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Pochacconeki (*´꒳`*)

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Quarantine, Day 154

August 12

LOL my computer won't show me my pin login screen unless I press the soft boot keys first, that's not a bad sign, is it? 

Anyway, another day of entirely kittens! Three hour feeds means breakfast starts at 6am, bright and early! Second breakfast rolls out around 9, just in time for a nice lunch at noon. Second lunch is at 3pm, followed by early bird dinner at six. Fashionably late dinner (attended by all the same diners, of course) is at 9pm, then we all have a midnight snack that is in fact a full meal. A 3am top-up finishes the day's menu, and everybody gets one more nap before breakfast. Whew! In the middle of this, the weanlings also get fed on their own, slightly less rigid schedule consisting of "We have finished the food, human! What the hell are you playing at?" 

The good news is that eight daily feedings are paying off in terms of baby weight gain. All of the teenies are up by at least 20g over yesterday, which is an excellent daily gain equivalent to the weight of about four US quarters. Given that they were very underweight to start with, rapid gain and good suckling are very encouraging signs. Orphan kittens always have a tough row to hoe and things could go wrong, but it's a great start. They also have names nowI I ran the two sets of names by the coordinator and she okayed the Harper Hall set, woo-hoo! Without further ado (or photo editing to make these pics smaller because I am exhausted), meet the Harpers! 

First off is Menolly, of course. She is white and black with a mostly white body and a white blaze on her face (her first given name for my notebook was "Stripe"). Menolly is the smallest of the kittens by just a few grams and earned her name by being the loudest and most energetic yeller by an order of magnitude. She always gets fed first, because she is apparently always STARVING. Menolly was also the first kitten to escape her bin; I found her snuggled up next to Audiva this morning and had to put binder clips on the towel cover. 

Next is Audiva, the other female, and much less obvious of a naming choice. If she'd been bigger or louder she might have been Silvinia, but she's pretty laid back and mostly enjoys snuggling in with her stuffed puppy fake mama and sleeping on her back. (She was "Dot" to start with, because she has one black spot on her back and the white stripe on her face wraps around her ear to make the black spot a round dot.) 

Sebell has facial markings that are not dissimilar from Menolly's, but where her body is mostly white, his is tuxie black. (He was "Blaze" to start with becausse of the white blaze up his face and chest.) Sebell just about gave me a goddamned heart attack this afternoon by not only slipping out of his bin but leaving the bins entirely and going a few feet away to a place where I could easily have stepped on him. I like to think I would've noticed him before I did, but luckily the kiddo was with me and quickly pointed out the wanderer. Yikes! There is such a thing as living up too much to your name, journeyman. 

The final kitten is Robinton, the biggest and most distinguished of the kittens thanks to his handsome white mustache! (He was "Stashy" in the book for obvious reasons.) Robinton is possibly the most businesslike kitten I have ever encountered. When I pick him up he pees and usually poos as well, lets himself be wiped up, then latches onto the bottle like it's going out of style. He's gained 30g already and has a handsome portly tummy to go with his handsome face.

  The little kittens did well today, but Zuko lost some weight and I'm not sure why. I'm hoping the tick we pulled off him isn't making him sick a few days later. I penned him up with some food to make sure he'd get enough, but all he did was cry, so I pulled him out, snuggled him, and then syringe fed him meat mush through a luer lock with no tip in it. It was messy work, but he ate some! I'm going to keep on keeping an eye on him, but he's certainly been very active. The others are all gaining well and eating well. The kiddo has been spending a lot of time taking Aang into his room and playing with him whenever I say he can. It's probably just as well if these kittens depart this weekend; we cannot get another cat if we want to keep fostering and I don't want him to get his little heart broken when it's time to say goodbye. 

In non-heartbreaking news, I proved my Minecraft chops and general motherly acumen today when I fixed the kiddo's bugged game by successfully typing /gamemode creative into the text window in the very few seconds between respawn and death after the kiddo accidentally redrew the borders of the world to exclude the place where he was. He'd been getting a little wound up worrying about it but all's well that ends well, and I showed him how to back up his game to prevent future disasters from being ruinous. It's funny because I remember back when he was maybe two or three years old and my motion sickness wasn't so acute, he'd like to sit on the arm of my recliner and watch me play Minecraft. It was fun, but it added difficulty because he unconditionally refused to let me kill the cute animals for food or materials. Suffice it to say he has gotten over that qualm and is now a first rate hunter and farmer. 

The only other real thing of note today was our trip to the thrift store. The thrift store was closed for many months during the pandemic, and we've only been back a couple times since they opened despite it being one of my favorite places. Today's trip was ostensibly for the purpose of acquiring suitable fake mama animals for when the teenies inevitably pee or poop on the ones they have, but we found many other goodies as well. They put all their pet, garden and summer stuff on half price sale, so I got a Topsy Turvy planter for a buck, a couple of blue ice cooler packs for less than a dollar each, and a really startlingly nice crate-style cage for small animals for just three dollars. I am betting it was probably 40 at the store and it looked new, so I'm very pleased. We're always looking for crates for transfering kittens or friendly ferals without taking up our scarce box traps! I also got six or seven appropriately sized stuffed animals for the non-hypothetical kittens. 

The kiddo got into a bin of 50 cent electronics toys with no batteries, sold take-your-chances style, and got a little ray gun, two Perry the Platypus walkie-talkies, and a bluetooth speaker. Everything but the gun worked, so it was a heck of a good deal even though he did wind up getting his finger stuck in the ray gun while disassembling it and needing a good spritz of cooking spray to release him. My best find was probably the nonstick Pampered Chef two-handled skillet in great shape for five bucks. I couldn't find the exact pan online because it's probably older, but I don't think PC sells any pans for less than like 100 bucks, so I was quite pleased. It's a great size for omelettes, stir fry, eggs, whatever. Every time I move, I have to go through and get rid of most of my pans, and every time I settle down again, I rebuild my collection. It's the circle of life! 

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Weasleyisms

Young Fred and George arguing over who was “more handsomer” than who.

Young Ron said, “My wiener wants to come out and see people.”

Young Ron said, “Daddy, your job is to kill the spiders in our house.”

Young Fred and George run up to Molly and George says, “Mum! I cannot see my eyes!”

Molly jokingly asks Young Percy to change Ron and Percy says, “No. I don’t want to get poo on my hands.”

Young Ron says to Molly: Ron- “Mum! I saw a spider!” Molly-”Were?” Ron- “Downstairs. I said “BOO!” but it refused to move.”

Young Ron grabbed a napkin to wipe his nose and opened the napkin to everyone screaming “BOOGERS!” smiling.

Young Ron said, “The next time you and daddy make a baby, can I watch?!”

Young Ginny walked on Arthur using the bathroom and said, “Daddy, put that thing back in your pants.”

Young Ron asks Molly very loudly in public, “Mum, why does that lady have a butt on her chest?”

Young Ron asks Molly, Ron- “Mum, what’s a boner?” Molly- “Go asks your brother.” Ron- “Brother what’s a boner?” Charlie- “Uh, it’s a fish.”

Young Ron was at the dinner table and said “My bum was really itchy, but did you know forks make good scratchers?”

Young Ron asked Molly, “Are farts really just burps that come out of my bum?”

Young Percy said to young Ron, “It would be amazing if you would sit down and eat your dinner.”

Young Ginny said, “Daddy pushed so much love into mummy, that she had twins.”

Young Fred and George are fighting one day and Fred called George “ugly”.

Young Ginny said, “Only mummies and girls have babies... Boys and daddies just sit and watch.”

Young Ginny saw Arthur changing and she bursted out laughing and yelled, “HAHA! DADDY! YOUR HOO HA IS STICKING OUT!”

Young Ron walked into the kitchen and yelled “Garbage boobs!” to no one in particular.

Young Ron said, “Savage is a bad word, but sandwich is a good word!”

Young Ron said, “I have my rights to shake my booty!”

Young Percy said, “Okay everyone we’re going to play the quiet came. And heavy breathing does count.”

Young Ginny announced loudly, “My mummy has a bagina!”

Young Ron’s advice, “If they’re mean just pull down their underwear.”

Mr. Weasley was in his underpants and young Ginny sees him and says, “You pooped your pants!”

Mrs. Weasley was trying on a dress and she asked young Ron if he liked the dress. He said, “No. But I like your BOOBIES!”

Young Percy said, “I’m allergic to people who are nuts.”

The twins came up with a song that went, “Touch your wiener touch your butt. Touch your wiener touch your butt.” when they were young,

Young Ginny asks loudly in public, “What does horny mean?”

Young Ron told every stranger in public, “My mummy doesn’t have a penis!”

Young Ron said, “Mummy, pee is wet and hot.”

Molly asks young Ron what he wants for dinner. He replies, “Poopy tacos!”

Young Ron was out in public and asked Molly loudly, “Mummy why don’t I have boobies?”

Young Ginny said, “Boys go potty different than girls.”

Baby Fred lets out a huge burp & George starts laughing hard.

Young Fred and George once flushed a potato down the toilet.

Young Fred Weasley said, “I have a new baby sister and my mummy has a sore bottom!”

Young Ron Weasley said, “All I want to do is eat cheese and have a great life.”

Young Ron was taking his clothes off & Molly asks why he’s doing that & Ron says, “We all gotta be naked sometimes mum!”

Young Ron said in his loudest voice, “Attention ladies & gentleman I have a scratch on my bottom.”

Young Ron said that his favorite color is “grapes”.

Young Ron cleaned the counter with a piece of ham & then washed it & ate it.

Young Ron asked Molly, “Mummy. Are you going to lay another baby?”

Young Ron asked, “If you pretend you’re angry that helps you poop, right?”

Young Ron said, “I’m not naked; I’m wearing socks.”

Young Ron said, “My daddy has a warm bottom.”

Young Ron asked Molly loudly, “Mummy, did you wash your breasts in the shower this morning?”

Young Ron said, “Sometimes I fart a lot.”

Young Ron said, “I did a poo in the toilet and it splashed me!”

Young Ron said, “My poop looks like a carrot.”

Young Ron passed the bra section with Molly and said “Tatas!” loudly.