The Force Was With Us

So Yesterday was a big day for me. Yes, I know I missed Mental Health Monday but I'll make it up this week. I would have done it yesterday but there were two big events. I started my new job and we had five new additions to our family.

Late last month I was hired on as an Extra Help Office Assistant at the Health and Human Services Association, also known as Social Services. Yesterday was my first day and it was a bit nerve wrecking. I'm always nervous when I start a new job or go into a new situation. It's my anxiety kicking in. Anyway, I had a great day and am getting settled in quickly. Hopefully I will be switched to full time within a few months. Fingers crossed...

At about 6:30 last night Lilly's water broke while I was holding her. I took her into my room and put her in her nest. She ended up not wanting to give birth in there so we set towels out and Lilly settled in between my legs. She wanted all her people around her and would go out into the living room to get my mom and dad. Around 10 She still hadn't given birth so we moved her out into the living room where my mom and I stayed until she decided to pop. After kitten number five we ended up getting some sleep. Mom went back to bed and I stayed in the living room with the cats.

This was the first time I had ever seen any living thing being born. It was an amazing and indescribable experience. I'm so glad that I was able to be there for my Lilly while she was going through her tough time. The kittens are so cute too.

Bathing Miss Lilly

For those of you who don't know, I got a kitten this summer. She is a very cute tuxedo with bright yellow eyes. It took a few days for her to adjust to life with two dogs and three people eager for her attention. I've owned cats before but I'd never had them sleeping in my bed... thus the weekly baths came into being. I wasn't going to have my cat sleep in my bed while she's bringing in God knows what from outside.

Lilly was, of course, not happy with the baths at first. She fought me and meowed like I was torturing her. After the bath was over she shivered and shook and glared at me for several hours afterward. Finally she allowed me to cuddle her and get her fully dry. Don't get me wrong. She still hates the baths but she knows they are going to happen if she likes it or not. Now she has learned that if she cooperates it will happen a lot faster and she can get cuddled.

Lilly before the bath....

Her sulking afterward....