distraught-having-euthanise-dogs.html

Well, she made it and she's resting in her skull hide.

Well, she made it and she's resting in her skull hide. These are her last three molts.

Unfortunately I don't have her first one. Or if I do I'm not sure where it is at the moment. I guess I never thought about shaping them before they hardened (which is why the last two look so wonky), but in my defense when she would shed before she was always hidden and I never knew she was doing it until after the fact. This is the first time I've seen it in action. I might be a terrible tarantula mommy!

Anyway. As you can tell - she is growing up on us! ❤❤❤