What We've Been Up To - An Update

Lola: Hello, and Happy Thursday! Boy, it has been a long time since I've meowed with all of you! And I have to say, I've missed our friends so much. A lot has been going on in our lives, and we finally have the time to give you a little update. We've tried writing this post before and it was very long. So we're going to do our best to keep it short. 

Lexy: Friends, I've missed you all dearly as well. As you know, we moved in May, which was rough for Lola and me. It took us some time to get our sea legs in our new house.

Lola: We'll let Mommy fill you in on all the details. And we'll put some photos of us in the new place throughout the post. Okay, go ahead, Mommy. 

Dawn: A warm hello to all of our friends. Firstly, I want to apologize for our absence from your blogs. To say life has been hectic is a little of an understatement. 

We moved from New York City to the suburbs at the end of May. The move did not go as smoothly as planned, and if anything could go wrong it went wrong. I was originally going to move on a Saturday morning. The plan was for my friend to come down from CT on Friday night and take the girls to the new apartment early Saturday morning so they wouldn't be in the house when the movers were there. I found out not long before the move that I could only move in Monday through Friday. So the girls were with me when the movers were moving the furniture out and packing the truck. Needless to say, they were very stressed. 

Lexy checking out the new view for the first time. 

It took both of them a few months to settle in. Lexy was up all night meowing and howling. She was very out of sorts during the day and paced, and paced, and paced. She wasn't fully settled for about three and a half months. 

Every morning Lola loves to take a nap in a sun puddle in front of the living room window. 

The first few nights Lola meowed all night. When she settled at night she started meowing all day. She was constantly trying to get into our walk-in closet and climb to the top shelf. She almost fell a couple of times so I had to put a stop to that. She didn't settle in for about four and a half months. 

Old habits are hard to break. Lola still loves breakfast in the kitchen window
and licking the curtains.

Both Lola and Lexy were not eating well during this time and lost weight. I took Lola to the vet first because she had lost the most. I was very unimpressed with the vet, who was not concerned at all about her weight loss or increased blood calcium level. So off to a different vet we went. This vet was very thorough and really gave Lola good care. Unfortunately, Lola has been to the vet at least seven times since moving. She had to have special bloodwork done to check her calcium levels, came down with an upper respiratory infection and injured her eye. I'm happy to say she is on the mend, and her eye is healing nicely. (We have one more follow-up visit tomorrow. Paws crossed she doesn't have to go back again!) She has also gained .6 pounds and has at least another .5 pounds to go. 

Lexy still can't resist a snooze in a cozy basket.

Lexy has been relatively healthy, thank goodness. Her kidney levels went up, but we are monitoring her. She got very stressed at the vet and bit one of the assistants (something she has never done.) The health department had to be notified, but luckily they were very nice about the situation and didn't send anyone out to the house. She has gained about .5 pounds. She could use a little more, but she's in a good weight range as per the vet. 

The living room window overlooking the balcony is a popular spot. 

Lola had the most difficulty adjusting. She barely left the bedroom and practically lived in there. She was a very unhappy cat. We worked with our good friend and animal communicator, Coryelle Kramer, during this time. As always, Coryellle was a big help to us. 

Lexy is wondering what Mom is doing on the balcony.

In November I caught RSV and was sick for 2 1/2 weeks. I had a very bad case of laryngitis as well and totally lost my voice. The day I got my voice back I tested positive for COVID and was symptomatic for about another two weeks. I'm happy to be fully healed now. 

After waiting for furniture to be delivered piece by piece because of back orders, I'm now unpacked and organized. And I'm happy to report both girls are fully settled in and are loving their new views and all of the extra space they have. 

Lola chilling out.

Lola: Oh yes, we love it! Lexy and I have lots of room to run around, and the views are spectacular! We live right on the Long Island Sound and we see all kinds of birds that we've never seen before. And we can hear the ducks quacking every morning! 

Lexy: We also see lots of boats. And the breeze in the summer is just lovely, and half of our apartment gets the morning sunshine which is divine for sun puddle napping. 

Lexy, striking a pose.

Dawn: Thank you to everyone who reached out to us over the past several months. And thank you to everyone who still continued to comment on the few posts we've managed to get up. I'm looking forward to January when we can start visiting everyone more frequently, and possibly get back to posting on a more regular basis. 

Lola and Lexy (in unison): Thanks, friends! We'll see you soon! 

Lola, Lexy, and Dawn