55°F and raining. In JUNE. :(
Jun. 7th, 2010 09:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I wish there was a way to only see one post if it's been cross posted to various communities. This is particularly a problem with the cooking communities. Some people want to post their stuff to EVERY single cooking-related community there is, and I simply don't need to see the same damn posts over and over and over again.
Well, we survived the weekend.
- Right now, Jaime is my companion rather than Talis's, because they don't entirely trust each other yet. It's only been a few days so this is to be expected, but I am kind of wibbling a bit.
- I've already cleaned up my first cat barf (there was SO MUCH of it). It was right after I had put a spoonful of wet food into his dish and he ate that and then some. Maybe he ate too quickly? I don't know.
- I've already sustained my first cat scratch injury. It didn't even hurt much when it happened -- was an accident -- but man did it sting for a couple of days and you can still see it.
Talis: Is very jealous of the attention that I pay Jaime. He's not used to having to share my affection. Sometimes he'll growl when I pet Jaime and sometimes he won't, so I don't know what causes which reaction. Sometimes he presses himself up against me or blocks Jaime from me, either trying to be protective or trying to be like, "MINE." I'm trying not to correct him too much, because I read that if all the dog experiences is negativity from the owner while the new animal is around, he'll start associating that with the new animal, which will make him resent the interloper even more. It's hard though when to my mind, he's being mean and unfriendly to an innocent animal, and barks/growls at the least provocation, and if he'd only realize that he can play with Jaime, he'd have a new friend! But of course I don't want Talis to feel unwanted or sad, because that is the *opposite* of what I am going for in fostering Jaime in the first place! I don't want him to feel worse now than when he was totally alone! However, this will be the first week in which they'll be left alone together for long periods of time, so hopefully Talis will enjoy having Jaime around during the hours when I'm at work.
Jaime: Is SUPER affectionate, for a cat. I mean, I've never had a cat before, so I'm only going off of the fact that I've heard cats can be stand offish and haughty. Jaime can certainly keep himself busy, as most cats can, with his toys and what not, but more often than not he'll want to be in the room where Talis and I are, and on his first night he jumped onto the bed when Talis and I had settled down to go to sleep, draped himself across my chest, and slept there. It wasn't very comfortable but I didn't want him to get the wrong impression by making him get off (he'd probably have been startled into zipping out of the room), so I allowed it. Sometime in the night he moved himself to my side. Well, Talis has a habit of doing the same thing -- he starts out at the foot of the bed and then moves to my side at some point. So that first night, when he woke up to do just that and saw Jaime already there, he was totally perturbed and not pleased. Talis is especially insane about the bed -- like, he's so nutty that if he's already on a bed with someone, like my parents or even Robbie, and someone else approaches, EVEN ME, he gets all territorial and barks/growls at you. So he freaks out when Jaime jumps on the bed. Anyway, so Jaime tries a couple of times, gets chased off, then waits until Talis is asleep or more mellow due to being sleepy, then jumps onto the bed.
The two together: They seem to get along better when I'm not around. As in, when I'm busy doing something else and am not paying attention to either of them (washing dishes, doing laundry, etc.). Yesterday they napped on the couch (and even the bed) together, they can get pretty close to one another to sniff, etc. It's me being around that creates most of the fighting/tension (so I have hopes that they learn to be friends while I'm at work).
As I said, Jaime is totally fine playing by himself with his toys (or whatever else might be lying around, like some empty glass herb jars), and sometimes he can get pretty excited and make sudden and/or ferocious movements. At first it would freak Talis out (he comes to attention like, "What? What's wrong? What's going on? What is that?"), but I think Talis is getting used to it, like, "Oh it's just the cat going nuts for no reason." Sometimes he sniffs at Jaime's toy because if it's THAT exciting to Jaime it must be something REALLY COOL that Talis is missing out on... except after sniffing it Talis just walks away like, "All this commotion for THAT? What a let down."
The worst though is when Jaime is batting around a toy mouse and it goes away and he chases after it ... because that gets Talis SUPER excited, as if Jaime is inviting him to chase him, and then there's mad running until Jaime gets under the bed and Talis walks away disappointed. This morning though, I *thought* that the running/chasing had less urgency to it, almost like they were playing, but that could just be wishful thinking.
There was one funny incident last night when Jaime was playing with a toy and was rolling around with it, kind of batting it around, and Talis was standing very close by watching him. Then the toy got batted a bit too far, Jaime reached out a paw to catch it, and ended up biffing Talis in the face instead. IMMEDIATELY Jaime freaked out and ran under the bed, expecting Talis to get pissed and retaliate, but Talis only looked at me like, "Huh? What just happened?" I think Talis knew it wasn't intentional and it probably didn't hurt him much, so he kept his cool.
Here's a pic of them from yesterday when they were nicely napping together:
I may be going away for a long weekend during July 4 and am not sure yet what I'm going to do with Jaime. I know one of the benefits of having a cat is that they don't need much minding, but I don't know if 4 days alone is reasonable. How long have you kept your cat in the house alone, with no one looking in?
Also, wanna hear something funny? Homeward's cats page has been updated. It shows what animals are currently available to adopt, their histories/preferences, and if they're currently being fostered. Jaime? Totally gone, not even there, not showing that he's being fostered. Apparently they are so convinced it's going to work out with me that he's been taken off the adoption list entirely!
When I first leased my car, I scratched the door against a pillar while trying to park in a parking garage at work. The car had like 800 miles on it. >< I took it to get repaired at this place I've used several times before, and at first it looked great. But as time passed it became more and more obvious that the paint was a slightly darker shade of silver than the rest of the vehicle, particularly obvious in sunlight. I thought (hoped) it was just me, but I've had several people mention it to me so I know it's definitely off. I procrastinated about getting it back to the repair shop to redo, even though I believe they have a lifetime guarantee on their work. Well, I finally had them look at it, because my lease is ending soon and whatever I decide to do, the door needs to be the same shade of silver as the rest of the car. They admitted that it was a darker silver. So now I have to find some time to give them the car for 3 business days. >< What sucks is that I'll probably need to rent a car during that time, so that's extra expense. In theory (and in my opinion), they should cover the cost since it's their mistake, but if they won't do it I don't know that I want to spend the time to fight with them about it. Still, something else to stress about, sigh. Edit: They've agreed to take care of the rental car. Yay!
Nominations for this round of the![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
dgficexchange are in, so if you are so inclined, you can cast your votes here. Voting closes on June 12. I haven't voted on the fic awards yet because I want to read all the finalists (I did the art one though), so I probably won't be voting until the very last day, which is pretty much my MO for everything in life.
Well, we survived the weekend.
- Right now, Jaime is my companion rather than Talis's, because they don't entirely trust each other yet. It's only been a few days so this is to be expected, but I am kind of wibbling a bit.
- I've already cleaned up my first cat barf (there was SO MUCH of it). It was right after I had put a spoonful of wet food into his dish and he ate that and then some. Maybe he ate too quickly? I don't know.
- I've already sustained my first cat scratch injury. It didn't even hurt much when it happened -- was an accident -- but man did it sting for a couple of days and you can still see it.
Talis: Is very jealous of the attention that I pay Jaime. He's not used to having to share my affection. Sometimes he'll growl when I pet Jaime and sometimes he won't, so I don't know what causes which reaction. Sometimes he presses himself up against me or blocks Jaime from me, either trying to be protective or trying to be like, "MINE." I'm trying not to correct him too much, because I read that if all the dog experiences is negativity from the owner while the new animal is around, he'll start associating that with the new animal, which will make him resent the interloper even more. It's hard though when to my mind, he's being mean and unfriendly to an innocent animal, and barks/growls at the least provocation, and if he'd only realize that he can play with Jaime, he'd have a new friend! But of course I don't want Talis to feel unwanted or sad, because that is the *opposite* of what I am going for in fostering Jaime in the first place! I don't want him to feel worse now than when he was totally alone! However, this will be the first week in which they'll be left alone together for long periods of time, so hopefully Talis will enjoy having Jaime around during the hours when I'm at work.
Jaime: Is SUPER affectionate, for a cat. I mean, I've never had a cat before, so I'm only going off of the fact that I've heard cats can be stand offish and haughty. Jaime can certainly keep himself busy, as most cats can, with his toys and what not, but more often than not he'll want to be in the room where Talis and I are, and on his first night he jumped onto the bed when Talis and I had settled down to go to sleep, draped himself across my chest, and slept there. It wasn't very comfortable but I didn't want him to get the wrong impression by making him get off (he'd probably have been startled into zipping out of the room), so I allowed it. Sometime in the night he moved himself to my side. Well, Talis has a habit of doing the same thing -- he starts out at the foot of the bed and then moves to my side at some point. So that first night, when he woke up to do just that and saw Jaime already there, he was totally perturbed and not pleased. Talis is especially insane about the bed -- like, he's so nutty that if he's already on a bed with someone, like my parents or even Robbie, and someone else approaches, EVEN ME, he gets all territorial and barks/growls at you. So he freaks out when Jaime jumps on the bed. Anyway, so Jaime tries a couple of times, gets chased off, then waits until Talis is asleep or more mellow due to being sleepy, then jumps onto the bed.
The two together: They seem to get along better when I'm not around. As in, when I'm busy doing something else and am not paying attention to either of them (washing dishes, doing laundry, etc.). Yesterday they napped on the couch (and even the bed) together, they can get pretty close to one another to sniff, etc. It's me being around that creates most of the fighting/tension (so I have hopes that they learn to be friends while I'm at work).
As I said, Jaime is totally fine playing by himself with his toys (or whatever else might be lying around, like some empty glass herb jars), and sometimes he can get pretty excited and make sudden and/or ferocious movements. At first it would freak Talis out (he comes to attention like, "What? What's wrong? What's going on? What is that?"), but I think Talis is getting used to it, like, "Oh it's just the cat going nuts for no reason." Sometimes he sniffs at Jaime's toy because if it's THAT exciting to Jaime it must be something REALLY COOL that Talis is missing out on... except after sniffing it Talis just walks away like, "All this commotion for THAT? What a let down."
The worst though is when Jaime is batting around a toy mouse and it goes away and he chases after it ... because that gets Talis SUPER excited, as if Jaime is inviting him to chase him, and then there's mad running until Jaime gets under the bed and Talis walks away disappointed. This morning though, I *thought* that the running/chasing had less urgency to it, almost like they were playing, but that could just be wishful thinking.
There was one funny incident last night when Jaime was playing with a toy and was rolling around with it, kind of batting it around, and Talis was standing very close by watching him. Then the toy got batted a bit too far, Jaime reached out a paw to catch it, and ended up biffing Talis in the face instead. IMMEDIATELY Jaime freaked out and ran under the bed, expecting Talis to get pissed and retaliate, but Talis only looked at me like, "Huh? What just happened?" I think Talis knew it wasn't intentional and it probably didn't hurt him much, so he kept his cool.
Here's a pic of them from yesterday when they were nicely napping together:
I may be going away for a long weekend during July 4 and am not sure yet what I'm going to do with Jaime. I know one of the benefits of having a cat is that they don't need much minding, but I don't know if 4 days alone is reasonable. How long have you kept your cat in the house alone, with no one looking in?
Also, wanna hear something funny? Homeward's cats page has been updated. It shows what animals are currently available to adopt, their histories/preferences, and if they're currently being fostered. Jaime? Totally gone, not even there, not showing that he's being fostered. Apparently they are so convinced it's going to work out with me that he's been taken off the adoption list entirely!
When I first leased my car, I scratched the door against a pillar while trying to park in a parking garage at work. The car had like 800 miles on it. >< I took it to get repaired at this place I've used several times before, and at first it looked great. But as time passed it became more and more obvious that the paint was a slightly darker shade of silver than the rest of the vehicle, particularly obvious in sunlight. I thought (hoped) it was just me, but I've had several people mention it to me so I know it's definitely off. I procrastinated about getting it back to the repair shop to redo, even though I believe they have a lifetime guarantee on their work. Well, I finally had them look at it, because my lease is ending soon and whatever I decide to do, the door needs to be the same shade of silver as the rest of the car. They admitted that it was a darker silver. So now I have to find some time to give them the car for 3 business days. >< What sucks is that I'll probably need to rent a car during that time, so that's extra expense. In theory (and in my opinion), they should cover the cost since it's their mistake, but if they won't do it I don't know that I want to spend the time to fight with them about it. Still, something else to stress about, sigh. Edit: They've agreed to take care of the rental car. Yay!
Nominations for this round of the
dgficexchange are in, so if you are so inclined, you can cast your votes here. Voting closes on June 12. I haven't voted on the fic awards yet because I want to read all the finalists (I did the art one though), so I probably won't be voting until the very last day, which is pretty much my MO for everything in life.
