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Life Update (Aka, "Let's Bump Down The Last Journal")
12 years ago
Figured I may as well update folks on what's been up with me lately, as far as life stuff goes, especially since a portion of it explains why I've not been terribly active on this site lately. XD
Well, for starters, thanks to a VERY special and amazing friend of mine, I've finally been able to begin production on my Syn partial suit, which I'm HOPING will be ready to debut before the end of the year, if all goes well (I'm REALLY gonna be taking my time with this, it being my first "official" suit project, so I wanna make sure it comes out right) Sometime later within the next week or two, once I'm able to get a bit more work done on it (I REALLY don't feel like I have all that much accomplished to be worth showing off yet XD), I'll be posting up some WIP pics here for y'all to see. I'm pretty excited about it, to say the least. =3
Secondly, I've become a temporary foster parent to a 3-and-a-half week old kitten (expect a photo spam in my gallery shortly after this journal goes up, LOL) for the past week and a half, after one of my grandmother's cats gave birth to a litter of 6. The poor lil' lady literally ran out of milk to offer the poor little guy, and being the runt, was completely incapable of competing with his larger and more-developed siblings for access to a full teat, so ... he was starting to weaken. Determined not to lose the lil' guy, me, my mom, and my grandma decided to intervene and take on the role of surrogate mothers. We have a special "rotation" going on, in which my mom does all the feeding shifts throughout the day on the days she doesn't have work, he gets dropped off at my grandma's house on the days that she DOES work and then my mom picks him up again on her way HOME from work ... which then leaves me to handle the entire night shift from midnight til somewhere between 5-6am (depending on the exact timing between each feeding, it fluctuates slightly), after which I catch up on my sleep while the others handle the day shift.
It's been pretty rigorous work for all of us, since for the time being, he eats every 2 hours (he's basically a "premie", as far as runts go, so he's been having a bit of a hard time putting on some baby fat, despite the insane amount of playful energy he has). His other 5 siblings still living with my grandma have all finally begun eating canned food along with still occasionally suckling from their mom, so we're hoping that by the end of the week, this lil' guy will be in a similar situation. At which point he'll be a lot more independent than he is now (well, about as "independent" as a kitten his age can be really, LOL).
When we first got him, he nicknamed him "Champ", as sort of a way to give him good karma and a fighting spirit to bounce back from his weakened condition. Now, he's been named "Sampson" by my aunt/godmother (who will be adopting him, once he's a little older), so we just call him "Sammy". X3 Despite all the work, and the crazy amounts of stress during that first weak while I was panicking over his condition (considering how the past 2 infant kittens we attempted to nurse back to health both lost their battles for, I was EXTREMELY paranoid about losing another baby >_<;;) ... the more time I spend with him, the happier I become. He's been an AMAZING little "therapy cat", helping me get out of the bad funks I've been in recently with his adorable little antics and his sweet and loving personality. He's sharp as a tack, cute as a button, and sweet as sugar. A very, VERY welcomed diversion from all my recent "blah-ness", due to life stuff stressing me out. It's pretty hard to stay bummed when a tiny lil' kitty-cat is batting playfully at your nose with a paw the size of a soda can tab, those big shiny blue eyes lookin' up at you with that goofy look on his face, LOL.
So, for now, that's pretty much it. I promise that EVENTUALLY you'll start seeing art from me again, don't worry. XD I've got a couple of nearly-complete pieces that I still need to finish up and submit, and a couple other pieces still on the "que" I've got lined up, so rest assured ... there WILL be art!
For now, I've got another 15 minutes til Sammy's last feeding during my shift, so off I go to submit some photos of him before I gotta check up on the lil' guy. ^.^;;
Well, for starters, thanks to a VERY special and amazing friend of mine, I've finally been able to begin production on my Syn partial suit, which I'm HOPING will be ready to debut before the end of the year, if all goes well (I'm REALLY gonna be taking my time with this, it being my first "official" suit project, so I wanna make sure it comes out right) Sometime later within the next week or two, once I'm able to get a bit more work done on it (I REALLY don't feel like I have all that much accomplished to be worth showing off yet XD), I'll be posting up some WIP pics here for y'all to see. I'm pretty excited about it, to say the least. =3
Secondly, I've become a temporary foster parent to a 3-and-a-half week old kitten (expect a photo spam in my gallery shortly after this journal goes up, LOL) for the past week and a half, after one of my grandmother's cats gave birth to a litter of 6. The poor lil' lady literally ran out of milk to offer the poor little guy, and being the runt, was completely incapable of competing with his larger and more-developed siblings for access to a full teat, so ... he was starting to weaken. Determined not to lose the lil' guy, me, my mom, and my grandma decided to intervene and take on the role of surrogate mothers. We have a special "rotation" going on, in which my mom does all the feeding shifts throughout the day on the days she doesn't have work, he gets dropped off at my grandma's house on the days that she DOES work and then my mom picks him up again on her way HOME from work ... which then leaves me to handle the entire night shift from midnight til somewhere between 5-6am (depending on the exact timing between each feeding, it fluctuates slightly), after which I catch up on my sleep while the others handle the day shift.
It's been pretty rigorous work for all of us, since for the time being, he eats every 2 hours (he's basically a "premie", as far as runts go, so he's been having a bit of a hard time putting on some baby fat, despite the insane amount of playful energy he has). His other 5 siblings still living with my grandma have all finally begun eating canned food along with still occasionally suckling from their mom, so we're hoping that by the end of the week, this lil' guy will be in a similar situation. At which point he'll be a lot more independent than he is now (well, about as "independent" as a kitten his age can be really, LOL).
When we first got him, he nicknamed him "Champ", as sort of a way to give him good karma and a fighting spirit to bounce back from his weakened condition. Now, he's been named "Sampson" by my aunt/godmother (who will be adopting him, once he's a little older), so we just call him "Sammy". X3 Despite all the work, and the crazy amounts of stress during that first weak while I was panicking over his condition (considering how the past 2 infant kittens we attempted to nurse back to health both lost their battles for, I was EXTREMELY paranoid about losing another baby >_<;;) ... the more time I spend with him, the happier I become. He's been an AMAZING little "therapy cat", helping me get out of the bad funks I've been in recently with his adorable little antics and his sweet and loving personality. He's sharp as a tack, cute as a button, and sweet as sugar. A very, VERY welcomed diversion from all my recent "blah-ness", due to life stuff stressing me out. It's pretty hard to stay bummed when a tiny lil' kitty-cat is batting playfully at your nose with a paw the size of a soda can tab, those big shiny blue eyes lookin' up at you with that goofy look on his face, LOL.
So, for now, that's pretty much it. I promise that EVENTUALLY you'll start seeing art from me again, don't worry. XD I've got a couple of nearly-complete pieces that I still need to finish up and submit, and a couple other pieces still on the "que" I've got lined up, so rest assured ... there WILL be art!
For now, I've got another 15 minutes til Sammy's last feeding during my shift, so off I go to submit some photos of him before I gotta check up on the lil' guy. ^.^;;
Dineegla
∞dineegla
Yay Sammy!
Synwolf
~synwolf
OP
Huzzah! =D
WeaselZERO
~weaselzero
The underdog has become the undercat!!! Good stuff!!!
