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[rebeccmeister]

This week kicked my butt, which is unsurprising when you figure I was traveling and effectively out of commission for 3 days at the end of the week last week. I had multiple evening meetings that required sprinting home from work, plus a substantial grading task (Results sections for student papers), plus a guest lecture for a class at another nearby liberal arts college, plus Emma.

At the start of the week, I finally noticed that the Arcosanti bell wasn't making any noise. I guess when there are a bajillion of them hanging in the showroom, it's a bit much to have them all ringing, so the inside was lined with tape to silence it.

It is a very silly bell, but I'm enjoying hearing it now on windy days. It transports me back to that one magical afternoon/evening, so badly needed, and reminds me to ask myself questions about how I want to spend my life.



Weekend agenda:
-Buy a hair dryer
-Attempt to get more mineral oil off of Emma (did you know there's a whole WikiHow page dedicated to getting oil off of your cat? I guess I'm not the only person to wonder). The hair dryer will be to make sure she's dry and never too cold. Time to Dremel her claws again, too.
-Clean/organize house
-Brace myself for the Grading Hell phase of the Scientific Writing course
-Try to make progress on at least one project that involves making something

And now, back to grading and answering emails. Whee.

Comments

[shalpacafarm]

Emma has mineral oil on her? I’m so so lost.

[rebeccmeister]

Originally we thought she might have constipation, so S attempted something with mineral oil, and it got all over her, as mineral oil does.

[shalpacafarm]

I have an entire bottle of lactulose to give away but no idea how to get rid of it.

[graydon]

Time to Dremel her claws again, too.

I would expect even a cat tolerant of claw-clipping to go utterly berserk from the buzzing sensation of a Dremel. I must now guess my expectation is inaccurate!

That is a whole lot, and I'm impressed you're staying on top of it.

[rebeccmeister]

Oh, she does NOT like having her claws clipped, interestingly. I wouldn't say that she likes the Dremel, either, but it seems to be less traumatizing.

It is all too much, but it's hard to know how to cut back.

[graydon]

The usual/traditional answer is priority order, figure out what you can do, and Not Do the other things, including the telling people you're not doing them part.

I have no idea what a helpful answer would be, alas.

[mallorys_camera]

Wait! You Dremel Emma's claws!

And she lets you do it?

Emma is amazing. 😊

[rebeccmeister]

She doesn't like the full plug-in Dremel - too loud and scary - but S found a smaller little battery-operated one, and she's fairly tolerant of it. Her claws have become so thick that regular trimmers are too painful and cause them to split.

[scrottie]

"inside was lined with tape to silence it." That was me. Sorry.

[rebeccmeister]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

Okay. It will go away.

[scrottie]

Ack... no, doesn't have to go away. There was just a couple of really windy days. That has hasty but something like Luke's silencer makes more sense for temporary muting. What I did was kind of mean.

[bluepapercup]

Poor oily Emma! Cobweb would DIE if we dried to dremel him...the cat bag works fine, he hates it but submits to it and since he can't run away, only flop around like a landlocked mermaid, it works out.

Also, I love that bell. I haven't even heard it but I adore it. I want a garden full of bells and chimes.