So it's a quiet night for us. Mum is going to watch a show and have a big fruit juice with some vodka and be in bed just after 12. I've been asleep since 8pm. You can see me enjoying my new years eve catnip in today's photo!! Enjoy your evening my friends.
She bought one of these pulse oximeters off the internet a few weeks ago, which was cheap and is handy. Don't worry - her sats are fine. No temperature, just a cough and sore chest So mum has to isolate at home until results are back. So no New Years Eve parties for her.
We hope you're all ready for Santa too. It's Christmas eve here with just a half hour til Christmas day.
Mum has one night shift left to go, so just one more lonely night for me.
I was glad to see her and we had pats and chats before she took to her bed. I was a good girl until 2pm when I had to wake her up to tell her something important.
Mum felt a bit rough today, the effects of her booster yesterday gave her a temperature and she just felt sick. So lots of fluids snd a couple of naps helped and it is to bed soon. So her day was a lot like mine. She's made the bed and got her book ready. The washing machine is already loaded for tomorrow's loads - towels and some bedding. Mum is hoping she feels better tomorrow and can venture out, but she'll take it as it comes.
She is desperate for a good night's sleep. She has had a few restless ones and feels exhausted. Fingers crossed for tonight.
The skies were a pretty pink tonight, but the forecast seems to be heavy rain tomorrow. Mum is hoping there will be a break in the rain to go to the post office and library but we'll see.
It's pouring outside again. Mum thinks it's her fault. She bought some new shorts last week, and it's rained every day since.
Mum has booked a movie to go to yesterday, on her day off but the weather was horrid with torrential rain - a months rain in one day, so mum stayed home rather than get drenched. Today it was not as wet, and mum is hoping to get some uniforms washed and drying. Middle aged life is fun!!!
So there have been some nice things. Mum had a tasty mince on toast for dinner, raspberries were on special at the supermarket, mum and I snuggled on the bed and mum has a new book to read as she heads to bed now.
Tucker joined our friend John's home at I Have Three Cats in 2010 as a foster and got to stay and be loved with John's other cats. A big Roly Poly fellow we can tell how well loved he was, and we are glad he got to stay in a loving home and share his dinners with his dad, and how much he will be missed. Rest easy Mr Tucker.
Yesterday on mums way to work there were some anti vax/anti mask protestors outside the Governor Generals house - a whole 8 of them. As mum waited round the corner for her bus with her mask on, a man carrying large signs came past and stepped into her personal space and told mum that "masks were evil". So mum told him to "piss off" and when he took a step towards her she raised her voice and told him to "go away ".
Think what you want about vaccinations or masks. But if you come at my mum about it she is not going to stay silent about what she thinks.
So mum rung the council and got a lecture about how the bags should be out by 7am. In the four years we have lived here mum has never seen our rubbish collected before midday. To their credit they came and collected the general rubbish at 5.30am. No recycling pick up though.
So mum emailed the council this morning on her way to work and again this evening when she returned home at 8pm. What a fun game she is having!!!
First world problems huh.
So she brushed her hair, my furs (cos I love the hairbrush), brushed teeth and had a quick wash, put her uniform on, opened the curtains, grabbed her lunch from the fridge, packed her bag, gave me a pat, took the rubbish bags out and got an uber - and still made it to work by 07.50 - phew.
Luckily now she has 2 evening shifts followed by 2 days off, so no alarm clocks until next week.
Hence mums wardrobe rotation of swapping out boots and jumpers for shorts and sandals. I'm loving sniffing out the corners of the wardrobe and the smelly shoes in there.
She finished off with a visit to her two hotspots- the library and the supermarket. She liked the pretty peonies on sale there, although she has never bought any as they're not in her budget. She did get some treats though, strawberries and blueberries for her and some foods for me.
Oh and on the bus on her way home she could not help but look at a woman wearing a winter jacket and scarf. It's warm here people a little windy but the sun has been shining all day.
A quiet afternoon, reading and napping and now mum is up to make dinner. A pork and vegetable stir fry with noodles, enough to keep her fed the next two nights.
Me - a fancy feast at 3.30pm and biscuits to nibble on all day. Perfect.
Mum was going to have an early night last night, but she thought she would stay up to see the mini lunar eclipse. She went out at 10pm and went for a walk around the neighborhood but could not locate the moon, it seemed hidden by the large hill behind our house. She did stay up until 1am watching a long episode of Downton Abbey. She's rewatching the whole series and enjoying it very much. So she slipped outside to stand in the garden and saw the moon sitting over the flats next door. It was big and bright and still had part of the eclipse visible. It felt special to see something only seldom seen.
I was pleased to get home and after all the stress I gobbled down so many biscuits that mum had to stop me, worrying that I would be sick.
The vet rung mum this afternoon and the news was not so good as my bloods were worse than 4 weeks ago. Mum had to hold back a tear. She has told the vet though that she will take care of me and we will not be pursuing aggressive treatments. Just lots of snuggles and kisses.
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