Any occasion I'll be ready...

Last night sucked terribly, words can't even begin to describe. I know I haven't spoken much about our elderly rat, Emilie, that's because it's just been too hard. And part of me just doesn't want to face the fact that her time is almost up. We've had Emilie for almost 2 and half years, Thetes an extreme emotional bond between us. After all, she's The only one left out of our original 4 girls.

It's hard to believe that by the end of the month we will have lost all four of them in the same year.

Like I said, Emilie is old and can't get around well anymore. She stopped eating hard foods a few weeks ago and has been strictly on soft baby foods. She's missing quite a bit of hair anymore and has nose bleeds on occasion, which I was told was normal for a rat in her situation. Seeing that kind of stuff just makes it harder on us, but I can't even begin to imagine how hard it is for her to endure. I wish that by some miracle she would just have a complete turn around and be her old self again.

I held her for the longest time in a fleece bonding pouch last night, I only put her up when I had to take a shower. I tried holding her again and rubbing her, but that really seem to aggravate her so I set her back in her cage inside the pouch. Emilie has never been a super social rat, she's never been one to like to be held all the time, so I imagine during times like that she really does want to be alone.

Now I'm going to change the subject before I start crying again, which I really don't want to do anymore.

LaVaughn and I kept the ducklings inside for so long last night. We brought them in around 7 PM and didn't put them back out in their cage until after 10. We played Injustice the entire time, which is why I think the time went by so quickly. We fed them three separate batches of mealworms and they even slept for around 30 minutes. I think it's safe to say they had a fun night.

So yeah, there's that. I'm honestly not even in the mood anymore. Until next time...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Here are some pictures of the creepy sky from early, early this morning:

And the house... just playing with the settings:

Like a river flows...

I feel like I should begin this blog by speaking about something grievous that happened yesterday. Charli and Tyler's little (leu?) boy passed away yesterday. He stopped nursing Monday night and showed absolutely no signs of being even slightly interested in doing so. I tried to supplement him 3 different times to no avail.

I knew the entire time his outcome would me grim. I was preparing myself for the fact that he was going die, there was just no way around it. I don't even try to be optimistic anymore -- it's pointless, isn't it?

I did a lot of thinking Monday night about the gliders and how comfortable I was with the numbers we're at now. I was evaluating our breeding gliders and seeing where I stood and how I felt about it anymore. At the time I was ready to neuter everyone and re-home a select number of gliders. I was just so hurt and distraught, I just didn't want to feel like that anymore.

After the waters have calmed, I've settled some and realized that I don't hate or despise having any of the gliders. I do, however, feel uncomfortable with the numbers of cages we have and would desperately like to combine a few. Which we're partially in the process of doing. Intros will be so much easier when we receive our tent from Sara -- it should arrive tomorrow! Yay!

It was cloudy and dim today, there were only a few stray sun rays that made it past the density of the clouds. It made for terrible pictures, but I still managed to get a few.

Speaking of, I nearly slipped up yesterday and failed to take one single photo with the camera. Thankfully I took a few pictures (and a couple slefies) on my phone. I would have probably killed myself -- or someone else -- had I not taken at least ONE picture yesterday. It's just so hard to remember to do so on days that I work. I try to grab the camera as soon as I get home and snap a picture of the cats or food... something!

I'm still shocked by the fact that I'm actually still doing a Project 365. I'm not uploading them every day, mind you, but I am taking them. ;)

I've wrote enough for a short novel today, so I bid you good readings. Until next time...

Love & Peace

-Megan

The kitchen window.

Gorgeous Bart on a cloudy day.

Random weeds, trees, branches, and flowers:

A decaying tulip.

Gotta have the Bleeding Heart plant.

A tulip in bloom.

Buckeye tree blooms.

Buckeye Tree leaves.

More bumblebee pictures.

The lake.

A bug I rescued.

The perks of a day off...

Unfortunately our vet didn't have time to neuter the boys today. I called yesterday before I went into work. Luckily, she has time to do them Thursday evening, whew! It kind of worked out well, considering I didn't feel like doing crap today... go figure.

LaVaughn and I did managed to clean ALL of the gliders cages, change pouches, trim nails, clean the drop trays, and vacuum! It only took us a little over an hour, maybe longer. We've been trying to clean this and that everywhere we go in preparedness for the weekend. We're going to have a full house.

Did I mention that our cousin, his girlfriend, and son are coming down as well? If you're keeping count, that brings our total to a whopping 13 guests! I kind of want to tuck-tails and go to the river. I'm a tad reclusive when it comes to being around other people. I've been unsocial all my life, it's just the way I am, so I just typically don't do well in large groups of people.

Speaking of large groups of people, LaVaughn and I went to town a little while ago to get something to eat and was astonished by the amount of people that were there. Apparently there was a baseball game today. You know what that means... it's national "eat fast food with your ball playing kids" day! I was SO beyond thankful that I didn't have to work there on that day. Ugh, gives me chills.

I suppose that's all.

Love & Peace

-Megan

An adorable baby frog for your viewing pleasure:

The sky and the drive to town:

And yes, a free happy meal:

One of the perks of working at McDonald's.