A conversation about nothing in particular

[Lafftur]

Hey blue,

Ketch me up! How many kittens are still with us and what are their names?

 

[HisUnfailingLove]

I'm crying right now. Soooo many people prayed for these kittens, the TK chatters, me, you guys... I'm just... so very sad right now..

Isn't it nice to have people to share your sadness with? We can all laugh together but, we can also cry together!

That's right! That's what family is for:

 

[becc]

And once again for the 3rd time in a week, seeing these kittens die brings me back to when Tequila went home.. I laid here beside her and petted her for 2 hours afterward.

But the question is, WHY after 2 years, have I not grieved over her yet? Why do I keep putting it off?

That's so sad. Maybe too painful. People sometimes block out painful memories to like avoid the pain cuz it's just too much.

 

[Magenta]

Shelly just informed us that little Okoye didn't make it... :'(

Fading kitten thingy again?

 

[becc]

Yup, same thing with my yard-sale find $5.00 toaster.
It served me well for many years, but when it blew its
circuitry, I did not bother to replace it either

I have a feeling you are missing a lot of kitchen appliancies.

 

[Magenta]

And once again for the 3rd time in a week, seeing these kittens die brings me back to when Tequila went home.. I laid here beside her and petted her for 2 hours afterward.

But the question is, WHY after 2 years, have I not grieved over her yet? Why do I keep putting it off?

Blue, I think you grieve a little every time you talk about it...

Maybe letting it all out at once feels too overwhelming... and even
if you were able to eventually feel that you had done that, you would
still carry the love you had for your precious Tequila with you

 

[blue_ladybug]

Umm.. Originally, Ramona had 5: Quimby, Beezus, Huggins, Ribsy and little purple Prince. But Quimby and Prince died.

Rula had 3: T'Challa, Nakia, and Okoye. Okoye just died.

Chloe has 5: Cheddar, Colby. Aura, Fontina and Brie. Aura is the one with the cleft palate.

I'm grateful that these little guys are still here. That Aura is a little fighter. But it just truly breaks my heart to see them fade away..

Hey blue,

Ketch me up! How many kittens are still with us and what are their names?

 

[HisUnfailingLove]

And once again for the 3rd time in a week, seeing these kittens die brings me back to when Tequila went home.. I laid here beside her and petted her for 2 hours afterward.

But the question is, WHY after 2 years, have I not grieved over her yet? Why do I keep putting it off?

I am just overwhelmed with love for you right now dear one - (((HUGS)))

 

[blue_ladybug]

She was gaining good til yesterday, but lost 12 grams overnight..

Fading kitten thingy again?

 

[blue_ladybug]

If I could use an emoji to describe me right now, it would be:

 

[EarnestQ]

At least it was the food that blew up, and not the microwave oven

My microwave oven spontaneously combusted many years ago, and I have not bothered to replace it

It is my understanding that microwave ovens need a minimum amount of water to heat or they can burn themselves out. If one is heating a pastry, for example, one should put a cup of water in with it because there is not enough water in the pastry for the microwave to work with.

This was the case in the olden days, twenty to thirty years ago. Check your user's manual to see for sure. If you don't have it, you might find it online.

 

[Magenta]

She was gaining good til yesterday, but lost 12 grams overnight..

I was watching the feed yesterday evening/night, when Shelly first caught the weight loss (or was it lack of appropriate weight gain?), and started tube feeding. It was a sudden turn that surely seemed ominous

 

[HisUnfailingLove]

 

[Magenta]

It is my understanding that microwave ovens need a minimum amount of water to heat or they can burn themselves out. If one is heating a pastry, for example, one should put a cup of water in with it because there is not enough water in the pastry for the microwave to work with.

This was the case in the olden days, twenty to thirty years ago. Check your user's manual to see for sure. If you don't have it, you might find it online.

Hey hey hey, hello Earnest! Oy, there is no way I could remember the make and model of my long gone microwave Truthfully, I do not miss it Good food is worth waiting for

 

[blue_ladybug]

I didn't see that, but I was probably in bed by then.. She's tube feeding Aura too, but luckily she keeps gaining..

I was watching the feed yesterday evening/night, when Shelly first caught the weight loss (or was it lack of appropriate weight gain?), and started tube feeding. It was a sudden turn that surely seemed ominous

 

[HisUnfailingLove]

If I could use an emoji to describe me right now, it would be: View attachment 181086 View attachment 181087

Does this count as an emoji? lol

 

[Magenta]

I didn't see that, but I was probably in bed by then.. She's tube feeding Aura too, but luckily she keeps gaining..

Yeah, Aura will need to be tube fed until they can possibly do reconstructive surgery on her, and that will not be for quite some time, and even if she makes it that far, the surgery is not guaranteed to bring her completely out of the woods, as it were, because her cleft is so pervasive. The chances of her aspirating food and getting pneumonia in the meantime are pretty high.

 

[EarnestQ]

Hey hey hey, hello Earnest! Oy, there is no way I could remember the make and model of my long gone microwave Truthfully, I do not miss it Good food is worth waiting for

I don't use anything but the microwave. Before I was married I turned the gas off to my stove because I never used it.

 

[blue_ladybug]

Gotta blow my nose. Get rid of the snot boogers.. lol

 

[EarnestQ]

Gotta blow my nose. Get rid of the snot boogers.. lol View attachment 181088

Too much information.