A million years ago, I started doing a 5 things blog post daily based on Ashley Ford’s, which I adored. Ashley has started hers up again here on Medium after a long hiatus, and I’m thinking it might help me actually get things written because my thoughts are too fractured to consistently write long, coherent pieces and essays at any speed.
This week’s 5 things.
1. We recently “adopted” a kitten and she started going into heat a few days ago. And by adopted I mean that she was sickly and dying in the bushes outside our apartment and I managed to catch her and bring her inside where we quarantined her in the midst of our own quarantine. She was covered in ticks and fleas, weighed about a pound and a half and was so dehydrated and hungry we weren’t sure she was going to make it. She did mainly because we wouldn’t let her die. We gave her fluids (hypodermic full of water whether she wanted it or not) every hour and it was the only thing that seemed to help. That and picking all of the ticks off of her. And she lived. But we’ve never had a female cat who wasn’t already spayed so when she started showing signs of distress months later before her scheduled surgery to spay (along with becomes extremely affectionate and vocal with the cutest chirps) we freaked out. It was the first time that I began to understand that I hadn’t really allowed myself even after months, to think that this kitten, this cat was going to live and that I would be…
