we are not lost

Aubrey; also Birdie.
Student and writer. Polyamorous and really gay. Chronically ill.
Local queen of cait sidhe. Powered by caffeine, anxiety, and spite.
mortalcity: Text: "Note the swirling vortex of death." (text | note the swirling vortex of death)
So, today we woke up to an open living room door. Right next to where we're sleeping, since we haven't finished painting the bedroom, so the mattrees is still out in the living room.

It must not have been open long, because Ace hadn't noticed it yet - she was still curled up on the bed with us, rather than frolicking in the street as she would be if she'd had half a chance. But both cats had already escaped, though apparently fairly recently, because when I looked out the door, I saw Michaelcat slinking around the corner.

Simba was located fairly quickly, though after I tossed him back inside, the door swung open again and I had to retrieve him a second time. Michaelcat, however, got lost. We could hear him wailing for help for a while (which he does when he gets lost, though it's usually inside the house), and then he just... stopped.

Mat found him in the backyard, where Michaelcat crouched down and waited for his mommy to save him, so. All animals are inside and safe, and both humans are okay minus a minor heart attack and mild exhaustion on my part. Though Michaelcat keeps wandering around alternately wailing about his trauma and demanding to be let out again.

This is... not the best way to start the morning. Not at all.
mortalcity: A wolf peeking around autumn leaves. (wolves | truth so deep within the wood)
Yesterday was my birthday, and I actually managed to avoid being kicked in the face by my birthday curse. (Don't ask, but it exists.) I still didn't leave the house, because I really don't want to tempt fate that much, but [personal profile] thatrainbow and several other people wished me happy birthday, and nothing bad happened. It was magical.

Mat made me breakfast and dinner, and we put two coats of paint on the trim in the bedroom (well... Mat painted. I taped.) so it is almost done, and there was wine and brownies (and vodka the night before) and it was basically the best birthday I have had in very a long time.

In other news:
  • Jae thinks the increased dose of drugs is helping. Now that the awful brainfuzzing side effects have mostly worn off, I have to agree with her that I am definitely perkier the past few days (although I disagree with her word choice there - I would like to think I don't do perky).

  • There has been an orange ninja in my yard on a few seperate occasions, but given that my yard was A) full of cover for small furry animals and B) full of orange, it was kind of hard to identify it. The recent windstorm helped a little with both of those things, and today I actually got a good enough look to see that it's a gorgeous orange and white tom cat.
    I went outside to try and say hello, and he looked like he was considering coming over to meet me, but then something (I think one of the neighbor's dogs) spooked him and he took off. Because I am a sucker for furry things and the weather's been bad lately, I left the door to one of the sheds propped open, and a bowl of cat food in the floor in the shed. Just in case he needs it.

  • I am starting to think maybe we should turn that shed into a chicken coop instead of going and building a whole new structure when we're ready for chickens. Mat wanting it for a painting and recording studio, but the garage has electricity and plenty of space for that plus the car once we actually get our stuff out of there and into the house and/or the storage shed. CHIKKINZ.

  • I am going to start making lists of things I did every day. Because I tend to overload to do lists and then feel like a complete failure for not being superhuman. So maybe the other way around will work better for me.

    Today I: )
mortalcity: Riley Fisher with a flashlight. (OaS | DMA: Riley)
The other day, [personal profile] thatrainbow named one of my characters who's been hovering around nameless for a while.

It is a ridiculous name. (Sadly, it is not Leroy Rivera - sorry, Ailet. :|) There's not even a way to make a non-ridiculous nickname out of it. I did not expect it to stick.

Said character likes it. Like, violently likes it. I think I might be stuck with it.

Luckily, she's a fairy, so I can get away with just about any weirdness I want. Still, Riley has so many more legitimate questions about Tegan's family than she did to start out with. And there are a lot.