Well, starting with the good stuff. Went down to Assateague with friends yesterday. The water was miserably cold, though, so after an abortive surfing attempt, even my husband had to stay out of it. We ended up having a cookout on the beach and taking naps. At about 5 or so, we saw a band of wild horses coming up the beach, and watched them go on their merry way. I lay back down with the magazine I was reading. And then there was a horse in my tent. A straggler. Just walked right on in like he owned the place.
Now, all of the warning stuff the park rangers issue you when you go to Assateague is "stay at least a bus length away from horses, they will bite and kick you," so needless to say I was a little distressed to find a very sneaky horse two feet away from me in an enclosed space.
I not-so-gracefully backed the fuck up as fast as I could and it just kept moseyin' through, paying me no mind whatsoever.
The bad animal encounter was this morning. As is our morning routine, J got up to take a shower at 8, and Olive pulled herself over to me. I was laying on my back, so she rested her cone on my shoulder, and we both fell back asleep. Well, she had a leg spasm. And as the cone propelled her upwards instead of allowing her to bite her leg as is the habit (the one that got her in a cone in the first place), her chomping jaws fell straight back down instead. Right onto my nose. I woke up with my very distressed kitty biting my nose.
After the initial shock and welling tears wore off, it's not really that bad. It's not even remotely as deep as the time she got Jason. It didn't even pierce through my nostril. All in all, it looks pretty much like a surface ding, and it blends so well with the couple of little freckles on my nose that if I didn't tell you it was there, you would not notice.
But still, it's a nice trio of micro cat bites on my nose. Cat bites get infected extraordinarily easily. So I flushed with water, washed with soap and water, and then flushed with hydrogen peroxide. I will be doing this like clockwork. If there's ANY negative change by this afternoon, I am going to go to the doctor, because an infection on my face is something I definitely don't want right now.
( Can you spot the cat bite?Collapse )
Poor Bean, though. It woke her up, too. She obviously didn't realize what was happening until her jaws had seized my precious little nose, and she wanted so badly to lick my nose and make it better. Totally not happening for awhile, kittycat, but I forgive you. But when I said I wanted a nose ring? This is totally not what I meant.
Now, all of the warning stuff the park rangers issue you when you go to Assateague is "stay at least a bus length away from horses, they will bite and kick you," so needless to say I was a little distressed to find a very sneaky horse two feet away from me in an enclosed space.
I not-so-gracefully backed the fuck up as fast as I could and it just kept moseyin' through, paying me no mind whatsoever.
The bad animal encounter was this morning. As is our morning routine, J got up to take a shower at 8, and Olive pulled herself over to me. I was laying on my back, so she rested her cone on my shoulder, and we both fell back asleep. Well, she had a leg spasm. And as the cone propelled her upwards instead of allowing her to bite her leg as is the habit (the one that got her in a cone in the first place), her chomping jaws fell straight back down instead. Right onto my nose. I woke up with my very distressed kitty biting my nose.
After the initial shock and welling tears wore off, it's not really that bad. It's not even remotely as deep as the time she got Jason. It didn't even pierce through my nostril. All in all, it looks pretty much like a surface ding, and it blends so well with the couple of little freckles on my nose that if I didn't tell you it was there, you would not notice.
But still, it's a nice trio of micro cat bites on my nose. Cat bites get infected extraordinarily easily. So I flushed with water, washed with soap and water, and then flushed with hydrogen peroxide. I will be doing this like clockwork. If there's ANY negative change by this afternoon, I am going to go to the doctor, because an infection on my face is something I definitely don't want right now.
( Can you spot the cat bite?Collapse )
Poor Bean, though. It woke her up, too. She obviously didn't realize what was happening until her jaws had seized my precious little nose, and she wanted so badly to lick my nose and make it better. Totally not happening for awhile, kittycat, but I forgive you. But when I said I wanted a nose ring? This is totally not what I meant.
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