Building...

Proof that women can do anything men can do!! Mama and I put together the rabbit cage Ruby and Peter will need to live in when we move house. It was a very hot day, and we're even tireder now than we were to begin with, but we managed to get all but the fly screens done, in a day!!
So I now know what a cam bolt is, I know the difference between a screw and a nail, I know not to cross thread a screw but make it flush, and I know what pliers are! Anything for my babies!
I was a little worried to start with, since wood work certainly wasn't my best subject in school, and that was the last time I saw a nail (although, I was better at that than sewing, which I simply suck at!) but I think we did ok! Ruby seemed a little confused when we put her in for a test run LOL, but she didn't seem horrified either! I'm a little worried about whether they'll be able to climb up and down the ramp though, so we'll see.
The funny thing was, Dad kept coming out every now and then to see how we were doing and make critical comments, as if to protect his masculinity or something. He seemed a little annoyed that we didn't want him to put it together for us, but he never reads instructions and hence messes things up, like our VCR which hasn't worked for 3 years. :)
Other than that...it has been a challenging day...week, actually, pet-wise.
Belle's been sick and had to go to the Vet, is on antibiotics now and I'm trying to switch her to a healthier pellet diet, which she is not agreeing to easily. I've had to scheme and mix her favourite vegetables with mushed up pellets to make a nugget, and take away all her other food...then she screamed at me for hours...refused to touch it...but eventually gave in!! I won!! 90% of pet ownership might just be about persistance...do not give in to the cute face!!!!
Now, Valentine is like Belle's shadow, he copies everything she does so it's like double trouble there!!!
Pete went to the Vet this week too and needs eye drops...he's giving me hell over it!! He kicks me everytime he needs a dose, which is twice a day... and this evening after that he also tried to jump on my head pretty much, so I kinda fell down to stop him from totally falling. Then he broke a nail and there was blood everywhere.... first time I've had to do bunny fingernail first aid, and I can tell you that pressing the paw into flour DOES work to stop the bleeding quite well!
Percy is causing me trouble because there is no pond we can put him in at our new place. So I have to find a way to transport my 7 inch goldfish, find a place to put him, and figure out how you do all that stuff to treat the water which is way more scientific than my brain. I'm having nightmares about this, I don't want to be responsible for killing him!!
Ruby and Missy are beautiful Princesses and are not driving me mad at all, except for Missy's occasional persistant insistance on immediate attention. :)
I'd never change it...but having 6 pets is a lot harder than people think! And moving house just magnifies everything so I'm trying to be super organised. Which seems to mean less sleep, so far. There might be more on the way too, if the people whose house we bought leave their fish, and if my Grandfather finds he's no longer able to take care of his birds. Not what I planned, but it's ok. If it happens, it happens. I really feel like this is what I'm meant to be doing, where I'm meant to be in life. I get frustrated but I guess life is meant to have moments that aren't easy. Maybe they're our teaching moments. I'm a little anxious at the thought of going back to studying too, but I need a new direction, and I want to make this one work. I think it's something that could be very hard, but it's something so worth doing! I'm don't want to be someone who has a 9-5 job that they don't even care about. I don't want to live life by half that way! Well I'm tired and barely making sense anymore, so more later!!