It's Violet's Birthday!!!

Well, today was kinda hectic, as it was Violet's birthday (yay!), and I had to track down a vet in Singapore that would see birds, and the washing machine broke, and I had to cook food for 20 people for a party tomorrow. Violet was extra-cute and excited today, almost as if she knew it was her birthday. In addition to "mama", "pappa", and  "bub-bub" (that's nursing to you), she can also say "hi", "hello", "bye-bye" and "yeah." She says all these things in an inexpressibly cute and gentle way. She wakes up and sits up in bed, trying to rub her face off, and then looks around to see everyone. She beams with her goofy teeth and says "hiiii", really quietly.
On the Birdy-Birdy front, she actually has a fungal infection, which has been exacerbated by a bacterial infection as she scratched off her feathers. Soooo, I have to do the following two things twice a day: hold her still and daub anti-fungal cream on her painful raw areas (but not too much! She might eat it and die!). And, feed her a tiny amount of antibiotics. And it might take four weeks. Sigh. I guess these are the wages of pet-ownership, but damn, she ain't going to like this much. On the plus side. she's a a very tame bird and doesn't freak out as bad as she might.

Comments

[ogged]

Happy birthday to Violet! Already? Wow.

[Saheli]

Wow! Has it really been a year? That's how I found this blog, actually. MattY wished Violet a Happy Birth, and I thought "Violet's a cool name, I wonder who her parents are?" and then I was like, "hey I remember when all the boys in Classics had a crush on Belle Waring" and I got hooked on the Examined Life. So Happy Birthday. Violet, and thanks for showing me the blog!

[Daev]

"hey I remember when all the boys in Classics had a crush on Belle Waring"

That had spread downstairs to Linguistics, too.

[Anthony]

I'll vouch for that, linguist-wise.

[Rob Rushing]

I suspect that it was Dwinelle-wide, and not limited to the boys, either.