Some days you wake up and the world makes perfect sense. Some days you wake up and there's a fake hot dog in your fridge.

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Well, thoroughly crappy week., obviously.
As I mentioned in my previous post, Lou died Saturday night.
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I had to have Lou euthanised tonight.
It was sudden but not painful as far as I could tell.
I will post about this more later...for now I just had to say it and make it real.
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What I read over her grave tonight:

BastShe had green eyes, that excellent seer ( Read more... )

Regarding chickens, in particular hens:
"It is a natural part of poultry behavior for hens to establish a social hierarchy by pecking each other. All the other birds may sometimes excessively attack an injured or weak bird and a bird exhibiting a bleeding area is particularly likely to attract attack. It may be pecked to death if not rescued."
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mad_megan already posted this but I'm commandeering it in lieu of an actual update because, well, it fits my mood/life lately. I could do without the minute long mumbling at the end but hey, you can't have everything.

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Lyrics here...And if I don't get the motivation to clean soon, my house will look like that as well...but not as interesting, just a ( Read more... )

Yes, another incident involving strange birds ( Read more... )

Got the vet results ( Read more... )

I took Mouth and Lou to the vet this morning--yearly physical/shots for Mouth and an extra thyroid/kidney check for Lou ( Read more... )

It's been a busy week ( Read more... )

I had to get Lou's meds this morning and schedule the yearly bank-breaking appointment for all four of my little darlings ( Read more... )