Holy moly

It's been 10 days since my last entry. We've been crazy busy, adjusting to my new schedule, my husband changing jobs, trying to get rid of our foster dog, taking advantage of our insurance while we have it.

I'm going to break this into a few posts over the next couple days just so I don't end up with one post that takes an hour to read.

I reckon I'll start with work-related things. Last weekend marked the beginning of Daylight Savings Time, and our household did not participate. We forgot to set the clocks back, so it wasn't until I was sitting down to eat my oatmeal that I realized I was already half an hour late for work.

I opted to eat my oatmeal in the car and arrived 45 minutes late. It also meant that the car hadn't defrosted and I had a very small, slightly too high window of vision for the first 5 minutes in the car. No one really seemed to notice, and I wasn't the only person who made that mistake. I only felt like a big fool, not the biggest fool.

I made myself a headband out of a silk tie from Goodwill using an old bra strap, a needle and thread, a stapler and scissors. It keeps the hair out of my nose and decreases my number of sneezes dramatically. I still sneeze pretty badly on my first day back after not working for a couple days, but I hope that will get better. I think there are also seasonal allergies messing with me now, so I've been sneezing all morning. Maybe I should shut the door.

The other day, I asked a coworker if she had ever known of a feral cat to give birth while in stray hold. She said she hadn't. Not one week later, I saw my first litter of feral kittens.

I'd heard what sounded like just-born kitten mewling, but I though maybe one of the kittens just had a really wimpy meow. They were in my second-to-last kennel of the day because I started on the other side of the room. It figures. The whole batch was euthanized and the justification for it was unsatisfactory, so I won't recount it here. Suffice it to say that they have their protocol and they follow it.

In the upcoming season, I can expect an average of three births every week. Fantastic.

I think I have a real knack for predicting animal births. Last time I had a premonition was with Cream Puff, and she had beautiful babies within days.

This is getting long. Up next: More cats and avoiding rabies.