I still have minor pangs of guilt that I don't plan out my blog posts. I really do just wing 'em (obviously). There are tons of bloggers out there than plan their well-thought out well presented blogs and yet I just fly by the seat of my pants. Of course I'm not trying to promote anything with this blog. It only serves one purpose really - keeping track of my own journey and where it may lead me as well as my thoughts on whatever interests me any particular moment. Those things all change from day to day and can range from druidry to politics to my family to my daughter to my cat or house. My apologies.
My husband and I have our 16th anniversary coming up a month from tomorrow. I've already got his gift and will be doing some finishing touches in the coming weeks. Hope he likes it - there's a certain symbolism attached to the gift itself and I hope that doesn't miss him. The finishing touches will involve the box it will be given in. I'll burn into the wood the date of our wedding as well as the date of this coming anniversary. Once you begin doing something like that, the special packaging for a gift, it becomes an expectation. Sometimes I miss just being able to wrap a gift. It's always worth the work but it requires some forethought and planning time so all can be done before the day is here.
Rory (my cat) has made a remarkable recovery following the gaping wound. It has been seemingly overnight. On Saturday there was still a fairly large scab on the edge of the wound though it was all looking much better. The very next day the scab was gone, the wound was smooth and hair appears to be growing back in. There is absolutely no sign of any sort of abcess, probably thanks in large part to the openess of the wound. There is still a piece of skin that is hanging near the wound that we've not been able to cut off, but it has died completely and just needs to be cut out of the way now. She's not allowing it - she has a long memory and doesn't care to be around my husband or me after those few treatments we were able to administer. She's eating, jumping up on furniture, using the litterboxes (that we've conveniently located in areas nearer to where she's hanging out - but that may not have to be the case much longer), meowing conversationally, and has put on enough weight to look more like her old self moreso than a kitty near death. I don't even know what to say. If I'd not been here to witness it all myself I'd never have believed it. She was truly snatched from the jaws of death I have no doubt.
My "progress" with the OBOD course has been very start and go. I don't want to get too far into things when there's still so much up in the air with the renovations we're doing in the house. When I sit down with the course I feel propelled forward at a pace that the rest of my life is not yet ready for and so I put it on pause until I can progress at the rate that the course inspires me to. Fortunately it's not a timed situation. I can be with this for as long as I choose and there's no rush to meet certain deadlines as they don't exist. Another thing that I've had in my mind regarding this course is the fact that it's not a linear experience. What I mean by that is this - it's not something that you complete, put down, move on to the next one because it gets you toward an end point. It's circular rather than linear. I will work with it, progress and probably move onto the next course(s), but will also continue coming back to this initial work and learning more from it as time goes by. It will never lose its purpose in my path.
I need to know - WHY do people insist on jumping into the habitats in zoos? What could possibly get into their heads that would make them think that jumping into a tank with polar bears or pandas would be a good idea? Because they look cute in the portrayals? Look - loving animals doesn't mean that they aren't worthy of respect. These are still wild animals that should be viewed as majestic and awesome - not something to try to cuddle. That's not the point. I support polar bear rescue efforts, however, I would never think to try to embrace one physically. Their continued existence has nothing to do with our ability to eventually tame them to the point of creating a pet out of them. This is not the goal in creating a safe space for these endangered animals - none of them. Their wildness is their birthright. As we have been the cause of their loss of space, our obligation is to try to regain that space for them so they can be as they were meant to be. And those people who think that it's their right to get close to them? Does natural selection mean anything to you? You make stupid decisions that are in direct contrast to the nobility of these animals and yet it's the animals who eventually pay for your stupidity. We kill the animals to spare the people who go on to breed yet more stupid people who continue to show complete disregard for the majesty of the wild around them. We are robbing animals of their habitats and their dignity. There are those who are taking wild animals and trying to turn them into pets and then are shocked when those animals act like what they are - animals. Wild, primal, powerful creatures. They are not children who are touched by our efforts to make them more human like - and why is being human like considered to be the step up? Dressing up a chimp in human clothes and diapers.... just reading that makes me shudder. The absolute arrogance of the human being in relation to the world around them. This really does have to stop or else I continue bitching about it on my little blog.
I'd tried to blog earlier about gun laws. I just don't have it in me. The insanity of human beings is just beyond what I can comprehend anymore. There is no logic in this American attachment to guns. More violence? Add more guns! Missouri is lifting the ban on concealed weapons on college campuses now as well as lowering the age that people can carry concealed weapons - the drinking age is 21 and what better to add into that mix than the right to carry a concealed weapon?? We're taking soda and candy out of public schools because they are a health risk and then we're going to be sending our children off to colleges where any of the population around them can carry concealed weapons! It boggles the mind. I don't even know what more to say about it. It's so beyond logic.
Insulation and renovation. That's the theme for the week. By the end of this week we should have the rest of the flooring torn up and the floor insulated underneath and ready for the subfloor to be replaced. I'm now contemplating the idea of sheetrocking most of the walls up there rather than just trying to patch the plaster as a way of saving some time. In this humidity getting plaster to dry evenly is virtually impossible and sheetrock would make it so much easier. I've not yet talked with hubby about this so I'll have to wait to make a final decision about it.
Question - What do you call a younger/older man that dates/marries older/younger women? An older woman who dates younger men is called "cougar". A younger woman who dates older men is called a "gold digger". The labels always seem directed at women and never at men - except for the "sugar daddy" and that doesn't exactly have the negative connotations of the female labels. Of course there are women embracing the labels instead of recoiling from them - more power to 'em.
And I think I've rattled on long enough...
THE END.
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