It's December 1st and a lot of things have gone on and the day's not ended yet. First thing I noticed when I woke up was hot bloody hot it is! There's only so many layers of clothes and sheets you can remove to keep cool - and sometimes, no matter how naked you get, it just doesn't seem enough to cool down.
Then, there was my shocking discovery this morning of my poor little bird - Little Miss Stevie - falling ill. I removed her from her cage to stretch her wings for a fly around the room when dive-bombed instead! When I found her on the floor, she was walking around in circles backwards with her head off to the left - as though she had gotten into the home brew (which I don't make). So, I picked her up and put her on the table, but she still wobbled around and couldn't find her centre of balance. Poor little thing. She kept trying to fly, but I had to stop her before she hurt herself. Anyway, I got onto Greencross Vets and they told me that she could have suffered a stroke late last night and there wasn't really anything I could do for her except keep her nice and comfortable and cool... damn. Mum said that we don't know her bloodlines or breeding; and seeing I bought her from a pet store, it was something I took a chance in with her from the start. But seeing my little bird has made it to 7 1/2, well, that's a great age for a store-bought budgie. I'm just going to keep an good eye on her. It's late afternoon now, and she's still wobbly but going okay.
I had to go to Garden City to do my last bit of Christmas shopping. And what a trip... the bus was late, there were hundreds of people there and I found that if I practically danced around like ballerina, I didn't get hit by anyone driving a stroller; but I did look very stupid and unco-ordinated! At least I didn't get tripped up or rammed into by people who thought the shopping mall was a road for their kid's strollers. Not that I hate it, but they tend to forget there's people with two legs out there too.
I was at Garden City for 3 hours and had bought my 4 items I needed. I had run into a friend of mine from school and we chatted about Christmas. He said it was better for me to have come in by bus as he was flat out finding a parking spot... but I told him that the buses were dead slow or late or too early. He laughed about that before wishing my family a Merry Christmas and we parted ways. Before long, I had had an ice coffee to cool down, found I had bought everything I needed - and yep, I double checked I did - and so I headed off home on the slowest bus in the history of my life.
Tonight, I'm planning on putting up my Christmas Tree. I was going to do it today, but it's jsut too darned hot! So, I thought it would be best to do it when it's cooler... somewhat... and I'm not as rushed. Well, I hope you all have a good weekend and until my next post, take care, keep safe and warm and remember, I'm always here.
Then, there was my shocking discovery this morning of my poor little bird - Little Miss Stevie - falling ill. I removed her from her cage to stretch her wings for a fly around the room when dive-bombed instead! When I found her on the floor, she was walking around in circles backwards with her head off to the left - as though she had gotten into the home brew (which I don't make). So, I picked her up and put her on the table, but she still wobbled around and couldn't find her centre of balance. Poor little thing. She kept trying to fly, but I had to stop her before she hurt herself. Anyway, I got onto Greencross Vets and they told me that she could have suffered a stroke late last night and there wasn't really anything I could do for her except keep her nice and comfortable and cool... damn. Mum said that we don't know her bloodlines or breeding; and seeing I bought her from a pet store, it was something I took a chance in with her from the start. But seeing my little bird has made it to 7 1/2, well, that's a great age for a store-bought budgie. I'm just going to keep an good eye on her. It's late afternoon now, and she's still wobbly but going okay.
I had to go to Garden City to do my last bit of Christmas shopping. And what a trip... the bus was late, there were hundreds of people there and I found that if I practically danced around like ballerina, I didn't get hit by anyone driving a stroller; but I did look very stupid and unco-ordinated! At least I didn't get tripped up or rammed into by people who thought the shopping mall was a road for their kid's strollers. Not that I hate it, but they tend to forget there's people with two legs out there too.
I was at Garden City for 3 hours and had bought my 4 items I needed. I had run into a friend of mine from school and we chatted about Christmas. He said it was better for me to have come in by bus as he was flat out finding a parking spot... but I told him that the buses were dead slow or late or too early. He laughed about that before wishing my family a Merry Christmas and we parted ways. Before long, I had had an ice coffee to cool down, found I had bought everything I needed - and yep, I double checked I did - and so I headed off home on the slowest bus in the history of my life.
Tonight, I'm planning on putting up my Christmas Tree. I was going to do it today, but it's jsut too darned hot! So, I thought it would be best to do it when it's cooler... somewhat... and I'm not as rushed. Well, I hope you all have a good weekend and until my next post, take care, keep safe and warm and remember, I'm always here.
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