Ragdollcatlady's Just a Little Patch of Weeds Farm journal

[ragdollcatlady]

@Bruce .... I am looking forward to going to Alaska in a couple weeks and Texas over Christmas.... but I still have motion sickness to deal with and travel is still not something I look forward to. I am excited now, but I am sure the anxiety will hit a few days before. I will know I have it when illogical things have to be done immediately. Usually it is a project that should have been done, but hasn't (and really wouldn't be any worse to wait until I get back) but I will obsess and stress until it is done. Good news is that once said illogical cleaning or project is done, I can let go and focus on the trip. We may have to build up to longer trips. I will let you know if/when we are in your neighborhood though!

 

[Bruce]

Ah, but the more you do this travel by air thing, the less it will stress you out! The trip to TX, being the third in a relatively short time, will be much easier than the first trip to AK.

 

[Devonviolet]

@Devonviolet lives ~ an hour closer to there than I

That sounds like fun. However, DH and I have discussed it and neither of us would tolerate a 4-1/2 hour drive, once, let alone twice in one day.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

I will let y'all know about Texas plans as we get closer. I'd love to meet anyone that is able to come. @Devonviolet , I agree that is a lot of miles if you aren't going to be bringing home a new animal or something....I mean... isn't that just about the only reason most folks would bother driving that far???

I had to put Harley Kisses to sleep the other day. She was one of my old bottle baby cats. She was 10 or 11 years old. She was wasting away and I just don't feel like I had the time and money to get to the bottom of her problems before she would have suffered for too long. Bloodwork and rads from a month ago showed nothing significant, but she had lost a lot of weight in the last year and 1/2 lb in the last month alone. She was clearly not feeling well, so it was time. Sorry Kisses! Rest in peace.

4 days until I head back to Alaska!!!

and . I went to bed at 2:30 last night (this morning) cause I couldn't sleep so I brought pumpkin spice with chocolate chip scones to work today.... I had to suffer through not sleeping, so coworkers had to suffer through my diet breaking scones that I was busy making in the wee hours of the morning with just my insomnia for company.

And I am going to miss DS2. He just texted that he is coming home to visit this weekend!!!

But I get to see DD next week since I have a 5 hour layover on my way back to California....

It is supposed to stay over 100 degrees here for 18 days straight or some foolishness!!!

The baby pigeon that I was feeding after nursing her back to health, was killed and eaten last night by that darn stray cat!

I got a couple answers back from the vet in Alaska and also heard back from the broker... sorting out my next contacts for info on importing and hauling my animals into the state.




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[Bruce]

Give DS directions to Alaska
Where is DD?
Aren't you glad you won't be home for the entire 18 days of > 100°??

What sort of restrictions/regulations are there for moving the animals through Canada? I am assuming you aren't planning to buy them seats on an airplane so they skip over the Canadian landscape

So sorry about Harley Kisses That amount of weight loss usually means something not good. Cost me plenty to find out that Samantha's was due to her kidney disease of some undetermined nature.

 

[Mike CHS]

I have had some major life changes in my lifetime but yours is right up there with the best.

 

[Latestarter]

Have a safe and fun trip back to Alaska!

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Thanks guys!

DD is in Washington. Her husband is stationed there in the military so I asked Alaska to schedule me a longer layover to catch up with her this time.

Most of the restrictions for Canada have to do with health certificate, vaccine/testing and sealing up of the trailer so no animals are able to be removed, added. And official persons have to be scheduled to do the unsealing and inspecting. Not impossible, but it sounds very complicated.

I leave in just a couple hours!!!

 

[Bruce]

No just

 

[Latestarter]

and of course the MOST important...