Alright so, the day's almost over and I haven't produced a single piece of new writing. I feel unaccomplished and unfulfilled to the max, so I thought I'd talk about my fostering project.

A few months ago we found this abandoned litter under my car tire 👀
https://i.gyazo.com/db23d467addd61925b94977f345d5bab.jpg

This caused us an awkward situation because I don't know anything about taking care of kittens. What do they even eat and how do they eat it? After a quick round of Brave searching (fuck Google), they were getting bottle fed for the next few weeks.

https://i.gyazo.com/c9e52911923dceeb25939cc5d958c664.jpg

Pretty early on we decided to adopt this little sucker—for reasons I think obvious. This is him after getting caught eating diatomateceous earth 😔

https://i.gyazo.com/80bec12144434dafe0bf193060121cb7.jpg

And after a little more discussion, decided to keep his sister. They kind of seem to just go together.

https://i.gyazo.com/58e6aefd2531e3230fb30a4674d77be3.jpg

Sorta 👀
https://i.gyazo.com/2ee4a07a82d9befcdfc6a594d85c248a.jpg

Yea, I mean... I try to be “hard 💪 " right, but who's going to separate these two?

https://i.gyazo.com/26ff1037068c215ce0165344cdf655ae.jpg

Here are there two siblings. They're both bonded with each other, so we're looking to adopt them out together.
https://i.gyazo.com/53072eedded163b19ddee9a39cf90a74.jpg
https://i.gyazo.com/2d87aa3b2172118cc505d00a927d2cd7.jpg

It was actually really hard to “raise” them. I don't have a maternal bone in my body, and I'm very work-focused. I get annoyed when I'm writing and something distracts me… and these guys don't just distract, they meow loud and demand a bunch of attention. They don't care about Bitcoin, or being based, or saving the world, or any of my literary interests.

If you'd asked me a few months ago if I could foster kittens, I would've told you no, “I don't know the first thing about that, I don't have time, I don't care, and I don't even like cats 😡 .” But when push came to shove, and necessity demanded it, I just figured it out and pushed through. And now, to be quite honest, I could do it again and correct all the screw-ups I made the first time around. 🤷‍♂️

The two adoptees are going to be leaving us soon, so I'm in a bit of a reflective mood tonight. It'll be nice to know, in hindsight, that when a really unexpected challenge like this dropped on my head, I didn't drop the ball. 🏈

Last photo for the road—this dude grew up good if I do say so myself
https://i.gyazo.com/470a216b8a4b69c54d9fa477cab1a3a9.jpg