Marbles ~ Spayed June 8th 2021

 I know everything happens for a reason, but
 sometimes I wish I knew what that reason was...

Marbles is the first and hopefully not the last.  

Today she will be spayed, tattoed, and ear tipping. 

 Ear-tipping involves surgically removing a small portion 

of one of a cat's ears while the cat is under anesthesia for spay

 or neuter surgery. It is the universally accepted way to signify 

that a community cat has been spayed or neutered, which 

means no new kittens will be born, and that's a good thing.

Marbles and MacGyver are the best of friends. 

 They are probably brother and sister.  When I caught 

Marbles, MacGyver would not leave her side.  he wanted

 to be with her.  She way crying.  Not used to being in a cage, 

but it is the best in the long run for her. They are always 

together. I saw him looking for her as we drove to the vet.

I'm a nervous wreck.  Hope all goes well for Marbles. 

 I have paid for her to be boarded and cared for for

 2 days at the vets office.  This way if she should 

develop any side effects help is close by.  

 I left her at the vet, and as I walked to the car,

 I could not help but cry and make sure I told the 

girls to please take good care of her.  

Arvid said my downfall would be that

 I care too much.  I'm not sure I can change,

 nor want to.  Would be much easier, but...

Now to wait for the call telling me that everything

 went well.  same call I waited for when Brutus had his

 amputation.  It did not go as I expected.  That call said,

 "Brutus is crashing."  My world collapsed that day.  

Today will definitely be better news🙏

I've learned over and over again that 

life happens on its own terms, not mine...

~Nadiya~

Wednesday .. Halfway There ~

Too much time on my hands. It’s ticking away with

 my sanity.  I’ve got too much time on my hands it’s hard to

 believe such a calamity.  I’ve got too much time on my hands, 

and it’s ticking away, ticking away from me....

Believe it or not I have spent way too many hours this week 

watching shark movies.  And this is during the day.  What has 

happened to me?   I'm not sure how many more shark
movies I can handle, but for now pretty entertaining.

Yesterday I was at Almost Home.  Short visit but very nice.

  The day before I met Bailey, on of my previous tenants' kitty cat.

  Bailey is very tiny, but boy is he energetic.  I took him

 a few toys and he never stopped running, rolling 

and jumping.  Already I love Bailey.

Today  Bonnie and I go out for lunch.  Who knows maybe 

an adult drink or two is in the picture.  You never know.

The last few days we have had quite a lot of rain.  

Sniff is happy because we’re home, but he still thinks we 

will be leaving.  Anytime Arvid goes out Sniff just 

waits by the door.  He has been really jumpy.

The birds keep him entertained and now so do the 2 little turtles 

we have.  I feed them lettuce and bread and they gobble

 it right up.  Running out of things to do here.

 Now that we do not have the hotel I feel the need/desire to go

 back to Florida.  Strange, but I still don’t think of it as home right

 now.  But I am ready to go.  Here in Branson I am already restless.

On Sunday Arvid and I went to what's known as The birthplace of
Route 66 Festival in Springfield.  It's a car and motorcycle show.  Pretty
interesting with lots and lots of cars, and lots of memorabilia of Route 66.

As the new day begins Sniff and I are keeping each other company.
We love our mornings.  Very peaceful and very quiet.  In the mornings
 as I sit with Sniff I sometimes let my thoughts go elsewhere.  It
 always leads me to Brutus.  I really miss him.  The pain is not as
 agonizing, but boy I miss my Brutus.  I love our Sniff Sniff.

We have a good life.  We have what we need and for that I
am always grateful, but I miss my Brutus.  Now I have so
 many hours to think.  Not so sure this is always good.

Physically I am here.  Mentally I am far, far away.
Some days, she has no idea how she'll do it.
But every single day, it still gets done...

~Nadiya~