Logged back in here to see how I feel about the platform and I think I’m going to stay at Counter.Social instead. You can find me there with same user name as always.
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Sue Baiman
@BrightEyedDyer
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Creative Enabler, freelance editor, poet, knitter, yarn dyer, ultra Liberal, mom to 3 young men & 4 surly cats. Swears a lot.
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Ugh. The adoption process.
Since I last posted here I adopted a kitten. As we were finishing up the shooting l addition process, the woman tells me my new baby was born 5/14. I gasped and checked my calendar. Sure enough, that was the day Jaspurr died. While I realize it's just a weird coincidence, I'm pretty sure this was meant to be. Meet Jazz...
Looks like it's been about 6 months since I posted here. How's everyone doing?
2 sleeps, 2 days, 1.5 workdays, 2 medical appts, 3 loads of laundry, and OMG I STILL NEED TO DO ALL THE THINGS! till Balticon.
It is with great sadness that I share the news that my sweet boy, Jaspurr, left us this past Tuesday evening. He was about a year old when he marched into my lap, lay down purring, and claimed me. And he was glued to my side for twelve years. My kids accused me of loving him more than them. Some days they weren't wrong. He's still with me, just not as easy to see all the time.
Rest easy, sweet boy.
#Jaspurr 2006--5/14/2019. #mastocats
dogtraxwe wade
our way into
the solitude of
this winter's
morning
a day beyond
the storm
the only sound,
this burst of
wind, reminding
us to blink
for some tears
only come
in the cold
While I wasn’t aware that my body was capable of this kind of all-out gastric assault, I have already learned what my response to pain is...elevated blood pressure and exhaustion. I stayed awake long enough to call off from work, then sorta crashed. Had to prop myself up cause this is one of the rare times when gravity is a friend. And we all know how well I sleep propped up. I don’t.
My gut roiled till almost one. But it’s been okayish since. I have no idea what precipitated this.
So today was fun. It started at 03:00 when a volcano erupted in my gut and I woke sputtering and coughing with acid splashing all the way up to the back of my throat and then my sinuses. I grabbed the tums & a water bottle but whereas one tums is usually sufficient for any flare ups (I take an OTC pill twice a day already), I was at three & it wasn’t making a dent. That’s when I remembered that we had Pepcid Complete from when Zulu was sick (don’t ask). So I took one of those too.
Posted an update on #Jaspurr last night. #Mastocats
Click here to support Jaspurr’s Vet Bills organized by Susan Stacey Baiman
I joking say the Jaspurr is my familiar. Except that I’m only half joking. He adopted me almost 12 years ago. We were without any pets and went to a foster house to check out a few potential cats. When I sat down on the floor he walked right onto my lap and has been by my side ever since. He’s...