Sunday, January 22
Jan. 23rd, 2023 01:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
The weather is wonderful again today.
The hay pile burned down nicely, and the snow contained everything. A big pile of rotten hay is now a small pile of ashes that will fade away in the spring.
I talked with Sister E, and for whatever reason we kept everything to talking about impersonal things. It's still just nice to talk to someone.
I went to the barn, and R said that Earl the barn cat was not doing well (and he looks like he is not). A few weeks ago they took him to the vet and had him on antibiotics, but that didn't seem to help. She said they are likely taking him to the vet this week, and likely it means he is being put down.
Part of me feels like there is likely more possibilities to explore, but that they aren't going to as he is a "barn cat". I don't know. I hope it is just a clear cut situation, and not a lack of valuing his life.
It makes me feel a little helpless, as it is out of my knowledge and not in my control to try to do more to help him.
It made it a distracted session with River. River was also thinking about hay again today, so neither one of us was totally present. We did okay, and even tried to push one or two things further with some success, though the gate obstacle is still difficult for us.
After everything was cleaned up and River was back in the corral, and I was the only person in the barn, I went and had a big cry with Earl, and tried to say good bye to him in case this is the last time I see him.
I know he's not "my cat", but I just love animals. I see him at the barn every time I go, and I typically spend some time with him and the other cat, Ruby. In the summer you see them all over the yard, up in the bales and sometimes out in the pasture. He's a big sweetheart who just makes the funniest meows, like a crusty old pirate.
I came home and had a nap.
I learned that Alabama still has laws against the sale of sex toys. For real. Not like an old-timey law against marrying your horse that is still on the books and people laugh about. Nope. An actual go-to-jail kind of law that is currently being debated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Obscenity_Enforcement_Act
The weather is wonderful again today.
The hay pile burned down nicely, and the snow contained everything. A big pile of rotten hay is now a small pile of ashes that will fade away in the spring.
I talked with Sister E, and for whatever reason we kept everything to talking about impersonal things. It's still just nice to talk to someone.
I went to the barn, and R said that Earl the barn cat was not doing well (and he looks like he is not). A few weeks ago they took him to the vet and had him on antibiotics, but that didn't seem to help. She said they are likely taking him to the vet this week, and likely it means he is being put down.
Part of me feels like there is likely more possibilities to explore, but that they aren't going to as he is a "barn cat". I don't know. I hope it is just a clear cut situation, and not a lack of valuing his life.
It makes me feel a little helpless, as it is out of my knowledge and not in my control to try to do more to help him.
It made it a distracted session with River. River was also thinking about hay again today, so neither one of us was totally present. We did okay, and even tried to push one or two things further with some success, though the gate obstacle is still difficult for us.
After everything was cleaned up and River was back in the corral, and I was the only person in the barn, I went and had a big cry with Earl, and tried to say good bye to him in case this is the last time I see him.
I know he's not "my cat", but I just love animals. I see him at the barn every time I go, and I typically spend some time with him and the other cat, Ruby. In the summer you see them all over the yard, up in the bales and sometimes out in the pasture. He's a big sweetheart who just makes the funniest meows, like a crusty old pirate.
I came home and had a nap.
I learned that Alabama still has laws against the sale of sex toys. For real. Not like an old-timey law against marrying your horse that is still on the books and people laugh about. Nope. An actual go-to-jail kind of law that is currently being debated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Obscenity_Enforcement_Act
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Date: 2023-01-24 06:40 am (UTC)Is it possible for you to take guardianship of Earl? It sounds like you might be a good one to value him if not save him.
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Date: 2023-01-24 06:54 am (UTC)I am also trying to accept that he is estimated to be about 18 years old, which is a pretty good age, he has lived a good life, and maybe unless there is a clear path of treatment, I would not give him a better remaining quality of life.
I don't know how to have that conversation with R.
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Date: 2023-01-24 07:21 am (UTC)Perhaps - I've always been fond of Earl. I hope you know that if for any reason you could not continue to care for him, I'd be glad to have him.
That's not pushy. Maybe R would appreciate hearing it, regardless of the outcome at the vet's.