We celebrated the life of Katy, Jim’s almost 19 year old cat today. She had a stroke last weekend and hadn’t been able to get up since. We have been giving her water via an eye dropper and she had been licking a bit of food off of Jim’s finger. Her skin was going to start breaking down soon and things weren’t going to get better for her. It was a hard decision to take her in but am grateful for the love and compassion the vet and assistant showed Katy and us.
Jim dug a grave for her when we got home from taking her in. She is in a sunny spot by the retaining wall which was her favorite spot to hang out in the back yard. We will miss her yelling at us when she wanted fed. I won’t miss doing a load of her bedding daily or the crate in the living room she slept in under the heat of a lamp. She provided Jim with much love and was a steady companion for him for almost 19 years. We will miss her.
I had to go back to town this afternoon. I had lots of errands to run and needed to pick Ellexia up from school. After stopping to get her food I got her home and then came back out to the prairie. It was a busy day and I am exhausted.
A local rancher delivered ten butchered chickens I had ordered late fall. I am anxious to try one and see if I can tell the difference. The local rancher is trying to become self-sufficient by raising a variety of animals on his land and selling direct to customers. I am friends with him on Facebook and will do my best to support his venture. I hope he is successful. I love getting my food directly from the rancher and knowing it has been raised humanly and not given medications it didn’t need.
I sold four dozen eggs today. I have someone coming tomorrow for four dozen. Yes! That will help decrease the supply that I had built up. I am getting about 20 eggs a day right now and they add up quickly.
Tomorrow Jim has a physical in the afternoon. I am hoping I get to stay home all day. I am shocked every time I go to town how exhausted I get being in town.
I got on the hot line last night for two hours. No suicidal people for a change. Had a couple cutters, depressed people and breakups. Easier night for a change. I have a shift tonight. May need to take a short nap so I can stay awake and alert to handle it. I had trouble falling asleep last night and didn’t get a lot of sleep. The hot line is hard for me when I am tired.
I have some hamburger thawed for dinner and need to decide what to make with it. Jim may get tacos and I will have a hamburger. Not in the mood to do much else tonight. I fixed split pea soup with ham in the instant pot for dinner last night. It is one of Jim’s favorites – I can eat it but not my favorite by any means.
No plans for the weekend. I am hoping for a quiet, don’t leave the prairie, type of weekend. I have some housecleaning that needs done and some knitting to do. I have gotten used to not having anything on my calendar. When I have a week like this one when I go to town daily it is too much. I don’t cope as well with lots of things on my calendar any more. Thinking when the COVID thing is over I am going to choose not to re=enter “normal” life again. I like my quiet days at home way too much.
Grateful for the life and love Katy provided us and celebrate her life today, grateful for the compassionate care the vet and assistant provided us today, and grateful for farm fresh butchered chickens in my freezer.