Just more whining, sorry for the long bout of negativity here.

NGL, I'm just a bit overwhelmed right now. I'm not going to say my life sucks or anything--I have so, so much to be thankful for and everything will get better soon I think--but I just feel like things keep barraging me and it's harder to cope when I don't have my usual coping mechanisms. Typically I just go to my computer and find nice distractions until I feel more relaxed (browse Pixiv, read fluffy fanfiction, watch AMVs or anime, write or digitally paint, and so on), but alas, it is still in repairs. ;____;

I went to my dad's house last night with Lucky so I could take pictures of him for his very hopeful potential home, and for some reason he was terribly behaved! He spent the whole time trying to attack the parrotlets, whining and high-pitched barking, pulling, and when I let him off the leash for a bit he went and pooped in my dad's room. This caused dad to go even more into stress mode because he HATES when animals poop in his house (and of course they always do as a result, aside from Honey). Even after hours, Lucky still didn't chill out. As a result, I barely got anything I wanted to do at dad's done, dad got all upset with me because of Lucky and because he wanted to be with his girlfriend, and I left feeling extremely stressed.

Got to mom's and told her how stressed out I felt in hopes of garnering sympathy or understanding, and naturally instead she proceeded to begin criticizing me and getting mad at me, and ultimately just stressed me out way more. I cried a bit and then felt at least a little better.

I'm waiting on the chicken medication I bought, Tylan, in the mail. Of course, as I wait for it, birds suddenly start dying again. As soon as I went out to the coop this morning, I knew some birds were missing because I can tell at a glance if everyone is there or not. Alpine, my big blue Manx Rumpie mix, started sneezing only yesterday, and somehow between then and last night she had passed away. I'm shocked that she went downhill so fast, I hadn't seen so much as a sniffle in her before. RIP, Alpine. I'll miss you, gorgeous girl. :(

Silver the old silver phoenix hen is on her way out. If I wasn't working today, I honestly would probably take her to be euthanized, but as it is she'll probably pass away on her own today.

Raccoon pulled one of my serama cockerels through the kennel fence earlier in the week, too, because I moved my two youngest cockerels into a coop without hardware cloth on it because that's the only way Prince tolerates having other roosters live with him is if I introduce them young. I named the other cockerel Peanut Butter and I'm being careful with him, making sure to put him in every night because otherwise he sits on top of the house where the raccoon could probably grab him. Going to get some wire to put up on the kennels ASAP, there's some cheap chicken wire on Craigslist and I'm hoping to have mom pick it up next time she's in Sacramento area.

At least I doubt I'm going to lose anyone else before the medication arrives. I just hate losing birds, I really do. I love every single one of my birds and always feel a pang of sadness and hurt when I lose one, and sometimes I mourn deeply depending on circumstances and who it was that I lost. I keep reminding myself that I give them as good of a life as I can, and I have medication on the way and I'm modifying the coop as much as I can.

Just more whining, sorry for the long bout of negativity here.

NGL, I'm just a bit overwhelmed right now. I'm not going to say my life sucks or anything--I have so, so much to be thankful for and everything will get better soon I think--but I just feel like things keep barraging me and it's harder to cope when I don't have my usual coping mechanisms. Typically I just go to my computer and find nice distractions until I feel more relaxed (browse Pixiv, read fluffy fanfiction, watch AMVs or anime, write or digitally paint, and so on), but alas, it is still in repairs. ;____;

I went to my dad's house last night with Lucky so I could take pictures of him for his very hopeful potential home, and for some reason he was terribly behaved! He spent the whole time trying to attack the parrotlets, whining and high-pitched barking, pulling, and when I let him off the leash for a bit he went and pooped in my dad's room. This caused dad to go even more into stress mode because he HATES when animals poop in his house (and of course they always do as a result, aside from Honey). Even after hours, Lucky still didn't chill out. As a result, I barely got anything I wanted to do at dad's done, dad got all upset with me because of Lucky and because he wanted to be with his girlfriend, and I left feeling extremely stressed.

Got to mom's and told her how stressed out I felt in hopes of garnering sympathy or understanding, and naturally instead she proceeded to begin criticizing me and getting mad at me, and ultimately just stressed me out way more. I cried a bit and then felt at least a little better.

I'm waiting on the chicken medication I bought, Tylan, in the mail. Of course, as I wait for it, birds suddenly start dying again. As soon as I went out to the coop this morning, I knew some birds were missing because I can tell at a glance if everyone is there or not. Alpine, my big blue Manx Rumpie mix, started sneezing only yesterday, and somehow between then and last night she had passed away. I'm shocked that she went downhill so fast, I hadn't seen so much as a sniffle in her before. RIP, Alpine. I'll miss you, gorgeous girl. :(

Silver the old silver phoenix hen is on her way out. If I wasn't working today, I honestly would probably take her to be euthanized, but as it is she'll probably pass away on her own today.

Raccoon pulled one of my serama cockerels through the kennel fence earlier in the week, too, because I moved my two youngest cockerels into a coop without hardware cloth on it because that's the only way Prince tolerates having other roosters live with him is if I introduce them young. I named the other cockerel Peanut Butter and I'm being careful with him, making sure to put him in every night because otherwise he sits on top of the house where the raccoon could probably grab him. Going to get some wire to put up on the kennels ASAP, there's some cheap chicken wire on Craigslist and I'm hoping to have mom pick it up next time she's in Sacramento area.

At least I doubt I'm going to lose anyone else before the medication arrives. I just hate losing birds, I really do. I love every single one of my birds and always feel a pang of sadness and hurt when I lose one, and sometimes I mourn deeply depending on circumstances and who it was that I lost. I keep reminding myself that I give them as good of a life as I can, and I have medication on the way and I'm modifying the coop as much as I can.

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CHARMS! Obviously I'm mostly without a computer and I can't be checking LiveJournal constantly at work. If someone reserves for me when the post goes up, I will love you forever. ;A; In return of course I'll be looking out for all of you on my infrequent computer bouts.

Priorities:

(Please pleeeease reserve these for me if you see the charms post!)

- Eevee Line
- Unfezant Line
- Togekiss Line
- Swanna Line
- Braviary Line
- Buizel Line
- Marill Line

Would really like to have:

- Mew
- Minccino Line
- Lapras
- Altaria Line
- Chikorita Line
- Cyndaquil Line
- Pikachu Line

Will eventually pick up if cheap/available/if I love the poses:

- Politoed Line
- Dewgong Line
- Lanturn Line
- Ampharos Line
- Ninetales Line
- Arcanine Line
- Houndoom Line
- Dragonite Line
- Tyranitar Line
- Absol
- Zebstrika Line
- Archeops Line
- Sawsbuck Line
- Emonga
- Mienshao Line
- Mandibuzz Line

I'm crazy, I just love too many Pokémon. I'm a creature of excess, what else is new?

We'll see how things go! I honestly never got all the charms I wanted from the Johto charms release and I'm okay with that (perhaps I'll find them someday, and if not that's all right), but thankfully I won't die without most of the charms aside from Eevee set, Unfezant set, and I'd REALLY love to get all the ones in my high priority. The others I'll just pick up if possible. I determined it somewhat by what Pokémon have more merchandise than others, not just by what my favorites are.

My response to the announcement of Pokémon + Nobunaga's Revenge is one of definite excitement. Feudal Japan Pokémon game, are you serious? So strange, but SO AWESOME. I totally love the artwork that has been released so far and I hope there will be some cool merch that comes out for it. *A* There should be amazing fanart for it, too! I was hoping for a new Mystery Dungeon game, but this is nearly as awesome (and possibly just as awesome depending on how good the game ends up being)! I hope it has a great plot to match the pretty artwork. (Psst, still hoping for a new Mystery Dungeon, though! And of course there will be a Gray version at some point, and probably eventually R/S/E remakes.)

I have someone seriously interested in Lucky. She's already been approved by Ratbone Rescues, we just need to talk more to verify that Lucky is the right dog for her, but it is looking very good so far! She's all the way down in southern California but will be up in central California December 27th-30th, so we might figure something out then. Just have to get him neutered, but supposedly the next available appointment is the 29th, which is too late! D: Going to call around and see if I can set something up for next week instead.

Lucky is very bonded to me and he's extremely smart and sweet so of course I'll miss him when he's gone, but it'll be good for my other animals in general once he leaves. He chases Tosca all over the place no matter how much I try to encourage him not to, and he and Hooch sometimes have conflicts. I hope this home works out because he'll get to be a family's hiking buddy if it does!

Whenever we're ready for another foster, I'm hoping to take in a smaller adult dog. We've had puppies the last two times we've fostered, and while they're great fun and all, they're definitely a lot of work!

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CHARMS! Obviously I'm mostly without a computer and I can't be checking LiveJournal constantly at work. If someone reserves for me when the post goes up, I will love you forever. ;A; In return of course I'll be looking out for all of you on my infrequent computer bouts.

Priorities:

(Please pleeeease reserve these for me if you see the charms post!)

- Eevee Line
- Unfezant Line
- Togekiss Line
- Swanna Line
- Braviary Line
- Buizel Line
- Marill Line

Would really like to have:

- Mew
- Minccino Line
- Lapras
- Altaria Line
- Chikorita Line
- Cyndaquil Line
- Pikachu Line

Will eventually pick up if cheap/available/if I love the poses:

- Politoed Line
- Dewgong Line
- Lanturn Line
- Ampharos Line
- Ninetales Line
- Arcanine Line
- Houndoom Line
- Dragonite Line
- Tyranitar Line
- Absol
- Zebstrika Line
- Archeops Line
- Sawsbuck Line
- Emonga
- Mienshao Line
- Mandibuzz Line

I'm crazy, I just love too many Pokémon. I'm a creature of excess, what else is new?

We'll see how things go! I honestly never got all the charms I wanted from the Johto charms release and I'm okay with that (perhaps I'll find them someday, and if not that's all right), but thankfully I won't die without most of the charms aside from Eevee set, Unfezant set, and I'd REALLY love to get all the ones in my high priority. The others I'll just pick up if possible. I determined it somewhat by what Pokémon have more merchandise than others, not just by what my favorites are.

My response to the announcement of Pokémon + Nobunaga's Revenge is one of definite excitement. Feudal Japan Pokémon game, are you serious? So strange, but SO AWESOME. I totally love the artwork that has been released so far and I hope there will be some cool merch that comes out for it. *A* There should be amazing fanart for it, too! I was hoping for a new Mystery Dungeon game, but this is nearly as awesome (and possibly just as awesome depending on how good the game ends up being)! I hope it has a great plot to match the pretty artwork. (Psst, still hoping for a new Mystery Dungeon, though! And of course there will be a Gray version at some point, and probably eventually R/S/E remakes.)

I have someone seriously interested in Lucky. She's already been approved by Ratbone Rescues, we just need to talk more to verify that Lucky is the right dog for her, but it is looking very good so far! She's all the way down in southern California but will be up in central California December 27th-30th, so we might figure something out then. Just have to get him neutered, but supposedly the next available appointment is the 29th, which is too late! D: Going to call around and see if I can set something up for next week instead.

Lucky is very bonded to me and he's extremely smart and sweet so of course I'll miss him when he's gone, but it'll be good for my other animals in general once he leaves. He chases Tosca all over the place no matter how much I try to encourage him not to, and he and Hooch sometimes have conflicts. I hope this home works out because he'll get to be a family's hiking buddy if it does!

Whenever we're ready for another foster, I'm hoping to take in a smaller adult dog. We've had puppies the last two times we've fostered, and while they're great fun and all, they're definitely a lot of work!