Surprise Kittens!

So last night at 8:30pm I heard a knock at my door and it was my neighbor with two half dead little kittens for me. I apparently am the cat lady now lol

They were in bad shape, nothing but bones. When they handed me the first one I thought it was already dead by how listless its body was. I didn't think that one was going to make it through the night at first.

When you pet them and all you can feel is their spine it breaks your heart. They were covered in dirt and burs. Like every inch of their fur was tangled in burs that I had to pick out. It took forever and was probably good that they had no energy because it was not fun pulling them out :( But I bet they feel alot better now.

I was afraid my husband would be mad at me for taking them in. I just could not tell them no when they were in such bad shape.

But right away he was amazing, comforted me because I was in panic mode with worry over them. And he told me to stay with the kittens while he ran to the store to buy formula. awww. He also named them...Hope & Faith. I think one might be a boy though lol. One is black & the other is a diluted calico. Very adorable.

I am not sure what I am going to do with them right now. I texted my contact at the shelter last night and they said they would take them but I am not sure if they will at this age. I am assuming 3-4 weeks. I guess I may need to foster them until they are old enough. Not sure how my husband will feel about that.

It kindof puts a ? on today's plans though. We were supposed to drive down to my inlaws, who are about an hour and a half away, and spend the day doing a cookout and seeing family.

The kittens need to be fed about every 3-4 hours. So either I stay home...which I haven't been able to go visit them in a while because last time they had a get together I had foster kittens then too. Or I take the kittens with us. I will see what DH thinks I guess.

I spent all day yesterday baking zucchini mini bread loafs & mini muffins. One flavor is chocolate & walnut & the other is blueberry. They both rock too! I wanted to bring them to the cookout.
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Busy Morning

I slept through the night again!!! It is a miracle. I fell asleep watching a movie last night at like 9:30, got up at 10 and went straight to bed then woke up alittle after 5:30. Sleeping is awesome :)

I got up at 6am to go lay traps for the feral cats. I have 7 traps this time! But I only set 3 because I need to wait and see if they have room for anymore. I already trapped one. She got in the cage but not in all the way and she was so busy eating I was able to sneak up behind her and snap the trap closed.

Tomorrow I am taking them to another spay clinic. We get them spayed and some shots and flea meds then release them back. If I can catch 7 Ill be pretty much done with this colony. But I doubt I will have that much luck. I have already caught and released 6 cats from here and not alot more make this their permanent home but travel so we will see.

No bike ride this morning though. Way too tired after caring out all those traps. I am exhausted and a sweaty mess ewww. I also really need to invest in bug spray because I am covered in mosquito bites.

I am excited to go help out at the clinic tomorrow. I really love doing it. It is alot of work but so worth it. This will be my third time doing it.

As soon as my DH wakes up we are supposed to go shopping but I doubt that will really happen lol. We didn't go shopping last week so we are in dire need of restocking. I should probably make a quick list.

Restless

**Warning below are pictures of an injured cat. He is ok now! But you may wish not to see them. It is really not too bad but there is blood.






Well I got a surprise period on Friday! I have PCOS which means it truly was a surprise. The good news is that it means between the metformin, diet & exercise things are working how they should! The true test ofcourse will be if it visits again next month but right now I am happy about it.

Well as happy as one can be while being irritable and in tons of pain. My body isn't used to having to go through this and just working so hard that it causes me alot more pain then normal. I am taking a steady stream of midol and prescription ibuprofen when it gets too much. Honestly it isn't as bad as it has been in the past where I would literally be on the floor in a ball crying and unable to move. So this is cake compared to that. I am trying to stay up and active but really its hard.

I am also sore all over and cranky and having mad cravings for bad bad things. I keep reminding myself that this is NOT a free pass to eat whatever I want. I think overall I am doing really well keeping it together. Proud of myself.

I have plans to volunteer at the animal shelter tomorrow. A huge part of me is like nooo why did u agree to that. Its bad enough that I am on my period so I really don't feel like leaving the house but it also means a lot of walking home because I didn't want to wait really late for a bus. Then on top of that my anxiety is through the roof. Facing my anxiety is like facing a room full of giant spiders. I really don't wanna do it lol. But I will never be better if I don't push myself out of my comfort zone.

As much as I hate it, I am doing something good helping the cats. Plus I get to see a cat I rescued and named. His name is now Lucky and he is awaiting adoption at the shelter. I trapped him and we got him vet help because half his tail was missing and what was left was in big time need of assistance. So much blood.

 

He now just has alittle tiny stub of a tail left. But he is in good hands now and will get a loving caring home. He used to have a home but they kicked him out after he was injured. Breaks my heart that people can be so cruel. Keep your pet cats indoors people and if they are injured do whatever possible to get them to a vet!


Anyways today I am feeling bored and restless and irritable. I hope tomorrow I feel better.

Today is looking bright - weigh in!

I am continuing to wake up early in the morning. Before it was 4am everyday and now it started being 3am. Guess how much fun that is? The worst is that after I wake up I can not for the life of me fall back to sleep. I am laying in bed tossing and turning until 5-6am before I finally get up or fall back to sleep. It is seriously putting a edge to my day.

Tonight I am going to not drink anything after 7pm and see if that helps me stay asleep.

Besides that my day has started off amazingly great!

FBS this morning 115 and that was after eating a bowl of granola/oatmeal kindof late. It was really good quality stuff with cinnamon, flax, quinoa. So that all probably helped control my BS. I really love oatmeal and granola so that makes me happy.

Secondly today is my weigh in. And I haven't been having the best week. I had alot of ups and downs and wanted to quit..but I didn't! So I wasn't expecting anything big on the scale today. But I am down 2.6lbs!!!! 207.6 is my weight today. I jumped on the scale 3 times to make sure because I didnt believe it lol

So here is to not giving up! Yay me!

One step closer to Onederland...8.6lbs to go baby!

I am hoping the rain lets up today so I can get in a walk. I have to run to the pet store by my house to get cat food but it is like right across the street lol Though still carrying a huge bag of cat food home is some strength workout in itself lol!

Yesterday I had a mostly boring day though I did take my oldest cat Kisa to the vet to get her updated rabies and microchipped. She was so well behaved and calm the vet commented on her being the best cat she has ever seen and a real treasure to get to meet. awww :) Made me so proud. She is the sweetest cat. She loves everyone. Though she hates the foster kittens and Trixie lol My other cats would not have been that well behaved at all lol

Yay for dogs!

I woke up at 5am this morning. I wasn't feeling very good. Had a small binge last night meh. My routine gets messed up and I do things like that. :( I'm disappointed in myself. But all I can do is take it one day at a time. Today will be a better brighter day.

I took a walk this morning. It was just a mile but it was nice. Just a slight chill this morning but lovely out. Still working on the leash walking with my dog Trixie. Having to stop and correct her again and again makes the walk slower, but I am still moving. She does pretty well honestly. She will stop and sit if I stop almost always now, I can call her back to a heal position. She just gets excited and starts pulling. Honestly I just walk too slow for her lol! It makes me feel bad.

I think I may take my walk farther and work on 1.5 miles starting tomorrow, then keep increasing it as the weeks go on.

I do have one really bright point to share. During my walk I started having a panic attack. My legs were getting alittle bit sore, up hill walking meh. I always start to panic right about that point. And it really sucks because I feel like I can't catch my breath, that I can't breathe, my chest tightens. And trying to walk and feel like that makes the walk 300% harder.

But this time I actually used my dog to help me. I knelt down and told her the command and she nuzzled me with her head. It let me catch my breath, relax and calm down. The rest of the walk was much better.

So I am thankful for that.

I am dropping my foster kittens off today with the rescue so they can go to the vet and have some promising homes look at them! I hope they get adopted. They are amazing little kittens, so deserving of great homes. 

I made chicken fajitas for dinner. I have never tried cooking something like that before and am really proud of myself. It turned out great. I cut up all the peppers & onions. My DH teased me at how I was making cutting a pepper far too complicated and he showed me how to cut it the right way :) I then cut up chicken and seasoned it with garlic & mesquite spices. My sister in law had explained how to do it & that I needed a very hot pan and I think that helped the most. They were really yummy. Had them with just alittle bit of cheese and whole wheat tortillas.

 I am also really proud of myself because I have been drinking lots of water now. I need to buy another water bottle and I also need to get some hand weights really bad.

Tomorrow is my weigh in day. I hope it goes as well as I am hoping it does!