Sena's DW :: Watermelon Life

So I took my girlies outside to play today! And I have a story to go with it!

MUCH CURSING FOLLOWS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

I took everything down for the bunnies, then went back upstairs, loaded them into the cat carrier and hauled them down three flights of stairs, and let them out in the play area... I was sitting watching them play, and suddenly I saw Sarah's cat, Fritz, wander past in the corner of my eye. I was like "HUH??" because Fritz and Fuzzy (as well as my cats) aren't allowed outside.

Long story short; Don installed our back door a couple of months ago, and did a half-assed job, as usual. He didn't bother to cut a notch for the latch, so the only way to shut the door and keep it shut is to use the deadbolt. *SO NOT IMPRESSED*

Since the back door is down at the bottom of the stairs in the back sun room, I closed the door to the back room and locked the cats in the main apartment, because there's no way to shut the back door from the outside, and I didn't want them getting out-- here's the kicker. When Don installed the back door, he didn't bother to go out and buy a new deadbolt for it, he took the one off the sun room door. So basically, there's no way to lock that door now... and the cats somehow opened it.

Right, so I see Fritz and I'm like CRAP, and I look around a bit, and Fuzzy's there, too. I didn't want to leave the rabbits by themselves, but I had to run and catch the cats, and I figured they'd be okay for a minute or two... so I chased Fritz and Fuzzy around to the front of the house and up onto the porch.

Fuzzy jumped up on the windowsill and cowered, because he's never been outside, and was scared shitless. Fritz, on the other hand, tried to dash around me to freedom again-- I grabbed him on the way past.

BIG. FUCKING. MISTAKE.

He hisses at me, then wraps himself around my arm, starts biting and clawing, and totally shreds my hand. I went "SON OF A BITCH!", but didn't let go. (I was PISSED, then, and so not giving him what he wanted). Instead, I slammed him down onto the porch, with him still biting me, and pinned him there. Then I grabbed him by the scruff of the neck with my other hand, and hauled him inside.

So I'm bleeding all over the damn place, I'm holding Fritz, he's THRASHING and WAILING, I'm praying he doesn't get himself turned around enough to latch onto my other hand, and I'm opening doors with the one that he mauled. Halfway up the stairs, he swiped a paw and managed to nick my other hand-- and I snapped "SHIT!" really loudly.

Sarah heard me, and opened the last door in time for me to lose my grip on the cat, and for him to zoom past her, into the back room (since the door was still open), down the stairs, and BACK OUTSIDE.

She chased after him (she apologized later for that, and said she would have stayed to help me if she'd realized how bad I was hurt), and I bled down the hall to the bathroom to wash my hand off and see just how bad the damage actually was.

THE FUCKING CAT LITERALLY TORE CHUNKS OUT OF MY HAND.

Little ones, but still!

When Sarah got back inside, I was just coming down from my apartment with my gauze, and she helped me wrap my hand up. Said gauze is about seven layers thick, and I still bled right through it. In fact, that was over two hours ago, and I'm still bleeding from a couple of spots where he chewed flesh away. I should probably have gone to the hospital, but it's pretty much too late now...

We managed to get Fuzzy back inside with no problem, but Fritz took off and was gone for about a half an hour before he came back. Neither of us even bothered to look for him-- we were both too pissed off. And Sarah apologized to me a bunch of times (like it was her that bit me, and not her cat, or something.) Eventually, Fritz showed up on the porch again, and Sarah grapped him by the fur and threw him inside. She is SO not pleased with him right now. (Actually, I think she's more angry with him than I am...)

So basically, my hand hurts like hell. Typing is okay, but using my computer mouse KILLS.

Anyway! After that adventure, I went back outside to sit with my rabbits again, and Sarah brought Ritter out to join us. They all seemed to really like being outside, though they did a lot of O_O;; eyes for the first couple of minutes. lol.

And I ( took a bunch of pictures. )

Now I think I might have to go down to the pharmacy to get some more gauze and antiseptic... =_=;;

EDIT: I was just talking to Mom, and she thinks I should go get a tentus shot or whatever just in case. So! Of to the hospital I go anyway!

EDIT-EDIT: They didn't give me a shot, but they prescribed a bunch of antibiotics and warned me to come back ASAP if it gets any redder. Incidentally, ( WTF FRITZ?? ) >_<;; That's just the top side... the bottom side is all sliced up, too, as well as along the inside between my thumb and index finger. -_-;; And the big hole there is still oozing, over five hours after the original incident...

EDIT AGAIN: Oh yeah, and the ponies came in today. Thank you papercut917! =3

OMG EDIT: 8:48 PM, and still bleeding... =_=;;

Hey, another step forward! ^_^ I let Pauper and Phoenix out to play, and just opened the top of Phantom's cage, and she hopped out on her own! YAAAY Phantom! *applauds*

Mweh... she's getting kinda pudgy, though. *pokes* BUT. She'll be spending a lot of time outside this summer, since I found {the equivallent of} NIC cubes at Walmart! Finally! So maybe that will help her lose a bit of weight.

I'm really looking forward to setting up an area outside for them to play. I think they'll really enjoy it, and it'll give me an excuse to sit outside and read or whatever, too, since I wouldn't leave them out there all on their lonesome, just in case. ^_~

Anyway. Yesterday, along with the package from kierseth, I also got a couple of movies from the DVD club; Fun With Dick And Jane and Memoirs of a Geisha (which I finally just broke down and bought :P). I watched FwDaJ last night, and MoaG this morning; they were both good. Jim Carrey made me laugh, as always, and Memoirs was just amazing. =3

So about a month ago when Mom and I sat down to work out my taxes (and subsequently mail them away), I was like "YAY! I'm getting some money back!" ...not much, really, but just over $400, and that's more than I have now. The funny thing is that I got all excited, but all of it's going to go toward my critters, not me. lol.

Firstly, I'm getting Phantom spayed; I've been kind of putting it off the last couple of months because of the cost, but screw it. I'll get her done out of the tax money, and that they I don't have to worry about it anymore. I feel sorry for her already. ;__; I always feel sorry for my animals when they go in for spay/neuters/declawings/etc...

Anyway, the next thing I have to do is buy a new/bigger cage for Phoenix and Pauper, as they're on the verge of outgrowing the one they're in AND I CAN'T FIND NIC CUBES FREAKING ANYWHERE! >_<;; Are they even in Canada? ARGH!

...right. So, new cage for the girls. *nods*

Also, I must stay the hell away from the rabbit pen at the pet store, because right now they have the cutest little dwarf bunnies leik, evar. There's a little creme/brown one (that's probably a buck :P) that jumped up on the side of the pen and wiggled it's nose at me every time I walked by (I was wandering the store getting bedding/litter/hay/etc.)... and I so almost dropped what I was carrying at the time and snapped it up. Good thing Mom was there. >^-^;;

Then after the new cage, if there's any money left, I'm going to stock up on cat food, since Neko and Tri are both on the C/D from the vet. They sell "normal" bags of food for $15 each, which last about two weeks-- and they sell HUGE-ASS bags of food, which are the equivalent of six bags, for approximately $60 (so it's like getting two free bags), which last about three months, and are much more convenient. The problem is that a random $60 is a little hard to budget for... ^_^; So if I have any cash left from taxes after Phantom, and the new cage, it shall go to kitty food. Because we all know my boys like to eat. lol. =3

And on a completely random and unrelated note, Pauper has figured out that she's big enough now to jump up onto the couch on her own; she's always been a Couch Bunny, but only when I lifted her up. A couple of days ago she suddenly figured out she can do it by herself. ^^; I've been waiting for it, actually, since some of the things she's been climbing already are taller than the couch is...

So the night that she discovered it, she nosed around the edge a bit... then just hopped up. Then poked about the couch itself for a while. Then hopped down. Then hopped up again. Then down again. Then up again. Then down. Then up. ...and so on. ^_^; I was on the computer at the time, and from where it is, the couch is sort of in the corner of my field of vision, and all I could see was a black-and-white blob jumping up and down over and over... it was quite funny. It's times like that I wish I had a video camera.

I do feel kind of bad for Phoenix, though. She's still too little to jump up on her own, and I don't know if she'll ever be big enough. But DAMNED if she doesn't try! The poor thing struggles and struggles to follow Pauper up... but just can't do it. Though if I lift her up, she has to qualms about taking a crazy nose-dive back down when she's had enough. X3

Aaaaah, the bunnies are amusing...

And yeah, I've been up since 5:00 this morning, thank you very much. -.-;; I think I'm going to go and see if I can catch a couple more hours sleep before I have to get up for the day...

No, I'm not focusing on completely random things in an attempt to forget about Kusha...

My family doesn't celebrate Easter, really, so I don't have anything special to do today.

But! I come bearing ( BUNNIES! )

One of Sarah's friends has a cat that just had kittens yesterday... and I think I'm going to adopt one when they're old enough. OMGSQUEEKITTEN! X3

It shall be named Loki! I decided on the name for my next kitty way back when I adopted Tri. ^_^;

And aw dangit. -_-;; Pauper ( taught Phoenix to climb, too! )

...I actually don't mind as much as I say I do. ^_~ I think it's kind of cute, actually. The only thing is that every time they figure out something new they can climb on, I have to reorganize my stuff to bunny-proof again. Mostly just with books and wires, though. :)

And Pauper likes my pan pipes, so she tends to pull them down off the shelves whenever she remembers they're there. Oh well. No big deal~

When I got Phoenix yesterday, they had two other bunnies in the store as well-- one other female, and one male. And while I know better than to get a male and stick him in with Phantom and Phoenix, since they're both girlies, I just couldn't get the other female out of my head. ^_^;

Normally, when I pick up a new animal, one is enough. But I loved Phoenix and the Netherland Dwarf rabbits so much that I couldn't get over the urge to go buy her sister, too... so today, after I went to the Dentist (and got two HUGE fillings done), I went back to the pet store. Now I have another little cute dwarf bunny.

I suck have no self control when it comes to animals. :P lol.

Anyhoo, I named her Pauper. I'll come up with a longer name later; like Harlequin Phantom and Obsidian Phoenix. Pauper needs a dramatic name, too!

( Various pics that will make many people go 'SQUEE!!' )

While I was at the pet store today, I got some catnip pouches for the cats, and some beef crunchies (originally intended for dogs, I assume) to see if the rats liked them-- they LOVED them, so I'm going to buy some more next time I'm there.

Also, my jaw hurts. I mean in the joint itself-- that's where the Dentist put the freezing for my fillings today.

I talked with a lisp for about three hours afterward because my tongue and the roof of my mouth were completely numb...