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I had a meltdown on Monday, and I've been depressed and anxious all week. After five glorious days in Austin learning things, meeting people and seeing sights, coming back to my mother's house was a shock. PTSD kicked in, and kicked my ass. It was like coming back from Portland and, years earlier, the United Kingdom, all over again. I'm recovering ( Read more... )

The kittens are getting... BIG ( Read more... )

The College Media Convention in Austin is rapidly approaching. At yesterday's staff meeting for the Lakelander, my teacher/editor informed me that only paid staff would get all their expenses covered by the college ( Read more... )

First of all, thanks to everyone who congratulated me last week on going to the College Media Convention in Austin. I'm really looking forward to it, and I'm hoping it will prove lucrative for both my career (ha, ha) and social connections.

And now, a ( Kitten Update! )

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They're about 5 weeks old, now. They are definitely growing. They chewed through the nipple of their bottle, so I had to get a new one. They're going through formula pretty fast even though they're starting to eat crunchy food.

And OMG, they're fucking adorable.

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Since I don't know their genders for sure, and they're not really mine to name, I've taken to calling them Thing 1 and Thing 2 ( Read more... )

When I first looked at the rear-ends of my small, fuzzy children, I thought I had a boy and a girl. Now that they're healthier, and their little giblets are no longer swollen from parasites and lack of nutrition, it's become apparent that I may have been wrong ( Read more... )

They got baths last night.


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