just let tomorrow come

i'm in a house full of things i have no interest in packing.
the last time i moved it was incredibly efficient and i was fully settled within a week. i do not expect this time to be anything like that. i think it will be more like moving into our house in portland—but more scattered, fewer boxes. i have little interest in boxes.

tomorrow i close and i will move the lawn equipmet and the chicken house.
over the weekend i will move kitchen items and non-essential stuff. everything can live in the basement until i know where it is going. it will feel better here on whitman with things out of the way—sometimes i find it difficult to concentrate on a task at hand with too many items around me. if i'm lucky, i'll erect a fence over the weekend.

i recently figured out that aesop is a drooler.
he also has the fantastic habit of coming when called only after you're on your last hope. fucker. he is not allowed outside again until we are moved into the new house (and its fenced!)

deal with it bitches

the very same day that i write out my schedule—and altering it...
i alter it again.

i just can't deal with milo being a little rat about aesop. so i throw them in together and tell them to cut the bullshit. the vodka tonics probably helped... currently they are somewhere in the house, having a stare-down, as they have all night.

aesop tried his best. just brightly curious, no malice.
i'm going to end up in a house where the little cat is the dominant one. like those looney tunes cartoons with the tiny dog telling the big dumb dog what to do all the time.

man. i didn't even make it through or till thursday!
but all in all, i gauged milo well i think. they continue to get closer and closer. the growling is less and less. currently, there is none.

in other news, i might hold onto the banty's for awhile. a fellow poultry enthusiast things the banty roosters won't make much noise and if that is the case then i think i am willing to keep them. i had a couple interested parties... but, but if they won't make noise then i don't need to get rid of vernon. and if i don't need to get rid of vernon, then i certainly don't need to get rid of tselma.

io (formerly merope) is trying to challenge me. unfortunately, i am at the top of the pecking order. (just like i'm the alpha cat too! and dog, if there were any here. i rule the roost bitches!)

time for sleep.

The ReVised Cat Rotation Schedule

Morning
6:45—wake up, snuggle with milo until 7 (ideally, realistically: 715)
Let Aesop out of laundry. Close Milo up in Bedroom.
(The cats can now see & smell each other through my door.)
Let chickens out, give them their salad
Get ready. Say goodbye to both cats.

Lunch
12/12:30—Home for lunch.
Give the Chickens their feed.
Do the lunch hour thing, love on Aesop for awhile
Put Aesop in the laundry.
Let Milo out, love on him. Let him outside.
Let Aesop out of laundry.

After Work
Love on Milo on the porch. Say hello to chickens.
Love on Aesop inside.
(Possible social hour with Milo & chickens)

Night
9pm—Put Aesop in laundry with wet food.
Let Milo inside, love on him.
Set Milo up with wet food, close him in bedroom.
(Again, they can see and smell each other now.)
Let Aesop back out until I go to bed.
(More time with more space and more attention.)
At bedtime, put Aesop in laundry.
Give Milo the run of the house. Go to bed.

Why did I revise the schedule? For a couple of reason. One, they need more contact with one another. Two, Milo appears to forget another cat is in the house if he can't see it. Three, I'm concerned Aesop is rubbing raw spots on his face due to lack of affection or closed-quarters. This way he gets more hours to roam the house. I also am no longer letting him in my room—making my room Milo's "safe room" and the laundry room Aesop's, with plenty of room between them.

The Cat Rotation Schedule

Morning
6:45—wake up, snuggle with milo until 7 (ideally, realistically: 715)
Let Milo out, let chickens out, give them their salad
Let Aesop out of laundry. Snuggle with on couch.
Get ready. Say goodbye to both cats.

Lunch
12/12:30—Home for lunch. Love Milo on porch.
Do the lunch hour thing, love on Aesop for awhile
Feed Aesop and put him in the laundry
Let Milo in, feed him, love on him.
Give the Chickens their feed.

After Work
Say hello to Milo, let him out.
Let Aesop out of Laundry. Love on/Play with.
(Possible social hour with Milo & Chickens)

Night
9/10pm—Set up Aesop in Laundry w/ wet food.
Close up the chickens, refresh their water.
Let Milo in, give wet food, snuggle with.
Sleep.