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well hello there, mild formless anxiety. you've been gone a while. I hadn't really missed you, and I wish you wouldn't settle in for an extended stay...

... aaaaand it's nesting in my synapses now, great. *sighs, gets out the spray bottle*

thank you for the well-wishes... some combination of naproxen and nap seems to have fixed whatever the problem was, and I'm feeling okay now. yay? hoping my head won't explode with pain again... *slightly hunted look*

holy carpweasels my head hurts so bad

started around 2 am this morning and hasn't stopped

pressure change? impending illness? noooo idea. but ffffuuuuuuithurtssomuch *whine*

okay 8 pm I feed cats and slep gnight awrrrooo <3

ok time to go beat up Zoltan Kulle again

(I kinda like ZK, he's an egotistical murderous undead jerk but he's got a fun sense of humor and tbh I dig his architectural style)

spouse: ... did you eat all the carrot slices out of the salad?
me: NO
me: maybe
spouse: why didn't you just have another bowl of salad??
me: I ONLY WANTED THE CARROTS

yeeaaaahahhhhh digestion is getting unruly, it's time for peppermint tea. :| I like peppermint tea but I'm annoyed that I *have* to keep having it on a regular basis to deal with unruly digestive issues. u___u

current project: Not Falling Asleep Until At Least 8 pm

odds of success: actually very good since if I do try to go to sleep before 8 the cats will scream me awake

that uh I'm tired.

not sleepy-tired, but exhausted-tired. even when there isn't a lot to do, rehab volunteering is hard work, and I'm very out of shape for it. so tomorrow I'm going to mostly rest up, maybe go to JoAnn's for Xmas ornament supplies and Home Depot for a curtain rod, and then Friday I'm going to GO DO VOLUNTEERING AGAIN yeeeeeyy *thud*

that my grandmother was cannier than I thought.

I had assumed I was going to have to get special spring clamps or magnets or something to hang up the quilts made by my grandmother that mom gave me when I went down to CA, but turns out grandma including hanging sleeves on the backs of them, so all I need to do is get some appropriately-sized curtain rods. XD it may have been in the pattern and she was just following it, but still--thanks, gramma!

why my thumb hurts.

my right thumb started aching, around where it connects to my hand, bad enough that it's sometimes difficult to grip things. I was all ??? until I thought "hmm, have I done something different with it lately? well there *was* that time I drove TO CALIFORNIA AND BACK oh right." not holding a steering wheel for hours on end for several days and applying warmth seems to help!

I got to see one that was being shown around (the cats and dogs are housed in a separate-but-nearby building complex from the wild animals), it was... I'd guess threeeeee months old? didn't want to open its eyes, was a dark grey with almost black points, a little jowly, with floppy ears and a longish tail. short fur, very soft. A++ would pet again ;)

it's unusual for puppies to come in during the winter--spring and summer are more likely, for them and kittens--so the litter of (if I overheard correctly) six or seven labrador-maybe-mutts are getting a *lot* of attention from the staff right now. if you're in the market for a puppy, PAWS is an excellent source for adoptions, and puppies usually get adopted out *fast*--consider this your early alert!

also, we had a score or two of unsold Xmas trees donated, which are *awesome* for animal enrichment. the bobkittens have already mauled the crap out of one tree, and others are being appreciated by assorted pigeons, owls, and flickers.

the ward cabinets were torn out and rebuilt, and today I got to clarify some of the shelf labeling and get an extra peg installed to hang the mini dust pan and broom from. contributions to the long-term running of the facility! heh.

the bear cubs woke up briefly and made some unhappy gronking noises before settling back into hibernation; I didn't know, but evidently that's very common during hibernation, brief waking periods and "OMG SO HUNGRY" complaints before they pass out again. XD the bobkittens are doing fine, raccoons are doing fine--oh, we have one new raccoon, an adult with a broken toe; he's doing fine, but being a feisty pain in the ass, exactly as he should be. XD

I got to clean the feeder mice tanks today. mice are cute, but very smelly. since the mouse tanks are in the nursery (nothing else is in there now), I also took my usual nursery/ward cleaning shift. only four enclosures needed cleaning in the ward--seriously, winter is *slow*. then cleaned a flight pen outside for a couple of recovering seagulls. most of what we have are pigeons and seagulls.