Not Hired

Hey, Everyone!

I didn't get the job at Macy's. No one did. There were four applicants and none of us got the job. And it wasn't until the very end that they told us, "Oh, we aren't actually hiring anyone right now, we're just interviewing applicants in case we run short on help during the holiday season; which is around November to February." The whole time during the interview process we applicants were like ":D" face, happily answering questions, and then when she said that, we were instantly ":\" face. Why were they even interviewing people if they only "might" have an opening in NOVEMBER?! So frustrating!
Anyway, for those of you who complain that there aren't enough pictures of me on my blog about me, Ramiro took this picture of me right before I left for my interview:
Since I can't afford "real" haircuts these days, I've been cutting my own hair. Try not to be too harsh on me. Haha. The skirt I'm wearing is the one I bought when we took Agnes to the thrift store when she came to visit us. That's the Tingler I made Ramiro (based on the William Castle movie) on top of the TV. Ramiro's headcrab is hanging on the closet. My Persian rug from Mo is in our hallway. And that's the green chair Robert & Ziggy sleep on... Speaking of which:
Ha! More cat pics!! (You're welcome, Steff--I'm glad at least one of my readers likes the cat pics as much as I do). That's Ziggy giving Robert kisses before they tucked in and went to sleep.

I'm a bit disappointed about not getting hired at Macy's, but I guess God has a different plan for my life. I'm trying not to let it get me down. :)

I guess that's all for now. Until next time...

--Lauren*

Sick Ziggy

Ziggy got beat up pretty badly by something the other day. When she came in Friday night for dinner, she was all sorts of messed up. Her eye, especially, was pretty gross, but she also had bloody spots all over her ear as well... She wasn't acting herself and didn't want to eat. And she wasn't yelling at any of us (very not herself!).

We think it may have been a "Mockingbird" that attacked her, but we're not sure. Ziggy likes to climb trees and there have been a lot of those birds around lately (and they've been making nests). Those birds have been known to be pretty vicious to cats in the past, especially when their nests are threatened, so it seems fairly likely. Also, we interrogated the other cats in the area about the incident and since none of them were scuffed up, we think they're in the clear. If Ziggy had been in a fight with another cat, she would have messed them up too, you know?

We've been trying to treat Ziggy's eye with an antibacterial cat eye ointment that we got. We think it's helping a little. The swelling has gone down and she's no longer pussing green out her eye. We've been trying our best to keep the area clean. It's still very sore-looking and she's still very squinty (as you can see from the pic above) and it's still leaky (but clear fluids now!), but it isn't all swollen and totally nasty any more.

However, her appetite is still down (though she did eat a little more today than she did Friday or Saturday) and she's been very cold. She's also been making a burbling sound and has a very "wet" cough. We weren't sure she was going to make it through the night last night. We've been keeping her inside and have been trying our best to make sure she gets a little water & wet food into her and we even wrapped her in a towel to try to keep her body-heat up.

Our vet is closed on the weekends, so we've been having to wait it out a bit. We're going to call tomorrow and see if they can squeeze her in. They were very helpful when Robert was ill last October. Fortunately, my parents were kind enough to give me an advance on the money I earn from fixing their bathroom (which is looking great, by the way; Ramiro saw it in person for the first time today and was impressed). I just hope it's enough. :( I accept PayPal donations...

Please pray for our baby girl.
Hopefully I'll have happy updates soon.

--Lauren*