More pre-trip, some Kung Fu, and more winter pics

Took the two birds (Cid and Ray) to Laura today. She is 90% sure that Cid has got mites! The invisible kind, the likes of which I've never had on any bird before. She had some powder to put on him that she said was totally safe and she had used it to great effect before. She's really interested in working with him, too. If it works, then most of his problems could clear up. It's possible that even his seizures could stop. That would be amazing.

Then, I also brought my dove to work, probably to be put to sleep. That really depressed me. But she is never going to fly again, and I can't keep her caged. I have to do what is right. I was going to put her to sleep a few weeks ago, but Rob convinced me to give her a chance. But her wing is just shattered in a really bad place. The part that kills me is that her crop healed perfectly, which is so rare. God! How sucky.

I'm still in a panic about having to board the dogs tomorrow, and leaving Pendragon. I know I've got my two petsitters and all, but they're not me. Still, it is worlds better than boarding Pendragon. It has to be. Has to be. (Knock on wood.) Then I've got to make a ton of food for Pendragon, and finish cleaning and packing. Then maybe Kim is coming over for dinner and to hang out.

Kung Fu tonight was loads of fun and I really de-stressed in a big way while I was there. It's very hard to be stressful when you're training. We did forms, and then in blackbelt club, we didn't even break to do our usual warmup (including the hundreds of crunches.) We just kept right on doing forms. Somewhere in the middle of class I got in a discussion with Sifu and a new Sehing (new to this academy, anyway--he's been with Holbrook forever,) named John, who is very wee and very adorable with crazy spiked dark hair and awesome Kung Fu. Sifu has this way of cracking me up when he tells me stories about his own training. The part that sucked tonight was that we all got a letter from Lao Shir explaining her full retirement from teaching, and probably from Kung Fu. I mean, there were those of us who pretty much knew it from the start, but now she's told everyone and it's official, and very depressing. Her letter sounded optimistic in general regarding her health, though. She's pretty confident that she can win this one. Right now, that's all that matters.

I still hope that someday she comes back to Kung Fu, though. Even if she just does it on her own sometimes. She is fabulous.

I took some pictures on my digital today. Most of them came out all blurry and crappy, but I'm posting them anyway. One of them--a photo of water from melting snow splashing onto a glass table in the sun--came out really awesome. And some more pics of my dogs, too.

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( Clickitywhee )

More pre-trip, some Kung Fu, and more winter pics

Took the two birds (Cid and Ray) to Laura today. She is 90% sure that Cid has got mites! The invisible kind, the likes of which I've never had on any bird before. She had some powder to put on him that she said was totally safe and she had used it to great effect before. She's really interested in working with him, too. If it works, then most of his problems could clear up. It's possible that even his seizures could stop. That would be amazing.

Then, I also brought my dove to work, probably to be put to sleep. That really depressed me. But she is never going to fly again, and I can't keep her caged. I have to do what is right. I was going to put her to sleep a few weeks ago, but Rob convinced me to give her a chance. But her wing is just shattered in a really bad place. The part that kills me is that her crop healed perfectly, which is so rare. God! How sucky.

I'm still in a panic about having to board the dogs tomorrow, and leaving Pendragon. I know I've got my two petsitters and all, but they're not me. Still, it is worlds better than boarding Pendragon. It has to be. Has to be. (Knock on wood.) Then I've got to make a ton of food for Pendragon, and finish cleaning and packing. Then maybe Kim is coming over for dinner and to hang out.

Kung Fu tonight was loads of fun and I really de-stressed in a big way while I was there. It's very hard to be stressful when you're training. We did forms, and then in blackbelt club, we didn't even break to do our usual warmup (including the hundreds of crunches.) We just kept right on doing forms. Somewhere in the middle of class I got in a discussion with Sifu and a new Sehing (new to this academy, anyway--he's been with Holbrook forever,) named John, who is very wee and very adorable with crazy spiked dark hair and awesome Kung Fu. Sifu has this way of cracking me up when he tells me stories about his own training. The part that sucked tonight was that we all got a letter from Lao Shir explaining her full retirement from teaching, and probably from Kung Fu. I mean, there were those of us who pretty much knew it from the start, but now she's told everyone and it's official, and very depressing. Her letter sounded optimistic in general regarding her health, though. She's pretty confident that she can win this one. Right now, that's all that matters.

I still hope that someday she comes back to Kung Fu, though. Even if she just does it on her own sometimes. She is fabulous.

I took some pictures on my digital today. Most of them came out all blurry and crappy, but I'm posting them anyway. One of them--a photo of water from melting snow splashing onto a glass table in the sun--came out really awesome. And some more pics of my dogs, too.

Preview:


( Clickitywhee )