Sadness from the loss of a kitten

Disclaimer - this is a sad post and I'm crying a lot while writing it.  I can't edit very well with tears in my eyes, so excuse any misspellings or grammatical errors.

Miss Grey <3

Little Miss Grey had a short life.  I found her this morning (Aug 27, 2015) lifeless.  She was cold so she must have passed away right after I put her and her siblings in their cage for the night.  She had been acting a bit punky yesterday.  In the morning she was her normal loud energetic self.  By afternoon she was more subdued.  In the evening she was very subdued, but still ate and acted like a lower key version of herself.

Yesterday afternoon

Purrito bowl

She was the middle of the kitten sandwich/burrito bowl when they all settled down for a nap after eating.  I thought it was adorable.

Wet food is best food Omnomnomnom

She had a good appetite the whole time.  I have no idea what happened.  Some people think she may have had a heart condition, or some other internal condition that finally reached it's breaking point yesterday.  There were no clues that she had anything wrong with her.

Pixel making sure they don't escape

Pixel was always nice to Grey.  Always licking her face and keeping her clean.  Not that he was mean to the others, but he was more gentle with her.  I think he knew something was wrong with her and was just trying to keep her as happy as possible.  She seemed to like him, so it was heartwarming to witness.

Grey stalking Pixel, who thought he was well hidden.  Ha!

One of her many attempts at escape

She was only in my life for a short while, but she will be forever missed.  I buried her under the tree my mom and I planted 14 years ago with some of my dad's ashes.  He will take care of her now.

Good bye my sweet kitty

Thursday was a mixed day

What is this?!

I know I need more sleep, but how can I possibly hallucinate this?

It's like someone cried onto my windshield!

Yes, sprinkles AND it's after 10am and not approaching 90!  So awesome!

It stayed cloudy until about noon, then all the clouds just vanished.  Seriously, they vanished.  It was very weird.

So, running errands and what not, you know, the usual.  Then a curb happened.

So much for keeping my new car new.

My car is low, it's just low, not a low-rider or whatever nonsense.  I had a lower car once, but that thing was a tank that hated me (MG Midget - British car that was 3 months older than me).  A high curb that ran along the side of the parking spot I was pulling into.  I don't even know how it happened.  I've parked in that same spot at least 2 other times with this car.  :(

Of course my day couldn't get better, now could it?  No, of course not.

WTF?!

Forecast for the next week is almost the same every single day, 97 give or take a degree.  Why can't summer go away until next year?!

No pictures of my poor hands/wrists from all the kitten scratches.  Seriously, anyone want one??  I need some sort of magical hand cream.  Something to stop the burning.  Yay eczema!  :(

Distracted

So this happened last Monday morning (8-10-15)...

Grey is a girl, Orange is a boy

My husband brought them to me because they were found outside his office.  He woke me up an hour and a half before I normally wake up.  I will forever stand by the statement that if someone wakes you up, it's NEVER good.

Sorry, no banana for reference.  Only had the Tic-Tac container.

So of course I got a bottle thingy and some kitten formula and googled all things kittens.  I don't know what I'm doing.  I've never dealt with kittens that aren't already on solid food and litterbox trained.  This is all stressful.

Pixel isn't sure about this.

So after a few days of this:

I'm innocent!  Call my lawyer!!

Let's climb out!

Freedom!

Now what?

I thought I was doing okay, considering I have no clue what I'm doing.  They have energy and are very kitten like.  Then Thursday morning happened.

Meet Tiny

Another kitten.  He brings home another effin' kitten.

Some sort of small gang

The third one is smaller than the other two, and is also grey, so I refer to her as Tiny.  I was going to call her spot because of that spot on her head, but that's just a weird cat name.

I need to get rid of all of them.  Yes, they are adorable or something, but I can't deal with 3 screaming things with scalpel claws tearing up my skin.  We are at our pet maximum anyway, so I need them to go.  I think I can care for one until it's ready for adoption, but I can't deal with all three.  Seriously, anyone want a kitten???

I melted

It's been hot.  I survived the 100 days over 100 degrees back in 2011, but this year is worse somehow.   It's killing me.  I run mom around once a week, sometimes twice a week and we're both dragging after those days out.  This past Saturday I got a full blown migraine.   I haven't had full one in months, I'll get a light(?) one or whatever every now and then, but they aren't bad and I can still function.  I think the heat helped push it into full migraine.  Mom got me a super nifty water bottle and it's been a life saver.

If I ordered online it would be purple

This is a Hydro Flask.  Claims to keep cold drinks cold for up to 24 hours.  I left it in my car one day for a couple hours while in appointments and whatever.  The outside of the bottle was hot, but the water inside?  Ice cold.  Amazing!!  I saw someone talk about these on a message board saying how awesome they are.  I looked at their website, but was horrified at the price.  A couple days later I see limited colors at HEB.  Same price, limited colors, but it's the real thing.  It's worth the horrible price. Yesterday I was outside with it.  I finished the water, but the ice cubes were still whole.  It's wonderful.  I'll probably put some stickers on it or something to make it more me.  :)

Anyway, here's some pics from my car.  Car likes to over embellish the temp, but sometimes it's only a degree or two off.

7-29 My car's first car wash.  I hate touchless washes.  Useless. :(

7-31  Only now realized the time is the same but 2 days later.  Weird.

8-4 Ugh.

8-4  few hours later.  Double ugh.

8-6  Today was the first heat advisory day.

Actual temps have been around 103, give or take a degree or two.  Today was actually 105. When the pic was taken it was only 101.  Sometimes it feels like my eyelids are actually sweating.  Is that possible?  Ugh!

In the midst of all the horrible heat my baby had a birthday!  My Anya turned 16!!!

WOOHOO!!

Party girl!!

As you can see, she is a total party animal.  I love that she'll let me put a party hat on her.  It's a tradition.  I have pics from years ago with party hats on her.  She's a sweetheart, but she's also a cranky old lady.  I hope she has a lot more birthdays!