Clinic Cancelled

 

I'm sad for the cats in my bathroom.  Got notice the clinic is cancelled tomorrow but I can take them in Tuesday, so won't be too long for them. 

We got about 5 inches of snow.   Some of it melted. Roads were fine.  But now its snowing again and it will get very very cold tonight, down in the low 20's and that means ice and maybe power outages if trees come down.  I guess that's why they cancelled the clinic--the ice possibility because the roads are fine.

So have to deal with it.  This morning I tried to repair the cat yard wire, which collapsed in several spots due to the weight of the snow. I whacked at the snow atop the wire from underneath, so it would fall through.  Then I had to rezip tie the broken parts together from underneath. My fingers would freeze and I'd have to go inside to warm them up before going back at it.  I do not have cold weather gear.  I used to.  My shoes would get wet too.  I finally used the last bit in a can of waterproofer, for one pair.   I can't wear them til tomorrow morning, as a result, but maybe it will help.  They are not made for wet or snow.  So many shoes now have mesh on the top part.  Why? In Oregon?  No clue.  They're useless in winter.  Its tough to find tennis shoe type shoes that don't have that stupid mesh.  Pet peeve of mine.

This morning's snow extravanganza

Snowing again tonight, and all that snow on the roof and in the gutters will freeze tonight.  I wonder if the gutters will fall.

I woke up about 1:00 a.m. this morning, to see there was snow.  There was lots more by morning.

This too was early this morning, when I woke up.

I took the above video later in the day.  Some snow had melted by then.  I was worn out from working to restore the cat yard.  My shoes and socks had gotten soaked, so I took them off is why I'm in sandals.  Moments later I was in bed finally napping.

That's life.  We may get snow later in the week too, but tonight, we just have to hope for no power outages from downed trees due to snow laden branches freezing.  I also hope my gutters don't end up on the ground, for same reason.  Snow is heavy.  Frozen snow---even heavier.

I finally pulled the smallest kitten from her trap, to check sex and weight (only my food scale turned out to have finally quit).   I gave her KMR by syringe.  She's a wild thing who will tame super fast.  Three of the 7 cats are now loose in my bathroom and soon two more will be.  Not fair to hold them longer in traps.  My holding cages won't fit in the house anywhere, and it will be way too cold in the garage tonight.

On the upside, its so pretty.  I drank too much coffee Saturday, when out trapping, so I didn't sleep like I usually do, last night.  Today I had to take a long nap.  I didn't want to miss out on enjoying the snow at all during today, but sometimes, a nap is what I need and this afternoon, I needed a nap.