Swedish for Smith

Yesterday was a day of downs and ups.

( TLDR, we had to let Cece go yesterday. )

So the morning kind of sucked. Once we got home, I cooked my breakfast and hopped online, getting to work only 15 minutes late.

On my first break, I mentioned that after having a kitty again, I hated being without, and we agreed to do some preliminary browsing on Petfinder. In the meantime, I reactivated our application with Cocoa Kitties in Hershey. They called me right back. Unfortunately, the kitten we'd been looking at was taken, but they have a ton of other cats and kittens.

We browsed the kittens and found a few possibilities, but the we looked at the cats and found one named "Thin Lizzy," after the band. She is a year old, and just finished weaning her kittens and was getting spayed today. She's a rather small cat, so I don't know how she managed to have so many kittens (like 6). Most of them have already gone, but no one wanted a momma cat.



She's described as sweet and gentle and a snuggle bug. Our application has already been approved from before Cece, and we just kind of fell in love with her little face. The rescue was so happy when we said that she was the one. They just kept saying that we made their day, because she's such a sweet cat, and after getting pregnant on the streets, she deserved a good home.

Jess immediately began cleaning the room. Even though the FELV virus can only live for 3 minutes outside the body, we're going to give it a good clean, and disenfect the areas Cece was, like the closet and our bed. We had actually gotten a new comforter, so we stripped the bed and put the new comforter on. I've got some veterinary strength disenfectant to wipe everything else down with, and we're going to throw the pad from the cat tree (where she sat for 15 seconds) into the wash and dryer.

We threw out the litter box and the drinking fountain, as that would be hard to sterilize. The bowls can be washed and run through the dishwasher on nuclear to take care of them. We'll vacuum under the bed and maybe spritz the carpet with the disenfectant. One bed, that she laid behind is gone and a replacement ordered. We also ordered a new cat carrier, which will be here tomorrow.

More cat toys were just delivered. We're throwing away all Cece's toys to be safe, and I've gotten a bunch of springs, and a laser pointer and a ribbon dancer. We also have some still boxed toy mice with catnip that she can have.

Basically, she can have anything she wants. Once we get her, I'll make an appointment with the new vet and we'll take her for her checkup and an FELV vaccine.

It looks like the new vet does some in-house testing, unlike the one we have currently, who always has to send out the blood. I'd like answers in real time from here on out, thank you.

I'm waiting for her foster to reach out to me, so that we can make sure she's comfortable with us, and hopefully set up a time for us to get her. I'm thinking Saturday morning (assuming she's recovering from her spaying okay, that is).

We do have a game Saturday, but it's not til 2, so if we leave at 8, get to Hershey by 10, and then head home, we'll probably get home about 12:30-1pm. That gives time for decompression and preparation, and I'll be good to run the game. That'll mean Jess will be sitting in the bedroom for 3 hours to help get her used to us.

I have so many questions about the little girl and what she'll like and what she'll want to do. They said she's a snuggler, so I'm hoping she'll sleep with us, and maybe even lay on us sometimes. Will she sit next to Jess while we game? What does her meow sound like? Is it tiny and polite like Cece or is she more like Boodle where she screams loudly when she needs something. These are things I must know!

Work took forever and a day, and I was not entirely focused. I still managed to get a few things done between surfing cats on Petfinder. Today will be better.

My boss put out a note reminding people that their screens are always recording, and that we could see when they go into aftercall and their mouse doesn't move for 5 minutes. Surprisingly, after that, people actually worked. The calls weren't bad for most of the day, and they kept mostly on top of them. I think the max number of people holding at once time was 10, which is a far cry from the 69 (nice) of the day before.

I feel bad for her. As the big boss, she always gets to play the heavy while the deputy manager and team managers skate by. The PAS 3's tend to get some shit, too, as we're the ones going to people and being like "Is everything okay? You've been in aftercall for 5 minutes."

That'll be me on Monday. I'm sure I'll be popular. I need to double check what my schedule will be for the two days I'm working for them. I know on Monday it's probably a 10 hour day, which will be exhausting. But I'm not sure about the 25th. I'll mention that to my manager today so I can prepare accordingly.

Last night we had steak, and it just did not taste good to me. It was like being back right after I had covid with "this steak tastes rotten." My sister and Jess' steaks tasted fine, so it was definitely a me thing. I had a slice of pizza instead. Tonight, I shall bake those lobsters. I wanted to give Cece some, but I didn't get around to it, and they need to be used tonight or tomorrow, so I can't wait for Lizzy. I'll just have to get another pack once she's here.

I hope the lobster tastes right for me. That would suck otherwise. Seafood was usually good, even when I was in the land of Covid, so I think it'll be okay.

I don't know whether to bother making baked potatoes with the lobster. I just don't know if people would have room to eat it. We've got enough for two tails each with two left over, so people may not have room for them. Then again, the lobster tails are pretty small, so I think I'll give it a try.

Aside from that, I'll just be jumping on any calls today with a number I don't recognize, hoping it's the foster. I want to assure her that they're making the right decision in letting us adopt, though after the glowing reference that poisontaster wrote, they probably already think we're the modern equivalent of St Francis of Asisi!

I feel like she got us this cat. I hope she likes us.

And on that note, I believe I shall go forth and get myself ready for work. Everyone have the very best Thursday!