The Compulsive Ramblings Of A Philotherian: platinum

Not only has the weather plummeted into the 30s the past few days, my immune system has as well. Just as I suspected Friday - my cold got worse. Luckily it wasn't anything super sever, but I felt like complete and utter crap when I woke up Saturday. Actually before that, around 11ish in the morning. I woke up coughing and terribly congested. I just dragged through work Saturday. Getting home that evening was like winning the lottery.

Sunday was no better. My head didn't feel as "swollen" as the day before, but I was still congested. Later on last night my throat started to her. I was getting hoarse and couldn't hardly swallow... Fun! I feel as if that's what's going to happen tonight as well.

Today I've been coughing non-stop, which is causing my throat to hurt. It's not like a raw, burning sensation, just sore. Trying to swallow is a pain. I hope and pray I'm better by tomorrow. I have to go into work a tad early because literally every manager in the store is going to a meeting and I'm in charge. That means little ole me is going to be running an entire crew of people tomorrow. Lord help me.

Speaking of working, I sewed up a cage set today and posted it a little while ago. Surprisingly enough it sold, as well as the other identical set that I had. After that another lady contacted me wanting a cage set. Well she ended up ordering not one, but TWO sets! So now I have 3 additional sets to sew this week. We have to take my aunt's dog to the vet Wednesday, but hopefully I can get at least one done before we have to go. Then Thursday I'll try to finish the rest. Maybe I can coax LaVaughn into helping me.

This is way off subject, but I just have to mention that Chloe and Boone's joeys detached! On New Year's Day!! How awesome is that? We haven't come up with any names yet, but we have a gorgeous Platinum and True Platinum Mosaic, both boys. They're to die for gorgeous!

Well I'm coughing like crazy right now, so I'm going to call it a day. Until next time...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Here are pics of the boys freshly OOP:

3 Days OOP:

And lastly, the cage set I made today:

The title says it all -- basically I'm in complete and utter shock! BART CAME HOME!! Out of all the crummy days, there's a day like yesterday! I honestly still can't believe he's home, it's like a dream come true! I swear, I thought he was going to begone for good, which was far too much for me to handle. Some days I would just fixate on the fact that he wasn't home and would cry... constantly! Thankfully he's home now, I can't even.

Surprisingly enough, he's not super skinny. I figured that if/when he dragged in that he would be skin and bones. Someone somewhere was feeding him -- thank you, strange folks!

In equally -- well not equally, but close -- exciting news, Chloe's joeys detached just minutes ago! I knew she was getting close to popping. I've been getting lots of glimpses and sneak peeks lately, even enough to see the color and sex! We have a plat boy and a leu boy! I did think the leu was a girl, but I was wrong. I just hope they do well -- I'm going to be a nervous wreck!

A friend of a friend in the glider community contacted me months ago and inquired about a plat boy. She only had that sickly little leu boy at the time, so I had to send her in someone else's direction. Surprisingly enough, she's still looking for a plat boy! Hopefully everything goes well on our end and she's able to adopt him. I'm not messaging her and letting her know until he's about a week OOP -- not taking ANY chances here!

This is going to come as a shock too, but LaVaughn and I sewed today! Not one cage set, but TWO! Two 6 piece cage sets and I think (fingers crossed) that we sold them both. If we didn't have stuff going on the rest of the week, you better believe I'd be sewing more! There's a lot going on next week as well. I think my only free days will be Monday and Friday, sigh...

Speaking of our itinerary, we have a dinner planned for this coming Sunday. It should be the entire gang, but I'm not sure. The only ones on the fence are Doug, Kyan, and Stephanie. I've been begging the boys to come. After all, Doug IS my best friend, so he's kind of obligated. We'll see I guess. We're meeting up in Arnold again, this time at Applebee's -- Texas Roadhouse is just too crowded. I just hope everything works out and everyone's able to make it.

One last thing before I go -- Bath & Body Works is having an awesome sale on the fragrances. Some are even 75% off! We took full advantage and ordered 7 new sprays, as well as my auntie's birthday present. I can't wait for them to arrive!

Love & Peace

-Megan

Here's my precious, missing boy!