Whew!

I'm so happy the kitty crisis is over.  It's amazing how little we know about the ones closest to us, who we interact with everyday.  And that the nourishment I gave her was actually poisoning her.  And the difference between generic ready-to-eat meals to the ones that are hand-prepared thoughtfully.  Floofy eats less now, but cats don't need to eat that much anyway.

It's easier to be a better speaker if you are a good listener.  Understand what they are saying, and wait until it's best to speak as opposed to talking just for the sake of talking.  That's what I do in the chat room, I listen more than speak.  And there's certainly nothing wrong with asking them to explain what they mean.  But I'm oh so moody, so I always speak from the heart, but I do try to be tactful.  Then there are other times when I'm just a hellcat, and ready to cause trouble.  Oh well, nobody's perfect.  But I think most of the time, I speak well.  I and I feel you as well, speak from the heart as opposed to the mind.  So we use our mind to control the emotion in our words.  Right?

Cat tails (epilogue)

That's it: no more dried cat food pellets for Floofy.  When she came to me 4 Ramadans ago, she was only about 8 months old, and of course she was a local cat.  Which means that if she had been raised by humans, then she would have eaten rice.  So that's her new diet: rice with canned cat food, preferably fish.  I thought I could grind up the cat food pellets into a coarse powder, then add water.  Boy, that was a mistake.  I had created a turd, except that it took effort to make when I could have just fed it to the cats and they would have done all the work creating turds.  Now nobody wanted the cat food powder, and I had to dump it all.  I wasted half a bag of cat food.  Then I tried the other approach.  I had bought some canned cat food a couple of days ago, but she had no appetite then.  Now she has her appetite back, I've been serving her a mix of rice and canned cat food.  At first I served it cold, because I had opened up the can and portioned it out to be kept in my cooler, and the rice was cold too.  But she didn't like that: she scraped at it as if she were in the sand box.  Yeah I know it all turns to poop, Floofy.  So I heated the mix up to slightly above room temperature, and that was acceptable.  This mix already has moisture in it, so inshaAllah there should be no more blockage.

Erin my love, I hope you are keeping safe in your travels and getting lots of sleep.  Please remember that in order to speak better, you need to practice.  So write, write, write your heart out, and study English grammar and vocabulary.  Eventually you will be speaking poetry at all times.  I've had plenty of practice speaking: I used to work on the phone for a living (among other things).  So I'm actually quite comfortable talking to strangers.  I just don't want to.  But nobody can say the right words all the time.  Just shoot for most of the time, OK?

Natty, that's a sexy workout video.  I enjoyed watching you move your cute little butt.  Check out my snapshots below, I'm wearing as much clothing as you are!

Cat tails

The kitty crisis is over!  The poop is gone!  It's all gone!  Subhanallah!  Alhamdulillah!  Lailahaillallah!  Allahuakbar!  Wow, what a spectacle.  I started the morning pumping Floofy full of water to dilute the poop.  Then I went about my usual chores, cleaning the cat room, watering the plants etc.  Then I had harvested some aloe vera, and I had sat down and started to peel them, when I noticed that Floofy was bloated.  All she had had was water, so could it be that she couldn't pee as well?  I got that sick feeling, and started to panic.  I had to take her to the vet immediately.  When I got there, the place was crowded but I was sent straight in for some reason.  The vet told me that her condition was advanced, and that she needed surgery.  I pleaded with him for an alternative, to give her an enema instead to see if that would work.  So the vet gave her an enema, gave me two more enemas for later, and said if there is no positive response after 3 enemas then she would have to undergo surgery.  But the first enema worked.  When I got home, she proceeded to poop it all out.  The kitty emergency is over!  Praise the Lord!  Hooray!

I was given some medicine to be administered to her anally, but I did the best I could by myself using the syringe that I was provided.  Plus it makes a huge difference having someone hold the cat down while treatment is given.

In comparison to the amount of liquid pumped into the anus with the enema:

Here's a snapshot of Floofy after relieving herself, sleeping it off by the back door:

Erin, I feel that you need to pour your heart out.  You need to express yourself more, but you are either too shy or you don't know how.  Seeing that you do work in the spotlight, there is a difference between holding back your voice and holding back your words: you can express yourself better if you use the right words.  I suggest that you study English grammar and vocabulary, then write, write, write.  Write about how you feel: you don't need to show it to anybody, you just need the practice.  Then when it comes time to talk in real time, you can just slow down, choose your words, and express yourself better.  InshaAllah.  I go through moods when it comes to expressing myself, but I've been in the Public Eye for so long already that I don't care how I'm received.  Like today for example, I was much more confident with my expression after the kitty crisis was over.

Natty, I think it's very sweet of you to downplay your career so that your brother can shine.  After all, you do have a future husband who will take care of you inshaAllah.  I just want you to have some wealth that is entirely yours.  After all, your brother is a grown man, and strong enough to make his own success.

Cat tails

Natty, why did you remove that sexy bedroom photo?  I didn't get a chance to copy it because I have a kitty crisis right now.  I'll have to admit that you didn't look like you.  You probably got a whole bunch of college boys aroused, huh?  Well, me too.  I'm sorry it took me so long to react, I wanted to react sooner but I forgot because I have a kitty emergency right now.  I'm glad you're back in school, because I don't want you to give up your education.  Please be an A student, and make me proud.  Stay away from groups of men.  You're still my girl, so big business is going to follow you to college, but try to have fun anyway, being the College Queen.  If you want to speak to me in real time Natty, the same applies to you: meet me in Second Life.  Although I doubt you would have the time to be an entrepreneur in virtual reality.  But if you do want to meet me in Second Life, then post a screenshot of your avatar on your Instagram page like the one of mine below, and I will tell you when and where we meet.  Make sure all the tags are above your head.

I took Floofy to the vet this morning, hoping I could negotiate an alternative treatment with him besides surgery.  But the vet was closed.  For no particular reason, and only for that moment explained the guard.  So I was forced into giving time for my home remedy to work.  That made me think, since cats can go without food for a while, and I'm force feeding her water, I would give the laxative a chance to do its job.  Last night she was able to force a little bit of poop out, it was white and hard, and it looked like it broke off so there's more poop in her that needs to come out, which is what I can feel when I press her tummy.  Ya Allah, please save my beloved kitty.

Pina, go home.

Cat tails

No, it wasn't the cat food.  Floofy ate a little of the new stuff, but now she's lost her appetite again.  Since she's been having trouble pooping, I'll have to conclude that she's constipated again.  But I felt her tummy, and it wasn't as hard as the last time she was constipated.  I had to press deeper to find hardness, which was close to her butt hole.  A blockage is death to a cat.  Death, death, death.  Why does life have to be about death all the time?  How that be living?  The vet is the last resort, because the last time I was there, he told me that if the blockage didn't clear by itself, he would have to perform surgery.  The vet gave me something to be administered anally, but that hasn't been working.  Plus she growls and struggles when I stick that thing up her butt.  Who's going to hold the cat down while I doctor her?  I feel so helpless.  I bought some laxatives but it's for humans, so I been giving her mild doses.  The packaging says it's safe for infants, so I'm hoping it's safe for cats too.  Plus I've been force feeding her water.  She's been trying to poop it out, but no relief yet.  How long do I wait before taking her in for surgery?  I love her so much.

Erin, I feel you need to pour your heart out.  For God's sake, you live in the land of free speech, so don't allow yourself to be bullied into silence.  What's he going to do, have the secret police raid your home?  If it's about me, I would like to remind you all that without a ring, you have no obligation to me.  If you're worried about losing any sort of financial advantage I give you, it wasn't me who gave you the advantage: you must thank God for that.  Right now I can't afford to give my cat surgery, let alone finance a wife.  But I have no choice but to follow a spiritual path, and expect my reward only from Allah.  It's because of this music.  This..... music.  Of course I'm trying other directions to make money, but everything takes patience, and I can't do it at the expense of the music.  I know better.  What's practical for others is not practical for me.  Your leap of faith is how long do you put up with me.  Now that you know I am forced to wait for God, how long do you want to wait for God?  But if you want to talk to me in real time, the best way right now is to meet me in Second Life.  Post a screenshot of your avatar on your Instagram like the one I have of me below, then I will tell you when and where we meet.

I bought some tomatoes and a chicken while I was downtown.  I portioned out the chicken to be stored in my freezer.

The chicken liver had to be eaten quickly, so for lunch I had chicken liver and onions smothered with marinara sauce, on top of lettuce and tomatoes in a sandwich.  Tasted great.  No stomach problems whatsoever.

Cat tails

Wow Erin, you certainly eat like a queen.  And you ARE a queen.  You are my beautiful queen.  That green tea ice cream really looks good, but I don't like chocolate ice cream.  I've always guessed that you have a sensitive tummy, but it's looking like to me that we'll be spending long hours shopping for your food.  I have a sensitive tummy too, but it's a flexible sensitivity.  Huh?  Anyway, you had better keep the addresses of all those food manufacturers in your database.  Yes, even the frozen strawberries.  Call them up and talk to them, make friends with them.  We might have to import your food in the future, that's why.  And pray that I can afford it.

It's never a good idea to switch cat food all of a sudden.  Cats have very sensitive tummies.  I've been feeding my cats the same brand of cat food for years, in the green bag.  Suddenly they switched to a blue bag, or at least that's all that's available at the supermarket.  But the cats were able to stomach it no problem.  Except Floofy.  Floofy is so precious to me, I love her so much.  I figure last night she doesn't like the food I give her, even though the other cats have no problem with it.  Then I remembered that stale cat food makes her gag, the cat food bag has to be properly vacuum sealed.  But I just bought 10 kilos of cat food, and they were all loose!  What am I going to do?  And it's raining right now!  Floofy had been gagging up cat food lately, and this morning she had trouble pooping.  So I have to upgrade her cat food cold turkey.  I can't mix it with the old cat food, because she can't stomach that.  And I have to make sure the bag is firm.  Either that, or panic and take her to the vet.  I bought some other cat food during a break in the rain, which was more expensive than the usual stuff.  She hasn't asked for food yet, so we'll see what happens.  More to come.

Pina, how's China?

Here's some snapshots of my beloved Floofy which I took this afternoon.  She's feeling a bit under the weather, but she tried her best to pose.

Qur'an 20170402

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

108.  Say, "What has come to me by inspiration is that your God is One God.  Will you therefore bow to God's Will?"

109.  But if they turn back, say "I have proclaimed the Message to you all alike and in truth, but I know not whether that which you are promised is near or far."

110.  It is God who knows what is open in speech, and what you hide.

111.  I know not but that it may be a trial for you, and a grant of livelihood for a time.

112.  Say, "O my Lord!  Judge You in Truth!  Our Lord most Gracious is the One whose assistance should be sought against the blasphemies you utter!"

The Prophets  21:108-112
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