PB, some yum e yums and a LWT

[Ollivander84]

I started a new thread as we hit 1k

He wasn't eating it, and gazing forlornly at it. I cut it up and it was wolfed down
I may have used the words "kitten up and get a grip"

BRB when I've cut the chicken up...

Lordy - but that's a look and a half!

He's still going through the howling phase...
I think anyone would have cut the chicken up with that face glaring at them

You're right there.

Even Mr C would blanch at pulling that face.

Asbo probably emailed Olli showing him how.

C are you on the mend? Slowly but surely I hope. I hope you are resting enough. Let PB show you the way.

Very slowly, sadly. Very.

It takes time
Ollie reminded me it was international cat day by crying every ten seconds for an hour at 6am. He also woke me at 4am and got the bollocking of his life which is why I had silence for 2hrs

Convalescence is always a horror because it takes so long. Thing is, if you want to recover enough to get annoyed when you feel remarkably awful, that's quite a good sign.

The only way forward is to buckle under and get as much r and r and treatment as you can. Results will come. Endurance is all you have to do, not that that's a picnic. I had peritonitis a month before my a levels - was absolutely livid when I had to hobble about doubled up for weeks. Weeks. Then I got depression in 20s after the family had been particularly pyrotechnic - it took sodding months to get better. Then, one day, it did; by that time I'd got used to not working properly/functioning on empty.

Stuff my advice. What would Seniorboy say? I venture to suggest he would insist that you live like a cat; nap snack, nap snack, repeat. And he would point out that as an essential and highly precious feature of Life, you ought to look after yourself very, very carefully.

I remember after my spinal surgery I did nothing but sleep and watch box sets for about 3 weeks! I was so tired

O quite right too. Seniorboy would have approved.

I well remember how poorly you were. Has the op fixed the trouble?

Sort of. I get a lot of people going "I thought the op would have fixed the back pain"
In reality the op was immediately necessary so I wasn't paralysed, they say it likely won't improve the pain
Which has been the case

Well, at least you're down to 'just' pain control. Things might improve, you never know; even long term stuff resolves itself sometimes, docs admit it freely.

Mr C's on me; thanks to you he had an extra chew for a Happy International Cat Day. He sends rumbly purrs.

Dr C's demonstration of convalescence in case you don't know how C.

I fear that I'm not good at it. The example you posted will help.

Neither am I; laziness, like all life's great arts, takes practice before you really start to appreciate the finer points. Learn from the Master :)

I suspect that he would object (strenuously) to the use of the word 'laziness'. I can't think of the correct word for a cat right now - but I shall!

I'd love to know what that word is, I struggle to describe it with Mr C. A life of contemplation, meditation or silent rumination? Cats get this key scientific fact better than humans: when Newton saw the apple fall from the tree, he was sitting in the garden daydreaming.

I'm a great believer in 'fruitful idleness'. 99 per cent of the time it's not fruitful. But 99 per cent of the time it is nice :)

Obviously you don't have to eat chocolate and watch Storage Hunters every single day, like me and Newton.

Ollie likes to call it conserving energy. He just yawned in my face

Are you up to reading yet C? when you reckon you can chow down the odd para I have got a superb book you might like. I would stick with Say Yes to the Dress for now, don't tire yourself out, but let me know.

It's not a cat book.

Powersave mode

Mr C snores, sneezes, mumbles, scratches and fidgets so much he must use more calories kipping than sprinting.

You've actually seen him sprint?

Not up to serious reading yet, I fear. Netflix etc are my limit.

Dh decided to watch game of thrones a few months ago, I tried to stop him.

He works with a 19yo and tries to recommend films each other should watch, the 19yo questions every suggestion "is it old?" "yes but you'll like it".