Sorry, folks, about the unannounced hiatus. I decided to take Spring Break off from everything, so I could focus on resting up and getting my house back in shape. A week spent visiting family on the West side and three days of deep-cleaning later, I feel rested and renewed. Spring is here for reals, and I have bean and sugar peas sprouting. My mom is building me some raised beds to go in the side yard, and some tomato frames for the front- I'm leaving the back for the neighbor's ADORABLE wiener dogs. (and their less adorable poo)
I'm deep in the garden planning stage. Since it still freezes at night, I keep the starts inside at night, and take them outside on sunny days. My dear, sweet mother gave me some pansies and some kind of poppy-like flowers that get the same treatment. The cats are fascinated by the plants and won't leave them alone. Yesterday one of them chowed down on a pansy and then threw it up in the living room. Luckily for whoever it was, pansies are edible-even used as salad greens- they just didn't agree with him.
In other, even less interesting news, something odd is going on with Coraline. Firstly, let it be known that our two boy cats are reputed to be fixed- Robbie came with a note from the shelter declaring the loss of his manhood, while we took Mew in ourselves. Also, NONE of the cats are allowed to go outside. EVER. We live perilously close to the dorm and frat-house district, and the crazy driving we see daily is too much to risk. So you can understand why we have been a little lax about getting Coraline spayed. It's expensive and there's no way she can get knocked up.
She went into heat for the first time in late January, just before Little Hawk fell and hit his head. It was annoying and we had to crate her because she kept scent-marking the furniture. We decided to save our pennies and spay her whenever she came into heat again. She hasn't. She has also gained a lot of weight.
So, my question is, am I just paranoid, or did the vet screw up on the boys?!?
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