Decomposed Diatom

Writing

By Silica

Summer Cabin

10/20/2024

I've sat on this poem for awhile. I try and try to edit it but nothing feels as right as that initial purge of words.

To Start

9/28/2024

Here we go! My first "public" personal essay! Starting is the hardest part of this for me- it’s always been like pulling teeth. Here, I explore why.

MiniBlog

11/1/2024

Well. Prismo keeps blocking. A perineal urethrostomy (PU) is now going to be our best bet. It will save him in pain and me in future vet bills, as I've already spent all of my savings unblocking him three times now.

10/20/2024

I made it through. AND I actually feel more capable in my postition at my job than ever before. I feel like the jump of responsibility was just what I needed to gain more confidence there!

Prismo is doing okay. Still not out of the clear yet.

The new kitty is still in quarentine until Prismo is better. I love my new boy, Skenfrith (Fraggle Rock IYKYK), I just wouldnt have agreed to take him so soon if I knew Prismo was going to have these issues.

In other news I've done better than I thought I would at staying off social media. I'm limiting Substack notes now due to it starting to feel "TWEET" like, but I still get more out of it than anything else.

To futher pull myself out of the AI Algorithm I have decided to load up all my favorite music onto an MP3 Player. Bandcamp has been an amazing resource for finding/downloading music!

10/10/2024

This week is gonna be rough... I'm covering for someone at work, petting sitting 5 cats (their own house THANKFULLY), getting a new cat today, AND yesterday my sweet kitty, Prismo, made it known to me he had a UTI blockage! If only you could have heard the doctors, techs, and I cheering for him when he finally peed all over! It was GLORIOUS!!

Now he needs 2 medications everyday, prescription food, and for me to monitor diligently.

Hoping to have someone foster my new one for atleast 2 weeks until Prismo is better. I have 2 cats already so don't want to add more stress for Prismo and because they use 2 seperate litter boxes I don't want the new boi messing up their flow... WISH ME LUCK!

10/2/2024

I have so much blank space still but so little time to fill it all in v-v

9/28/2024

I think I'm getting the hang of it!

FREE PALESTINE

A Thank You

Thank you for reading! It means a lot- time is the real currency, so any of it spent here is valuable to me!