In my exhaustion, I messed up.

In my exhaustion, I messed up.

I left a door open that I normally don't. Behind that door was the dry food that I'd taken from Scar because he was vomiting it up.

I woke up a few minutes ago, weirded out that I'd gotten more than a few hours of sleep in one go. Then he had a messy poop. I got up to clean it and found out he and Adrian had been eating the dry food.

That explains the poop, and also why he let me sleep.

I hope this isn't a huge setback for his progress. We'd had no diarrhea for days.

I guess it's something that he hasn't thrown it up?

My battery has been low since last week.

My battery has been low since last week. No amount of rest feels like enough.

Scar (cat) is doing better regarding his IBD/diarrhea. No accidents in days. But he's so hungry that he wakes me up every few hours to eat.

Today, I didn't get out of bed until 3pm. And I'm about to go back.

All I managed to do today was repot some plants that weren't taking up water like they should. That's it.

I have UI/UX homework, but I'm too tired. Hopefully I can make it to class on time tomorrow, at least.

The greenhouse is my happy place. 😊

The greenhouse is my happy place. 😊

I can't believe how fast the baby doves are growing. Shaun checked the camera and said that the parents left the babies alone for about 6 hours last night. It was down to 40°F, but it looks like their feathers are coming in, so I guess it was ok. They're doing fine today. They're starting to move around more. I'm going to have to be extra careful when going in the greenhouse to make sure of where they are in case they're on the ground.

I got a quick video of baby Bear enjoying the flowers. He's so freaking precious. I love my good helper.

Some flowers and baby birds...

Some flowers and baby birds, and a lizard, and my Quasimodo Agave's progress since being removed from growing upside down in the bottom of the pot.

The stars of the greenhouse...

The stars of the greenhouse, some bug eggs of some sort, and a few flowers.

And yes, that yellow flower is from a different cactus. I guess I have several who make yellow flowers. 💛

Bear helped me water the plants today. And by "helped", I mean "forced me to hold heavy trays of freshly watered plants that are usually on the shelves out of reach while he carefully AND THOROUGHLY smelled all of the flowers." 😂😂😂

It would've been a beautiful photo if my hands hadn't been full. 😂 He is exceedingly gentle sometimes. 😊❤️

Shaun went to the greenhouse yesterday...

Shaun went to the greenhouse yesterday and moved the camera. We wanted a better view, and to also be able to plug it in so we could save the video to see how the doves are doing.

He moved slowly and carefully and the parent didn't even fly away. 💗

Now we get to enjoy watching these babies grow up. There are definitely 2 now, and we believe this is papa bird doing the feeding in this clip. Mourning Dove males and females look really similar, so it's hard to tell, but this one does look a bit larger than the other.

I guess it's been about 2 weeks...

I guess it's been about 2 weeks since I wrote about how things are going, but that's because by and large nothing has changed.  I haven't put much effort into my app or anything, really - I'm just maintaining the necessities at this point.

I haven't written about this yet, but Scar (my kitty cat) isn't doing well.  He's 14, so he's getting up there in age.  He was previously diagnosed with IBD and we'd had that under control for quite a while, until the food that worked for him was suddenly discontinued a few months back.  We've been on the struggle bus ever since.

For a while, he was having pretty constant diarrhea in the floor, which I know sounds disgusting, but it's even worse when he uses the litter box and gets poop and litter all over himself.  I'd honestly rather him use the floor for this purpose because it's easier to clean and he doesn't get in my bed covered in poop.  Either way, it's unpleasant to wake up to, but less gross to clean up a mess from the linoleum than to have a poop-covered cat come to snuggle.

His accidents are becoming fewer, but he's lost a good bit of weight and I'm feeding him wet food every few hours, even through the night.  He actually looks like he's gained a bit back, so that is nice.

I know it all sounds terrible, but otherwise he seems to feel fine.  He's been worse in the past.  I actually took him to the vet for euthanasia once before, and they said he was doing too well, which I was grateful for, though I felt horrible for his condition.

Anyway, his labs look pretty good.  He has an appointment the Monday after next for a scan to see if it looks like inflammation or something more nefarious.  I hope it's nothing too bad.  He really doesn't seem like he's done with life yet; he's still sassy and bratty and himself, so I'm going to support him the best I can until we find out what's going on or he decides he's done - whichever comes first.

It has been a bit draining trying to recover from burnout while also babying him and that's probably why I'm doing only the bare minimum in all other aspects, but I know that whether he has IBD or something else, I only have so much time with him.  I'm going to treasure our time together.

I hope you all are doing well.  Sometimes I sort of get antsy or beat myself up for my lack of "accomplishing" things, but it's easier to talk myself out of that now, thank goodness.