The Last Day of Fucking 2020

[trickykitty]

Zee, our beautiful outdoor gray tabby, died last night. She had been battling wounds from another animal attack (possibly raccoon or opossum) for the past couple of months. Her first round was a simple puncture, but her second bout managed to get almost down to the bone near her haunches. We got her healed up the first time, but this second round ultimately became necrotic and caused her to lose the ability to use her back legs. We lucked out when she made a movement and one of my roommates managed to find her out by a wood pile a couple days ago, but she had already lost the use of her hind legs and the wounds had a mother nature's bandage of leaves all on it. We have been spending the time cleaning her up, tending her wounds, and hoping it might get better.

Meanwhile, due to extended family visits at Christmas time and positive Covid tests for some, I'm currently in quarantine in my bedroom while waiting for my own test results, so no interactions with roommates or indoor animals. I was able to keep Zee in my room most of Tuesday, tasked with getting her cleaned up and then letting her watch "Kitty TV" out my bedroom window. It was a nice enough day that we were both able to enjoy the window being open and the cool breeze blowing. My bedroom was too warm, so the breeze was quite welcome.

A few friends have sent lots of text messages, both because I'm in quarantine away from folks and also because of the loss. A co-worker just dropped off some Keurig coffees for me, which was really sweet of her. I'm still feeling fine, although exhausted from trying to cram a month's worth of work into three days (thanks to forced vacation time) and crying so much knowing we were about to lose out kitty. Last week was vacation - I didn't realize it was going to be the calm before the storm. I'm hoping those family members with positive tests pull through with nothing more than flu-like symptoms at most. I'm hoping I might get my result back today, but that's highly unlikely as I was only tested yesterday morning at the free testing site, so I'll be lucky if I get the result back by Saturday. I didn't have any NYE plans other than hanging with the roommates and maybe watching a ball drop on TV like we sometimes do, but I have a TV in my room and Netflix and HBO Max and half of my DVDs and puzzles and games, so it's not like I am wanting for something to do in here.

I'm just rambling at this point, but it's keeping me from crying and getting another headache. Off to take a shower now and ring in the new year, quarantine style.

This is the one year that I wouldn't be the least offended at every child learning the word FUCK at such an early age. Fuck 2020.