Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@Austin_Dern Yeah, we're hoping that the next big panic isn't a lack-of-health, it's a too-much-health, we're too old to keep up with these friggin kittens, sort of panic XD plans are already underway to kittenproof the heck out of one room and keep them mostly sequestered to it until they pass their catting exams...

guess what i saw this morning...

peeper peepers! 👀​

😺​😺​😺​

I'm currently out of kitten things to worry about. They're toddling around a bit, but not so well that there's any chance of escaping the Mother Box. They're both breathing fine, they're feeding like crazy, they're reacting (understandably fussily) to gentle petting and I think they've like doubled in weight.

I'm sure the gods will come up with SOMETHING further to test us. But at least this buys us more time to prepare for the KITTEN ONSLAUGHT if all goes well and they're bouncing around like little explorers soon.

Current freakout source: after eight days in, neither kitten seems to have started opening their eyes, but some sites say it should be happening as early as six days. Granted, some sites are also saying as late as 14 days, but naturally I'm seizing on the scariest possibility...

I'm hazily aware that this is all INCREDIBLY stereotypical early-parenting fear and even I'm gonna find this funny in a month when the kittens are bouncing around all over the place, Bast willing...

@Oneironott haha, i was wondering but took no offense, but you're definitely not the scrappy -- somewhere between "the staff chick" and "the pet/mascot" maybe...?

(actually, we're out on a cafe patio and letting sugarfoot & kids have some probably much desired alone time without Crazy Aunt Tigress peeking into their box. but i still feel guilty about it.)

EVERYTHIGN IS FINE!!

CAN ANYBODY RECOMMEND AN AFFORDABLE BUT COMPLETE 24/7 NON INVASIVE BIOMETRIC MONITORING SYSTEM FOR CATS? PREFERABLY WITH BOTH LIVE AND AI MONITORS ON CALL

I JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO KNOW AT EVERY WAKING MOMENT THAT THE KITTENS ARE OKAY AND THEN I CAN RELAX!!!!!!!

The Bad: reading up on when i can expect the peepers' eyes to open and accidentally stumbling into kitten mortality rates *fret fret fret*

The Good: starting to worry about the couple of tropical depressions forming in the gulf, and then watching local weather god Bob Breck smash those fears to pieces with a water temperature map

@JulieSqveakaroo Thank you, this is all great advice! cc:ing @anthracite on this...

@Phorm if i can charm people with my lack of facial features, whimsical wobbly nodding, and vague squeaky gestures, IT STILL COUNTS -- dammit Science Fox, I know you took advanced math -- you know damn well the null set counts as an element!

@Austin_Dern @001zlnv Also, no offense, I gotta say the single best thing about the next-to-last Thundercats reboot was nerfing Snarf's sapience. XD

@Austin_Dern @001zlnv I was *just* short of calling the last option "pet voiced by Frank Welker" :p

I don't have complete information yet, but my employers' open enrollment starts up in a week or two, and based on a quick skim of the documents...

I might be saving as much as $150/month on my health insurance if I switch over to their plan! PLUS I gain eyecare, PLUS I now have a method of getting insurance for Peg if Trump/SCOTUS fuck over the ACA.

There's one more potential source of stress, possibly out of my life. Three or four at once, actually.

@Soreth SEE I KNEW YOU'D GET IT

Also Richie Cunningham's brother Chuck, Na'Toth AND N'Grath, Yeoman Janice Rand, Brak's brother Sisto, ALL the Brady pets... and poor, poor Molly Collins. D:

@Soreth "The one that suddenly shows up halfway through, but everyone pretends to have heard of in order to hide the fact we're really just living in two episodes of a failed TV series clumsily stitched together?"

Huh. You'd think I'd be the opposite of that, "The One That Suddenly Stops Appearing Halfway Through But We Get An Impersonator In A Crappy Costume To Show Up Again At The End To Tie It Together," aka "The Bela."

@Soreth sorry about that, i had to get that one exactly right, and lyman isn't really technically in the same part of the "other guy" taxonomy as the rest

i have joined your adventuring party

which one of these am i

kittens: *faintly unusual noise*

me: AAAAAAAAAA</tina_belcher>

kittens: *tiny mew*

me: AAAAAAAAAA</tina_belcher>

kittens: *silence*

me: AAAAAAAAAA</tina_belcher>

kittens: *perfectly competent initiate-level catting*

me: AAAAAAAAAA</tina_belcher>

kittens: *have a faint possibility of something terrible happening to them*

me: AAAAAAAAAA</tina_belcher>

kittens: *are profoundly likely to still be kittens, and much better at it, for the next year*

me: AAAAAAAAAA</tina_belcher>

kittens: *will most likely eventually be cats*

me:
AAAAAAwhew, okay</tina>

i just wanted to get ahead of the game and say, yes, i've seen the tiger seance XD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yD_zSpLeD8

#MartianCulturalHero
#SaintMontecore*

(*I know it's Mantecore and Montecore was apparently an early press error, but I just like Montecore better. And, you know, I'm from the 23rd century. Names drift, especially those of mythic heroes.)

mom is fine

peepers are fine

my brain however has made it quite clear that the only solution it will accept is internet-linked cameras in the nursery, monitored 24/7 by an international security team trained in both veterinary medicine and shaolin kung fu

@Austin_Dern this lines up 100% with my experiences so far n__n;;