Matilda just told her, "Thank you for growing up with me."

Oh, my sympathies. Prubs was a good pig.

I will always be boggled that such small little brains can hold such disparate personalities, but Prubs was very distinctly herself, characterized by her goodwill and kindness to all.

That is consistently amazing, that those tiny little individuals are individuals. It came through just from y'all's posts about the pigs here and on FB. That's a lovely eulogy.

And separately, IJWTS I am not enjoying today for purely petty reasons. A lot of little things have not gone my way and they are all truly little but there have definitely been a lot of them and it's wearing me down.

I'm sorry about Prubs. But I'm glad the guinea pigs were able to live their lives in a caring home.

Timelies all!

I'm so sorry about Prubs. It's always hard to lose a pet. It seems like we never have enough time with them.

I need to figure something out before the weather gets so nice I want to have the doors open all the time. Maybe I can add a screen door.

Maybe something like this?

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I am so sorry about Prubs.

Maybe something like this?

I have one of those screens in NY, but we are concerned about the cat having full access to the balcony. I think she has a healthy fear of heights, but if she tried to jump up on the railing it would not end well.

We have a retractable screen door similar to this. [link]

I'm sorry about Prubs.

I'm having a bit of a stressful morning. There is a leak in the roof and some of my stuff has been damaged. One of the sketch books I use got completely soaked through. It wasn't even half full so I didn't lose a lot of art but there was something I was going to take out and frame as a gift for Mom or Dad.

Plus the leak is really close to the computer so I've been trying to figure out where to move that so it's out of the way but won't get water on it if the leak gets worse.

I did get some buckets under the 2 spots. The room is a mess because im a mess so I'm trying to get things moved around so stuff is out of the way of potential leaks and also if people need to move around more.

Don't know what is going to happen. There isn't money to fix the roof. I did find 2 organizations that provide assistance for people who need home repairs. M's mom called and left messages but I'm not sure if she will follow up , she has a tendency to forget she makes phone calls or needs to do certain things.

We've know the roof needed to be replaced since at least M's mom moved in. She lost her heowners insurance because last year they said she had to replace the roof and she didn't try to do anything until last month and then she only tried to get new insurance. Oh no she did replace the roof on the extension of the house that is her bedroom.

Part of me feels like I should have been more proactive in trying to find assistance for repairs because that isn't something she would have thought about. But then I think M could have done this and he has 2 siblings and uncles who could also help with trying to get a solution but maybe they tried to help and his Mom pushed aside the help. She has done that with me before where she has made an assumption about something and nothing will change her mind about it.

And I'm the Queen of Procrastination and Avoidinf Difficult Situations so I can understand how she has let things go but at the same time I'm just frustrated.