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Thursday, Day 0, Cat

Plague news: one new case, an import. There's three total active cases, all of them are in hospital. Australia's at 91.8% first vax, 85.8% fully vaxxed. Queensland's at 85% first vax, 74.5% fully vaxed.

The ACT is already at maximum capacity. NSW is gaining on that, with Victoria and Tasmania close behind. Next up are South Australia and the Northern Territory... with WA and Qld in last places.

In a few short minutes, I pack up Jolie and head off to deliver her to the vet's. Then I find out about payment for nonsense.

If I write anything today, it's a bonus. Anxiety makes my brain do static noise.

This makes me officially broke off my arse. I will recover, but I am firkin BROKE because cat. Yay.

In the news:

  • Three white racists who murdered a black jogger were found guilty in the USA. Amazing
  • 33 people took an inflatable dingy across the channel and died when it flipped
  • More rain for Australia's East coast
  • Double standards emerge in regards to cricket star's sexting
  • Plastic in the Marianas Trench
  • Couple had sex in a cop car
  • Tim Tam McFlurry
  • More restrictions on the Unvaxxed

And now - storytime for you. Panic time for me.

Why'd you have to go?

There is a shady patch underneath a banksia plant. There, a cat lies at peace. She used to hang out there when she was alive, trying to hypnotise the birds down so she could 'play' with them. It's the best place for her to rest, now.

Beloved and Mayhem were kind enough to squirrel away the feline accessories so I wouldn't have to. And I thank them for that mercy.

I'm still sad about it. I expect to be randomly crying about

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How to wash a cat's face and other random problems

It's 6:30AM, the temperature in my office is already a balmy 27.5 degrees [82 old school] and Mayhem is not doing so great.

There was upchuck, last night. Which Mayhem thoughtfully allowed to dry. And owing to a scheduling problem, Beloved was not available to help me swab all the scabs off of the cat's eye.

Chaos is being her usual sweet self and doing her star-quality Lump Impersonation instead of looking after herself. I've actually had to tell her

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catbountry: WHY DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS CAT BEFORE HER NAME IS TAMAAND SHE'S THE STATIONMASTER AT A TRAIN STATION IN JAPANSHE GREETS ALL...

catbountry:

WHY DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS CAT BEFORE

HER NAME IS TAMA
AND SHE’S THE STATIONMASTER AT A TRAIN STATION IN JAPAN
SHE GREETS ALL THE PASSENGERS
AND SHE HAS HER OWN OFFICE
AND SHE’S PAID IN CAT FOOD
AND SHE IS AN EXECUTIVE OF A RAILROAD STATION 

AND LOOK AT HER

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the trains are decorated with cartoon versions of her since she’s their mascot as well

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Japan is a nation comprised entirely of cat people.


I

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Of Cats and Kings (Story!)

Just like I promised, the story I’ve been holding out on you with.

Every now and then I have to have a go at some fairy tales. This is one of the ones I actually finished.

Of Cats and Kings

In all my nine lives, I have never seen a boy so dim as Victor. Absent-minded as a kitten, and half as clever. True, he could bumble his way through a day well enough - if he had someone checking

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5 more years off Purgatory...

I did a genuine good deed, tonight. The cat bought in a bird and, being a cat, demanded acknowledgement of her great feline feat.

Mayhem spotted it, I discouraged the cat from holding the poor creature, and together we bought the poor thing to the relative safety of the front room.

It was a small olive-green honeysucker, judging by the proboscis-like beak and its long tongue. I held it in my hands for quite some time, and kept Mayhem from patting the

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