Leaning Into the Little Things
After a couple weeks of feeling overwhelmed by normal and abnormal (i.e. a sick cat) life stresses, I felt a glimmer of joy return this weekend. It’s the little things, right? Here are a few things making me happy right now: Oh yes, seasonal creamer!!! This definitely puts me in a holiday frame of mind, because I only get the seasonal flavors. I think I may have mentioned (ha ha, once or twice) my love for Earl Grey tea- but once a week, on Saturday mornings, I drink plain black tea and add this creamer. I would get sick of it every day, so I keep it to a once a week treat. Windows open! Okay- it’s not actually cool enough to open windows yet. But we’ve been opening the bedroom window for a little each day so Muffin has something fun to do while she convalesces. Eventually the warm, muggy air is too much and we close it- but it’s reminding me that REAL windows open season is coming! Yum! I had a beer for the first time since May. Not gonna lie- it was about 100% better than that non-alcoholic crap. I drank this while watching football on Saturday night, and enjoyed every single sip. Muffin’s new food! Ahem. The best theory we’ve been able to come up with about what happened to her is that she had some sort of infection that affected her throat. She definitely wants to eat now, but can only tolerate creamy foods, so she gets Churu treats and chicken baby food. The reason we think her throat was sore/irritated is that she has lost her voice! She looks at me and tries to meow but nothing comes out (it’s actually very cute). We’re not too worried anymore- in every other way she seems normal. She’s hungry, affectionate, and luckily she IS able to hiss at Foxy- I mean, lucky for her, not him. We assume she’ll eventually make a full vocal recovery. We’re certainly not taking her back to the vet, since they charged us $500 and failed to pick up on the fact that anything was wrong with her. Sheesh. A good book! After I finished and loved Death of the Author, I read two mysteries that were kind of meh. I started to think “maybe I just don’t like mysteries anymore!” and that would be a sad state of affairs. Luckily I’m really enjoying this one (more coming up tomorrow). Life is just so much better with a good book, right? What little things are making you happy right now?