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general happy holiday sentiment! for the holidays recently passed and the ones to come as well. may your midwinter be as bright and warm as you need, and may you find the connections and company you desire.

also I understand y'all folks back home in Seattle are having snow. I SEETHE WITH JEALOUSY. post lots of pictures. :(

no matter how low your expectations, Redding will still manage to disappoint you

also is it just this internet connection or is New! Improved! Firefox! like sucking syrup through a bendy straw

hi! still alive, keeping surprisingly occupied, driving around & reminiscing in Humboldt county. took a fantastic walk through redwood forest--I hadn't realized how much I missed them--& another fantastic walk to Agate Beach. will probably post more later, when I'm not using my phone to write it. <3

okay, last-minute preparations are afoot. take care, <3 each other, awrroooo!

whatever it was at the root of his issues, it was cascading into other problems, not least of which was "failure to thrive"--he wasn't gaining weight or growing the way he should have been or needed to. it's important to try to figure out what was wrong; most likely, it was just a one-time set of unlucky circumstances. worst case scenario--it could be something we'll be seeing *more* of. :( *very* unlikely, but still--need to know.

Smallest Bear had to be euthanized earlier this week. he was continuing to not improve, and his health had started to backslide a bit. since the vets were unable to figure out what was wrong to fix it, the decision was made to let him go. he was sent off entire for necropsy, and they're waiting to hear back results. initial report was as expected--nothing obviously *wrong*, just... overall Not Good. :/

I was coughing and wheezing from the fumes (not to mention sweating like crazy). so I found a floor fan, propped the nursery door open, stuck the fan in the opening, and let it air out for a half hour. the vets praised me for thinking of the critters, and setting up the solution. ^___^

other than that... I did dishes, helped catch a pigeon (in the flight pens outside, he needed to come in for an exam), and--that's about it. slow day!

there were just enough birds for that one bank, and after they got meds/tube-feedings/checkups they were transferred to the set of cages still in the ward, which left the empty bank in the nursery for me to clean. so far, so good; but the nursery doesn't have any ventilation...

by the time I was done I was very concerned about air quality for the flying squirrel (who's in the nursery for initial caretaking).

I usually sign up to clean the ward--I dunno, I've just fallen into the habit of that being my task, and it's satisfying and sometimes interesting--but yesterday it was extra-interesting; the ward is being refurnished, fitted with new shelves and cabinets. the ward cages are in three large banks on wheels, so the occupied bank been taken into the nursery for the night while work was being done around it.

it's pretty dull right now! a few seagulls, pigeons, owls, and leftover raccoons... one bat (that I didn't get to see), one flying squirrel (that I very quietly worked around while cleaning the nursery/ward), the usual half-dozen raccoons (in their silo outdoors), and the hibernating bear cubs and bobkittens are doing just fine. a few other assorted small birds, but that's really about it.

ugh... so sleepy. u____u got to get stuff done... will try to write up volunteering day writeup today, but between being super-sleepy and having a pile of stuff to do, I may not get to it.

off to volunteering. seeya later!

when Nar gets happy on top of the cat tree next to my desk, he purrs SO HARD, and also *writhes*--does a little dance on the platform, complete with rolls and occasionally somersaults. SO EXCITE.

aww, I can hear Junior, aka "Hiccup," outside. that call is *so* distinctive. XD