kitty maud.

he's not doing so well, but hanging in there..



i helped a friend and her husband move today. it was fun! i dislike moving myself, but don't mind helping other people. when it's your own stuff, it can get really overwhelming. i'm pretty good at organizing (other peoples things).
i also love tetras, which has fairly transferable skills.

kitty purrs

itty bitty old man cat maud. i miss the little guy so much! he gets so happy when i visit.



today was spent waiting for a phone call that never came. a good friend is in afghanistan. he called on wednesday just to say he cared "in case anything were to happen" in the next few hours.

i'm sure he'll be ok, but it's still stressful.

how do people do it? wait like this, i mean?

at just about 2 a.m. i finally got a message from him. he was safe, although couldn't talk about what he had to do.

meow

i moved today. it's a pretty sweet apartment. i'm really glad i found it.

...but this is the first night in awhile that i didn't go to bed with a purring kitty by my pillow.

when i moved to halifax i missed him, but not like this. i guess before, he was still youthful & active, but in the last 2 months he has really gone downhill. he lives in my room. he lost a LOT of weight. he doesn't play. his appetite went downhill. he doesn't even drool when i pet him...

now i know that his days are numbered, i can SEE it. i feel like i'm wasting them by leaving and my heart aches. we've been through a lot of homes together.
a lot of lives.

he's my itty bitty kitty. my old man cat.
i can bury my head in his side. nuzzle the top of his head. pet his belly. wrap my arm around him & fall asleep.
he'll never squirm away, he trusts me that much.

my kitty-less new room:

unimpressed kitty is unimpressed

so awhile ago i cleaned out my closet. i had a bag of unwanted clothing sitting on my floor ever since. i didn't really do a thorough job, so i've had it in my head that i'd do another sweep. no sense taking a half full bag to the thrift store...

then i started thinking. most of the clothes are obviously worn... the material is fine, just not so much for wearing.
i could cut them up and make something else! a rug seemed to be the easiest. i found a video tutorial that required no sewing (phew!) and set to work.

as you can see, it didn't really turn out... it's more of a hat.. i think i'm making the knots too tight.

in my search, i found a BUNCH of tutorials for other things. i really want to try them! maybe i can get good enough to sell them...?



also: anyone who's not canadian and watched the closing ceremonies for the olympics: I'M SORRY! that is not an accurate sampling of my country. please don't hold the poor judgment of a few against the rest of us.. i beg you.

Cat

Went to my friends place after work. Here is a picture of one of their cats. I'm allergic and still feeling it today. Inhalers and pills can only do so much. It's kind of worth it though, I love these people.