Jan 11, 2025 snow day

Before the snow: I stayed pretty busy the last few days. Mom and I groomed Dolly, and I gave her a good bath. However, I found out that she ran through paint and tracked it through the house one day later. I think she still felt a lot better being clean and detangled, though. On the same day, my friend Alicia adopted a cat from Young Williams. Alicia lives on campus in her own dorm and works as an RA. Bella, Alicia and I went to Young Williams to look at the cats, and she saw a long hair Maine Coon mix named “Marilyn” who came in as a stray at the beginning of the month. The shelter said that she was 3-6 years old and still needed to be spayed. After meeting with Marilyn, Alicia decided to adopt her, as she came right up to Alicia and rubbed against everyone. We left to go buy some supplies while the shelter microchipped and vaccinated her. When we got back, they had discovered that Marilyn was a boy and 7 years old. He was also already neutered, so Alicia got to permanently adopt him right then.

They went back to Bella’s mom’s house to give him a bath, and he was super calm and well-behaved. He did not try to run and hide under the bed; he lied on the bed sleeping and pawing at the blankets. His name is Lani, which was given to him before we knew he was a boy. He’s very sweet and happy now.

I also went to the grocery store and stocked up on a lot of essentials, and I went through and organized the entire pantry when I got home.

Since the snow, we have not done much. We saw Maddie the morning it started snowing. We brought her coffee, and she fixed us protein pancakes. She and I went by the KARM in Halls but didn’t find much of anything good. I got a bookmark that looks like a cat for $2. Once the snow started, Bella and I rushed home. We’ve spent most of the last two days reading, playing games, cleaning up the house, cooking, and resting. I’m excited for my classes to start, but I have certainly enjoyed the time off.

I’m about to work on my research training, organize my Google calendar, find some good recipes, and clean out my car. For the next week, I plan on just organizing a lot of little things to prepare for the semester. On Friday, Bella, Maddie and I are going up to the lake house to spend a weekend together and maybe explore a little. We wanted to get away together one time before school. School starts on Tuesday, January 21, the day after MLK day.