Weekend | Kiesa's Mutterings

Downs

Saturday morning Calvin woke up a little past 3:30am. I got him to doze a bit by rocking him but by 5:30 he was completely up.

I finally got a collar for 5 and so was able to put the city cat licenses on both of the cats. It was such a nice day that I decided to let them outside for a bit. 5 went outside, sunned herself for a bit and then came back in. However, Willow decided to wander off. She still isn’t back. I hope she’s ok. UPDATE: I found Willow. Our porch was built over concrete steps that came with the house. The earth under the concrete has eroded to form a little hole. It turns out that Willow was stuck under the concrete steps. I went outside to call to her and heard her meowing (though I had called before and hadn’t heard her previously). I suspect she got spooked by something and burrowed herself under the steps and then couldn’t get herself out. I crawled under the porch and expanded the hole a bit. Then, I got her to stretch her head far enough forward that I could grab the back of her neck. With some careful rotating, I managed to pull her out. However, now she’s filthy. She needs a bath but I didn’t want to traumatize her more tonight. Instead, I washed her off as best as I could with a damp washcloth and brushed her. I’ve put her in the basement for the night and will reevaluate the situation tomorrow.

Ups

Jaeger got up with Calvin this morning. Jaeger’s parents are still here and they watched Calvin for much of the day as I did useful things like grocery shopping and then Jaeger and I went out for ice cream.

We opened presents for Calvin after his morning nap. Nana, Jaeger’s mom, got him a little wagon that he can pull around that also came with blocks. He had a lot of fun playing with that today.

Simplification

Organized Calvin’s toy collection. Or, more precisely, I made suggestions while Jaeger’s mom organized Calvin’s toys.

Calvin Moment

Calvin actually petted 5 gently this morning a couple of times. He lightly brushed her fur instead of banging his hand like he use to. Hopefully this is a new skill he has mastered.

Food Diary