Thumbs up for the new cardiologist. We're not going through another round of testing, he's listening to my symptoms and the fact the propranolol helped. We're trying a slightly different beta blocker that's also extended release, and he's not insisting on a tilt table either. 👍

S’mol kitten. Big dreams. #cats #BlueskyCats #gato #adoptdontshop #fosterkittens #NoVA

Chessie's wiggly today, not entirely convinced she should stay put for a picture. 🙂

Sometimes it is in fact awkward to be in local TNR groups while working at a shelter, heh. I feel for the people who wish we had more capacity for spay/neuter bc I deeply get it. I also see our surgery team coming in extra on weekends to try to catch up to the backlog we already have.

Grady belly from earlier today. It was not a trap...this time.

I did order a small urn for Amos, which I will probably keep at my desk at work. I feel like that's where he belongs, and in life he was a part of many people's lives. I'm going to retain some for a necklace urn though. Very special cat. I've only ever done all that for Loki before. ❤️

With everything else I nearly forgot I have my appointment with a new cardiologist tomorrow, and with a neurologist on Thu. This is a good thing! And I'm double appreciative my boss was okay with me taking today off. I think I'll be coherent tomorrow. There's just too much happening this month. 🙃

Iz first day of fallings. You gets me and bowtie. Dat it.

I've just been reminded that @alleycatallies.bsky.social has a Community Resource Tool on their site, so I'll share that in case anyone needs it. You can plug in your location or zip code and see some suggestions for community cat resources near you: gethelp.alleycat.org

Very long thread with many Chessie pics. 🙂

And on a lighter note, @radiodeadair.com discovered last night that Hamlet is a gamer cat, lol. (Video: Ear tipped black cat is swatting at a virtual mouse running around on a tablet. He also attacks it with his face. A cow kitty and later a calico watch, still deciding what to do.)

Our donations director is sending me the messages from the folks donating in Amos's name btw, just so that you know I am seeing them. ❤️ Again, absolutely no pressure to anyone - I've loved sharing his story! - but I do appreciate, and so do the couple other shelter TNR cats we still have around. ❤️

Also, I will in fact be taking tomorrow off. My boss asked how I was feeling and said she would be fine if I took tomorrow off and appreciated me working the weekend. And I said, "Yes, please!" 👍 Here's hoping that between that and my normal days off I can start feeling human again soon.

Just a baby I didn't post earlier this week. 🙂

He is baby.

The most tired mama here, poor girl. She has six kittens, around 6 weeks old. They are literally climbing the walls, and driving mama crazy. Hopefully we can separate her soon! ❤️ (Shelters are not fun places for moms to have their babies.)

On a more cheerful note: Guess who turned 1 year old today?!!! (At least by shelter records, which are approximations, lol.) My angry little murder baby, Chessie! ❤️ Thread and more pics incoming, unsure if I'll finish it tonight.

Babies hanging out at the milk bar. ❤️

So, Amos was sent in a group cremation bc I didn't realize until today he wasn't set aside and no one else realized I totally would have paid a local place to do that. (No one's fault!) But one of my coworkers offered to collect ashes from when he was done which is legitimately very kind of them. 🙂

Welcome home! These sweet farmers were so happy to get the crew back; spayed, vaccinated and ear tipped. Happy life babies, we love you! #TNR

This little muffin looked so comfy! ❤️

This mama is only mildly tired of her kittens, and has been getting more social, yay! She looks alert here, but she was soliciting pets earlier this morning. 🙂

I have in fact made sure to get some kitten time today, but this is the time of day I knew would be hard. This is supposed to be dinner and first churu time. ❤️ Rest well, my handsome boy.

Seeing how much of a work day I can manage, still very tired and not feeling great. I work with some very good people though. ❤️

Still alive and cat pics will continue soon. The problem with getting bad news when I'm sick is when I'm not sad, I'm miserable bc sinus infection. When I'm not miserable bc I'm exhausted and my face hurts, I'm sad about Amos. 💔 Hamlet has been holding me down on the bed a lot, he's a good boy. ❤️

Well, this is not my week. :/ I spent the last 24 hours literally stuck in bed bc the sinus infection hit that hard, and I'm still not feeling great. And Amos, my old man feral at the shelter, unexpectedly had to be euthanized this morning. 😢

Some real nice baby pics today. I don't know HOW - I have over 10.2K steps today for a hint how busy it was. But sometimes it's important to find a little baby time, just as a treat. ❤️

My current bff at work (other than Amos). His name is Max, and he's a previous TNR kitty. A new cat has moved into his area, and is beating up on this little guy to the point it's affecting his health. We are working on a better placement for him. ❤️ Note his bottom snaggletooth! ❤️

My allergies are working on trying to be Suddenly Sinus Infection, and much like this little guy I'm feeling very No Thoughts In Head rn. 🙃

Tiny kitten babies on their way to a foster home. If you love kittens, fostering is a great way to help your local shelters and rescues! ❤️ (Video: 3 little brown tabby neo kittens in a carrier. One is climbing on the front door and sharing small screamy opinions.)

True story. It's Charlie, for those curious.

A smol talkative monster who came in today. ❤️ 10/10 cute, no notes.

Found out a couple of my coworkers are leaving for other job opportunities soon and I'm in the weird space where I think I'm feeling something about the news but I legitimately can't tell what exactly I'm feeling. Also can't tell if some of what I'm feeling is just the Benadryl, lol. 🙃

The one pic I got today. I love when cats are absolutely unbothered and nonchalant about being brought to kitty jail by the kitty police. 😆 (Brought in by ACO today.)

Seasonal allergies are absolutely kicking my ass this year! 😭 I never had issues in MN, but I swear I become more allergic to SC every year.

She looks a little skeptical, but Chessie is thinking about moving back to Garfield's apartment now that it's getting cooler out. She and Garfield get along surprisingly well - I'm secretly hoping they cuddle this winter but I don't think that's actually likely.

Today sucks. This is Garfield. Now today sucks less.

It's September and we had multiple moms with litters brought to us stray on Monday alone. Ofc we can't know where they originally came from, but I'll PSA again about the importance of spay/neuter and TNR. One resource to help find low cost options is Spay USA: www.animalleague.org/get-involved....

It's getting marginally colder so Chessie is starting to hang around the porch a little more. She likes the self heating mats VERY much. 🙂

In work news not about me, I had a really great win this week as well. ❤️ We had a kitty come in from another shelter, with a note that the owner they contacted said the cat didn't belong to them. I remembered the person who had adopted him from us, and reached out on an old email thread we had.

I had to hold off announcing until they told my team, but exciting work news. I've been promoted up from being the team lead to being the actual manager of our animal resource center. 🙂 (stray intake, owner surrender, lost and found, TNR, pet retention, etc. - we do both animal and people stuff)

I know a few people on here who like cute little games where you run a shop - the same dev who did World End Diner (that I now have 200+ hours on) also has one called Sky End Market. And it's also adorable so far. :) @gremlinzrus.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/3308550/...

I didn't get a picture until he started acting skittish again, but Hobbes came by with Susie today and he did solicit a little bit of petting. I wish I knew why he got all skittish again, but I love when he does let me near him. ❤️

When I got home form work today I found out our neighbor has chickens now instead of goats. I found this out when Garfield suddenly chased a loose chicken across our driveway. Followed by two of my neighbors racing over trying to corral the chicken.

When I woke up this morning I thought there was a draft in the room. I opened my eyes and Lumi was fully right in my face breathing on me, not creepy at all. 😄

Handsome Claudius. ❤️

Worst photo shoot ever. This model keeps saying that my camera settings are wrong and he needs to “fix them.”

The boys were extra ridiculous for treats tonight, and Claudius nearly fully climbed into my lap. 😄 (Video: I'm hand feeding a churu treat to 3 ear tipped TNR 'd community cats on my porch. Mild chaos ensues.) @radiodeadair.com

Today someone mentioned that a cat in our room was kind of chonky and my response was, "Huh, I didn't really notice because he was very loud. *pauses* Okay, I understand that doesn't make sense, but you'll have to trust it makes sense to me."

Baby has been cat napped!!! (She went to the cat cafe, lucky girl. ❤️)