Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

(i would miss the hell out of peebs and/or artie even if they were down the street but it's better than one of the increasingly grumpy adults driving them into the cold with their constant "WHY HAVEN'T YOU FOUND A JOB AND YOUR OWN APARTMENT YET" bullying...)

otherwise we are doing ok, every cafe was full except the one in city park so we had a nice day out on the peristyle with my four stone lion BFFs (pics another day) and finally found a free outlet in the cafe du monde there

also some good news on the cat front, a very sweet neighbor who we had an awesome local history conversation with last week has confirmed he is actively looking for a pet cat and might take one or two of our teens -- would be amazing, having them someplace we can visit <3

angelic boss's entire reply to my plea for more leave time since power's still out: "be safe and do what you need, i'll put down another eight hours."

i love this guy. i have never worked a lower BS job in my life.

Good solid debunking of the "shy Trump voter" theory which might reassure some of y'all <3

https://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2020/Pres/Maps/Oct30.html#item-3

at five guys with crap 4g so will answer everybody at once :)

we are gonna be fine, supermarkets and cafes *do* have power, but ty so much for the worry <3 <3 <3

cats are all good, found evidence the kittens won't be jumping around for another 1.5-2.5 weeks most likely; cj was unaccounted for this morning but was seen yesterday and he's our pensive little forest boy anyhow and is prob hiding out

estimates are still 7-10 days max but they are bringing in crews from out of state and hoping to speed things up a bit; we are at an edge so will probably be low in the triage though

and using a phone's last battery in the middle of a historic blackout to complain about something is peak me, yes :D

am slightly but comfortably and semi-intentionally underfed over last couple days but just wolfed down a bacon cheeseburger and have plenty of food & water access within walking distance

back soon hope this goes through love y'all <3

local utility co estimates as many as 7 to 10 days without power D:

it breaks my heart that one of my favorite comic writers cant even spell "boogaloo" properly.

yes im using phone battery in the middle of a blackout to say this

still no fucking power >_<

@JulieSqveakaroo also:

"m."

@JulieSqveakaroo OK, that was fun and all, but I really wish you'd warned me about Large Bean. I'm... unsettled. D:

power still down but cats have largely forgiven us :)

@JulieSqveakaroo sadly power is still out and our 4g is slammed but i have something to look fwd to now! n.n

got thru storm ok, all cats rattled but intact, power still out. only losses are food in fridge and a few diplomatic levels with poor cj, long story

aaaand now the main issue is sugarfoot being hissy all over again -- i don't think the family reunion is as warm as i had hoped...

@anthracite And just helping you update -- Peebles and CJ are now accounted for! That just leaves Shadow, the one I trust most to handle this on her own.

@xinjinmeng Yikes and happy birthday. <3

Welp, they all missed food call. I guess they've already chosen other spots to hunker down in.

That's OK. I seem to remember "community cat" advice sites plus some of you folks saying cats are instinctively pretty good at handling this stuff.

Last time we had a near-miss, Shadow and CJ missed last call and turned up fine the next morning. This storm is supposed to be rather worse, but I suspect they'll all figure out what to do. (Among other things, they seem to have annexed the abandoned basement next door to their territory, and it's probably full of good places to hide.)

And if anybody shows up at our door mewling (which honestly I kinda hope they don't, simply 'cause those winds are getting nasty), they'll be given the VIP treatment. Hopefully, we'll see everybody at breakfast tomorrow.

Current forecast is a Category 1 but it's gonna hit us right on the nose. Widespread power outages expected. Apparently the rest comes down to whether the winds are northeast or southeast. Definitely taking the cats inside. Not too worried. Intend to spend the day as stoned as possible. :p

@kelseyhusky I was skeptical when I saw the title because, I mean, Chadwick Boseman, but... yeah. Yeah. I would be all over this.

*some of the above story might be a lie; there's a reason that "tigers" rhymes perfectly with "liars" 🐯​