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Cleo died at the end of March.

I wanted to write about her last week - it was a hell of a week, for a lot of reasons, and I had - have - a hell of a lot of emotions/guilt about it, for a lot of reasons. But it's almost six weeks later, and I still can't face sitting down and writing about it. I still keep her collar and tag in ( Read more... )

Charlie and I went to a local pet store this morning. I had an idea that I'd probably end up just buying everything I needed for Cleo online afterwards anyway, but I like to try to buy local as much as possible (especially overseas, when shipping can take forever). There's exactly one pet supply store in our city, and luckily, it's just around the ( Read more... )

Okay. It's all okay.  For the moment, anyway.

( The Adventure Continues )

Tomorrow starts the big push for getting Cleo to the LoL: first step, the vet visit, which is probably going to be the easiest step of the lot. She's healthy and she's up on all her shots, so really this is just for the vet to confirm that she's got her chip and then fill out the appropriate paperwork. Unfortunately the LoL also requires a letter ( Read more... )

So I've reached the point in the moving process where there isn't a heck of a lot I can do, so instead, I sit and I worry about all the things that could go wrong. In my experience, the bigger the move, the bigger the things that could go wrong ( Read more... )

*headsdesk*

So the good news is that we have visas for the LoL, and not only do we have visas, but we also have PLANE RESERVATIONS, which is even better.

And also sparked the part of traveling that I hate the most: getting the cat there. Friends, if you ever consider joining the State Department, let me tell you. Do not own a pet. The State ( Read more... )

Okay, today was just weirdTwo things happened that woke me up at 5am, and I'm not entirely sure what order they occurred in. The first (though not necessarily in a chronological sense) was that Charlie woke up around 5am, but I was able to put him back down fairly quickly with a bottle ( Read more... )

Oh, my lord, this week ( Read more... )

Longer post coming, because it has been an eventful week, but in short ( Read more... )

1. The discussions at reading221b have begun and OMG they're wonderful.  I'm having such a blast in the comments, I can't even begin to tell you.  If you want to join in, we're talking about holyfant's The Speed of Objects in Motion and the conversation post is here.  You have to be a member to read the discussions, but membership is open to everyone ( Read more... )