Various Stuff
Just a couple more days until I'm supposed to leave for AC. My usual pre-trip anxiety has taken the form of obsessing about things not directly related to the trip. I really wish I could just go on a trip without having to go through weeks of alternating severe anxiety and depression beforehand. I go through this every single fucking year, and I hate it, but it's something I just have to endure if i want to go anywhere more than a day's drive away. This is why I don't try to get to more out-of-area conventions. It's bad enough having to go through this once or twice a year (depending on if i fly to visit mom or dad as well as go to AC), without adding more cons on top of it.
One of the things I've been worrying about is Gandalf (the tuxedo kitten). His behavior has taken an odd turn this week where he seems to have mostly lost interest in eating. he's never been a chow-hound like Fluffy, but this week he seemed to stop eating altogether, and would just walk away from his food. But he doesn't seem to be sick or in any distress; he still plays and drinks water and acts perfectly normal-- he's just not eating. At this point Fluffy outweighs him by more than a pound, and Gandalf is looking very skinny. Today and yesterday I saw him eating some dry food, but he still has no interest in the canned stuff. The vet said to try and get a stool sample, but with 4 cats it's hard to tell who's poop is who's. I did once have a cat that would eat only dry food, but she ate plenty of it and wasn't skinny like this. It's very odd, and of course I'm worrying excessivly about it.
Summer is in full swing and it's been very hot here the past few days.
I'm still hoping to get a few of those artist cards done to put in the art show. For the past few days I've been doing some long-overdue pencil work on another Dave Hopkin's project, but i should be done with that today, and hopefully can squeeze in a few of those cards between now and the con.
Also worried about con sales, due to the crappy economy and the humongous dealer's room (huge dealer's room usually = sales thin for everyone due to people's buying dollar being stretched between dozens of dealers.) But I'm hoping if I'm diligent about working I can make some buxs.
One of the things I've been worrying about is Gandalf (the tuxedo kitten). His behavior has taken an odd turn this week where he seems to have mostly lost interest in eating. he's never been a chow-hound like Fluffy, but this week he seemed to stop eating altogether, and would just walk away from his food. But he doesn't seem to be sick or in any distress; he still plays and drinks water and acts perfectly normal-- he's just not eating. At this point Fluffy outweighs him by more than a pound, and Gandalf is looking very skinny. Today and yesterday I saw him eating some dry food, but he still has no interest in the canned stuff. The vet said to try and get a stool sample, but with 4 cats it's hard to tell who's poop is who's. I did once have a cat that would eat only dry food, but she ate plenty of it and wasn't skinny like this. It's very odd, and of course I'm worrying excessivly about it.
Summer is in full swing and it's been very hot here the past few days.
I'm still hoping to get a few of those artist cards done to put in the art show. For the past few days I've been doing some long-overdue pencil work on another Dave Hopkin's project, but i should be done with that today, and hopefully can squeeze in a few of those cards between now and the con.
Also worried about con sales, due to the crappy economy and the humongous dealer's room (huge dealer's room usually = sales thin for everyone due to people's buying dollar being stretched between dozens of dealers.) But I'm hoping if I'm diligent about working I can make some buxs.