Happy Birthdays and cat update

[blamebrampton]

A very happy birthday to dumbys_baby and i_autumnheart, who are both nearly at the day after, but the phone was used! Fingers crossed life will calm down enough for the three of us to catch up in person before too long. Easter, I suppose.

Happy birthday also to celandineb who is such a force for good, I hope that the silly things that are plaguing you will stop soon and under_an_oak, who wages a glorious battle against faceless corporatism, with style and wit. I hope you have both been visited by the present fairy. Happy birthday for tomorrow to aoifene, you're lovely, but you know that.

OK, that's enough about people whose parents were frisky in June.

Saw Min this evening, she was mildly interested to see us, which changed to fairly interested when we pulled the tins of pink salmon from my handbag. She'd not been eating today, probably because they offered her cat food. After hoovering most of one tin, she looked up at us with an expression of mild satisfaction. The vet laughed a lot. We explained that when she was feral she lived on rats and scraps from the Thai restaurant and was fed tidbits by the posh restaurant crew.

She seemed in reasonable nick, if quiet and grumpy. She hates her drip, but may well lose it tomorrow if she keeps eating and drinking. And then it looks like chemo on Wednesday or Thursday morning.

Then we were trapped in a traffic jam on the North Shore, where people cannot manage a simple merge to the point they cause accidents. At least there's a fair chance it was an actual OAP ...

Comments

[calanthe-fics.livejournal.com]

Very good news on Min.

Why do people do that? Even in the yellow cross hatched boxes. They pull over and they pull over, making sure the nose of their car remains that crucial 1 cm ahead of yours which they feel denotes their right to be in front of you. If I had my way I would be the only driver on the road.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

She tried to purr, but her windpipe is clearly very sore and so she bunted us a little and looked at us accusingly when we left without her.

Given where we were trapped, the highest likelihoods are either than it was an 87-year-old in a Volvo who was ploughed into by a young mother in a Jeep Cherokee when her attention was distracted by her baby wailing at the same time as she was answering her phone, OR a 17-year-old in a SAAB or souped-up Subaru who who panicked as he saw a Jeep or Volvo veering towards him and drove into a wall.

The actual accident was long gone by the time we reached where it seemed likely to have been. Then again, given it's Sydney, it's wholly likely that a bus just decided to block an intersection for half an hour, because it could.

[calanthe-fics.livejournal.com]

A woman locally got 4 years in prison last week for killing a 19 year old boy on a bike. She'd been sending a text at the time she drove right through the junction he was crossing.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I know this is personal, but I do feel the appropriate punishment is being lined up in front of a sedan driven by the deceased's loved ones.

[calanthe-fics.livejournal.com]

Quite right too. Imagine having your child's life valued at the price of a text message.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Why are people so stupid? And why am I still awake? Good night, dear!

[calanthe-fics.livejournal.com]

Off you go now. Not that you need the beauty sleep, I'm sure.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Oh this week I need something of a beauty coma. Night!

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear about Min's appetite returning. Maybe next time you should bring pad thai.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Spicy basil quail. She likes the carrots and chillis in particular. Strange kitty.

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

Exotic- we don't get quail in the US. And I cannot imagine a cat eating chilis, but I did have a cat once who ate raisins.

As for Uther, he enjoys rice noodles.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

You know, they really *could* be friends, she likes the tomato- and soy-based sauces that we tend to have on noodles, but not the noodles. It's be a Jack Spratt-type relationship.

If a crate turns up ...

[catsintheattic.livejournal.com]

Yay for the cat update and confetti for the birthday-people!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

The house seems empty, need distractions! I have never been so good at remembering birthdays!

[empress-jae.livejournal.com]

that's a great update on Min. you know...there's something about a grumpy cat that makes my squee reflex kick in. it's like, you can see in their eyes what their thinking and how annoyed they are with the situation...and it's just so CUTE. :D

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

She has the vet staff all charmed, the dog below her in the cages is very whiny and she will walk to the front of her cage, look down, wait until one of the staff is looking at her, and then roll her eyes pointedly before going to the back of her cage.

They took the hint after the third time and now take the dog out for a little walk when she's fed up with him.

The uber vet still seems quite confident, see how things are on Wednesday after her first chemo.

[bryoneybrynn.livejournal.com]

Hee! I've just been scrolling through the comments and the bit about the dog in the cage below her is too funny. I think I love your cat. Can you love a cat from afar? Very, very afar? There's not much that's more afar from Australia than Canada. What a strangely sad thought. Our paths will never cross....

Anyway, I'm glad to hear she's getting on okay. I tell you that salmon is magic stuff. Ben has much the same reaction to it. He might refuse everything on the plate but he can slam back a whole fillet in about five minutes flat. With Buddy dancing around below the high chair to catch any flakes that might happen to miss Ben's mouth.

And oooooh traffic. Grr at the many times I have almost been hit while someone tried to make a mad left while on their cell phone. Or last week when I was getting on the highway and the person in front of me panic and braked almost to a complete stop in the last 20 feet of the on-ramp. Yes, that's much less likely to get you killed then merging. And then there is the crosswalk of doom by my house that I swear is only for decorative purposes because no one ever ever stops. *shakes head* Crazy car world.

BTW, I am nearing the end of my fic. I'm hoping to pound it out this week. I thought I'd send it to you, not to beta - that can totally wait - but just as a distraction from all the craziness?

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Yes, you can love her from afar, though I need to become independently wealthy so that I can bring everyone over for a Min meet-up. Unfortunately I am headed more in the bankruptcy direction ... Airport novels beckon! I could pump out a few!

HEH! The mix of child and dog is one of nature's classics. I couldn't order chicken for dinner tonight because I need Min in the house to eat my leftovers, not that Im a child. Well, sometimes childish ...

Do send it through, I am trying to write diligently, but some reading would be great.

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

Yay for the great news! =D

Incidentally, I just wrote a cat drabble this morning (original).

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

That was a lovely drabble! She's doing well tonight, too. Tomorrow should see chemo begin, so fingers crossed.

[vaysh11.livejournal.com]

So good to hear that Min is eating again. Yeah, who can resist pink salmon ;-). Which reminds me of the one time when we brought back fresh shrimp directly from the Northern Sea, hauled it all the way down to Southern Germany, and Ms. Natascha (our cat then) would nit deign to even smell at it.
All the best wishes for Min and you!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Outrageous! Min would have probably even purred for you after an effort like that. But yes, salmon is the cure for many ills. She even had some kitten kibble today, which is good since kibble is her fave non-salmon food.

Thanks for the best wishes, she is still doing well, and will start chemo tomorrow, we think. Fingers very much crossed.

[tsosh.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad to read this. :)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thanks, dear!

[aoifene.livejournal.com]

Yay for Min being okay to eat again! :) And thank you for very much for the birthday wishes! *hugs*

Oh and btw, I don't how those hp_mailbox works if there'a reveal or not but I was actually your Draco for it :)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

But that's PERFECT! Because in that case I DO have a present for you, I just need to put the fringes on it! (Er, hope you like Gryffindor colours -- I thought I'd make it for your little friend!)

[aoifene.livejournal.com]

OH! That's fantastic! And um, you really didn't have to! *twiddles thumbs* I was just glad you liked my present. But Harry is going to love that! :D

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I was SO HAPPY to read that letter, and the pressies were the icing on the cake, so I pulled out the craft genes and special projected in my spare minutes. You can see why it's taken three months ...

A spot of craft is literally the smallest token of my enormous appreciation!

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

So glad Min is holding her own. Here's hoping the chemo goes ok.

*hides from north shore traffic jams*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

You are right to hide! Tonight was good, though, 15 minutes from Crows Nest to Erskineville. Chemo is scheduled for tomorrow. I am just being hopeful now. She just wants to come home. Whenever we turn up without her basket she looks at us as though we are traitors. Which we do feel like ...

[no-mad-skillz.livejournal.com]

*blinks mildly at Min*

You have people all over the world thinking hopeful thoughts for you and your humans.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

She would blink back at you and come and sit on your foot were you and she both here. That is the highest sign of her esteem.

You know, that hadn't occurred to me till you mentioned it, and then I was just suffused with gratefulness for the wonderful people on my flist. I'm sure it's helping J and I through, and am hopeful it's also buoying her. Thank you!

Thank you for the well wish!

[under-an-oak.livejournal.com]

A little unlucky with the present fairy, but well-warmed and well-loved with the wishes. It's the thought, after all, that counts!

I am still waging that unending battle with/against (it depends on my mood) corporate HR - I've been bloodied, I've been burnt, and I've died many a faceless deaths *waves rusty sword*!

(Sorry, it's 7pm and I'm still in the office *grin*)

Re: Thank you for the well wish!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Oh noes! (as the young people say)

I hope you escaped not long after that, or we may need to send you a sharper, shinier sword! And you are very deserving of the love!

[pushdragon.livejournal.com]

Move to Melbourne. There is no traffic here. You simply book the road at the time you want it and all the other traffic has to get off it until you've reached your destination.

Also I'm glad your Min is holding up.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

You see, you write in jest, but I have cycled in Melbourne and it feels EXACTLY like that! As opposed to Sydney, where the experience is entirely "Doomed, doomed, why are they trying to kill me??!!!"

She was even perkier tonight, and much grumpier.

[madchemist36.livejournal.com]

Oh my, I feel terrible for I've missed almost the entirety of the Min drama! I am obviously a horrible person, but she has my best wishes now. I am glad that the vets think they have figured it out finally and that she is feeling a bit better. Whining dogs are, indeed, an evil thing to suffer, especially whilst ill.

[cloviss.livejournal.com]

I'm so pleased Min is doing better, and making her opinions known.
Fancy them offerng a cat of such discrimination cat food!

[lackofmendacity.livejournal.com]

Well, like you said, if she's still interested in food, that's a good sign, right? :)

Chemo sounds... well, forgive me for generalising (mainly because I know very little about the process), but I hope she doesn't lose her hair. :/

Seriously though, it's great to hear things are looking up for Min. ^_^

[leochi.livejournal.com]

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