i guess the big news is that the kittens are eight and a half weeks now and we're starting to plan the adoption and snippage process

the volunteer at "Trap Dat Cat" had said she had slots available as early as end of next week. but based on her advice -- and the fact we found Sugarfoot snuggled up tight with Liv and Snowy yesterday, so she's clearly not ready to let them go -- we're gonna try to last another couple of weeks.

we're running out of energy and patience, honestly. herding the cats from room to room has been INCREDIBLY stressful -- keep in mind we live in a shotgun-style, i.e. completely linear, house and there's no bedroom-to-bathroom access without fording Cat River. and the kittens are still in the "everything is a scratching post" stage. D:

but we love them and i'm actually kinda relieved peg is cool with having them for another couple weeks -- poor thing is frustrated as hell and i can tell she's starting to fray, but i can tell she loves those friggin cats as much as i do, and we really want them to get a good kitty education and a healthy send-off from mom.

other news:

-- sugarfoot's almost certainly back out of heat -- she's no longer losing her shit with pleasure when we pet her hips (it's PURELY platonic, believe me, she is NOT my type as I have repeatedly pointed out to her in the past week >___< ). plus she's right back to nipping at me whenever i try to pet her at the wrong moment, including when she is begging for petting. *sigh* i know, i know, cat is working as designed, issue closed...

-- cj turned up and is fine, which is not news to you because i never mentioned we were afraid he was missing. i didn't wanna jinx it. :) plus, yanno, i was just sad at the prospect. he's the least human-oriented of the clan, but he always accepts a good petting and i'm just kinda cheering for the weird little poodge.

-- artie loves the shelter we made out of the cat carrier we thought we were gonna need to get shemp snipped

-- shemp am cat, him want me tell u "mhrrrrhrrowwwwl" *flomp*