As a followup to my previous post about Orla, here are some screenshots of my other Gregacy spare, Blair! He’s an absolute sweetheart with the most normal and uncomplicated journey of all his siblings. When he finishes school, he wants to become a doctor and move to Ravenwood with his sweetheart.
Though she’s not even a main character, I am wayyy too invested in the spares for my Gregacy Challenge! Maybe another day I’ll post about her brother, Blair, who chose to remain a vampire but refuses to drink from other Sims without permission (unlike his dodgy mama). The actual heir, Lovelace, will be a YA in a few Sim days, so soon it will be aaaall werewolf drama 😈
I don’t really care about streaks, but I do care about seeing my streak (or lack thereof) reflected consistently in the app. I accidentally did the Saturday puzzle before I finished the Friday one, and I accept that this mistake breaks my streak.
But then, why does the archive show this past week as an unbroken streak!?!? It drives me nuts, though maybe I’m the only one. Anyone else?
For background: I have two cats, an eight-year-old boy who I adopted in 2022, and a three-year-old girl who I adopted in 2024. This post is about my girl cat.
She’s really lovely, but quite contrary to my prior experiences with cats. My boy cat is friendly, easygoing, and loves being handled. My girl is skittish, skeptical, and darts if you even look at her for too long.
Though her personality is not what I was expecting, we have made lots of progress in the last year and a half. She is now comfortable sleeping on my bed while I’m in it, receiving pets very occasionally, and she has even showed her belly to both me and the catsitter. She was anxious at the vet recently, but she behaved surprisingly well compared to previous visits.
The recent vet visit is why I’m making this post. She has an ear infection, but I have not managed to give her a single dose of ear drops since we got them last week. I feel like a cartoon character chasing her around my apartment and coming up with elaborate contraptions to try and corral her into the bathroom.
Realistically, I have gotten ahold of her with a towel once or twice, but as soon as she starts struggling, I feel terrible keeping a hold of her and I let her go. I’m going to call the vet tomorrow and ask if there’s an oral suspension she can take, but if not, I’m at my wit’s end.
I feel like this whole process is eroding the trust we’ve carefully built since I adopted her. I can tell she’s been more avoidant of me over the past week than usual, even when I’m not actively trying to give her medication. I also feel like a terrible cat parent to her. She’s always a little gunky, because she won’t let me brush her or clean her face, and now I can’t even manage to give her the medication she needs for an infection.
TL;DR: I can’t give my cat ear drops, because she’s skittish, too fast for me, and when I do catch her, I can’t bring myself to hold onto her when she’s actively panicking. How do I get through this, and also, how do I repair her trust in me when it’s all over?