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[hln917]

Glad to hear you are all okay. How are you guys feeling now? Sometimes it does take a couple of days before you have any effect.

 

[Wabbitdad12]

We all have some sore muscles, but everyone is doing better, thanks.

 

[TinysMom]

Karen - I'm praying for your test and told all the bunnies to send good wishes your way.

Finnster said he's been airplaning his ears for days...he's gonna take a break for a few hours and then airplane them again tonight.

Milina - 5 year old chocolate holland lop doe said she's gonna nest with a surprise pregnancy and attack me when I go near her - so she can send good wishes your way.

Hopefully - by the time your test is done - Milina will be back to her normal ornery self.

 

[wabbitmom12]

***TEST UPDATE!!!***

Thanks to all (especially Finn, AKA Mr. Airplane Ears, and Milina...and their Mama, Peg) for your prayers and good wishes. I was a nervous wreck all week and am glad that my final is OVER!!

I felt pretty good after the exam, there were just a few questions (out of 50) that I was a little fuzzy on. I am pretty sure I got at least a 'B' :bunnydance: :bunnydance:

I had quite a day, so doing pretty well on the test was a victory for that reason, if nothing else. We were down to 1 car (3 drivers ). The Mercury Cougar...totalled in the accident Sunday. The Wagon, AKA, BunnyMobile...totally konked out on me Tuesday when I was an hour away from home, and is slated for repairs over the weekend. Well, Josh's cute little Miata convertible decided to act up AN HOUR AND A HALF before I had to be at school for my exam! And it takes AN HOUR to get there. :shock: :bawl: :faint: ullhair: :X

Fortunately, my "adopted daughter" Cally (Josh's girlfriend), was nearby and brought him over to take a look at it. We got it going, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, Josh and I 'GOT INTO IT'. (Parent speak for, I wanted to take one of his crutches and bang him over the head with it! :X:X ) So, I was hot and sweaty from waiting for them to come help with the car, nervous about the test, frustrated because I didn't get to review the last few things I'd planned to, extremely angry with my son, and in very real danger of being late for class. I stopped to see my husband anyway, because I needed a quick word of encouragement.

Needless to say, I bawled the entire 45 minute drive.

("I thought you said it takes an hour to get there??" It does. I drove that little car WAY TOO FAST, especially since I could hardly see through tears.)

The car ride was kind of what I needed, I guess. I had the top down, my hair flying, speeding down the interstate with tears streaming down my face. But when I got to my destination, my face and my emotions were NUMB. (Have you ever speeded down the highway in a convertible for almost an hour? You feel like you don't have any blood left in your face. ) I looked like h*ll, but I marched in there with 5 minutes to spare, and said, "LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH!!!"

Now's the hard part....I need to find a JOB.

Oh, btw, after the test, the Miata failed to start.

 

[hln917]

wabbitmom12 wrote:

***TEST UPDATE!!!***

Thanks to all (especially Finn, AKA Mr. Airplane Ears, and Milina...and their Mama, Peg) for your prayers and good wishes. I was a nervous wreck all week and am glad that my final is OVER!!

:great:

Needless to say, I bawled the entire 45 minute drive.

:bunnyhug::bunnyhug:

Now's the hard part....I need to find a JOB.

:goodluck

 

[cheryl]

Goodness Dave and Karen..i'm so glad that noone was seriously hurt in that accident,and the three of you are fine except for feeling sore of course.

Well.. that was just some fathers day for you..

We don't do father's day until the 12th Sept here in Oz..

 

[Bassetluv]

wabbitmom12 wrote:

***TEST UPDATE!!!***

Thanks to all (especially Finn, AKA Mr. Airplane Ears, and Milina...and their Mama, Peg) for your prayers and good wishes. I was a nervous wreck all week and am glad that my final is OVER!!

I felt pretty good after the exam, there were just a few questions (out of 50) that I was a little fuzzy on. I am pretty sure I got at least a 'B' :bunnydance: :bunnydance:

I had quite a day, so doing pretty well on the test was a victory for that reason, if nothing else. We were down to 1 car (3 drivers ). The Mercury Cougar...totalled in the accident Sunday. The Wagon, AKA, BunnyMobile...totally konked out on me Tuesday when I was an hour away from home, and is slated for repairs over the weekend. Well, Josh's cute little Miata convertible decided to act up AN HOUR AND A HALF before I had to be at school for my exam! And it takes AN HOUR to get there. :shock: :bawl: :faint: ullhair: :X

Fortunately, my "adopted daughter" Cally (Josh's girlfriend), was nearby and brought him over to take a look at it. We got it going, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, Josh and I 'GOT INTO IT'. (Parent speak for, I wanted to take one of his crutches and bang him over the head with it! :X:X ) So, I was hot and sweaty from waiting for them to come help with the car, nervous about the test, frustrated because I didn't get to review the last few things I'd planned to, extremely angry with my son, and in very real danger of being late for class. I stopped to see my husband anyway, because I needed a quick word of encouragement.

Needless to say, I bawled the entire 45 minute drive.

("I thought you said it takes an hour to get there??" It does. I drove that little car WAY TOO FAST, especially since I could hardly see through tears.)

The car ride was kind of what I needed, I guess. I had the top down, my hair flying, speeding down the interstate with tears streaming down my face. But when I got to my destination, my face and my emotions were NUMB. (Have you ever speeded down the highway in a convertible for almost an hour? You feel like you don't have any blood left in your face. ) I looked like h*ll, but I marched in there with 5 minutes to spare, and said, "LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH!!!"

Now's the hard part....I need to find a JOB.

Oh, btw, after the test, the Miata failed to start.

GOOD HEAVENS!!!!! :shock:

I'm just catching up on your blog, and the first thing I saw when I came here was the car. Must say my heart skipped more than a beat seeing it...but thank goodness no one was hurt. (I would've been an emotional mess if I'd been in that car, guaranteed...getting hit from behind must have been such a shock to all your systems...!)

Karen, congratulations on getting through the test (and getting there on time...LOL...determination must be your middle name!!). I'm going to just turn one thing around for you though...getting a job will be the easy part! Just keep reminding yourself of that. Besides, if you can get through what you and Dave have in the past week or so - not to mention the past year or so(!) - I think any company would be so grateful to have you!

:hugsquish: <-- for you both, as well as all of the members of the wabbitmom/dad crew

 

[wabbitmom12]

:thanks::big kiss:Thanks everyone for the encouragement, all along the way!



And Di, I hope you are right! Maybe finding the job will be the easy part. I told Dave yesterday, my mind has been so consumed with my class the last several weeks, I woke up and didn't know what to think about! LOL. I really want to get to work soon though, and start using what I have learned. Even though I completed my course, I need to have a six-month internship before I can take the state certification test...so right now I am in limbo. It's a feeling I hate.

 

[DeniseJP]

Oh, I am glad you are OK after the accident... Karen - good luck in the job search!

Loving the ears on the Flemmies...

Denise

 

[Wabbitdad12]

I've got some pictures to upload of the baby's. It looks like we have 3 does! I had put the numbers 1, 2, 3 in each of their ears. Number 1 bun has a name now, its Houdini. She has gotten out of the enclosure several times despite my best efforts to keep her in.

We are going to keep bun number 2, she has the best rise and body type. Houdini and bun 3 are fair, but definitely showable. When I was at the dentist a couple of weeks ago, one of the assistants was talking to another about her daughter wanting a bun. It just so happen I was there and the one working on me said there is a guy at my station that is reading a Domestic Rabbit magazine. I think he has some bunnys.

So my dentures are being adjusted and in comes this other lady, introduces herself. I am thinking oh no something happened to my dentures. Instead she starts asking me questions. Its as bad if not worse trying to talk with your lips all numbed up. Anyway,her daughterhad a birthday party where she wanted no gifts, everyone was to bring food for the local animial shelter.

One of the buns may have a new home. I've told her that 2 months is the earliest I will let the bun go. I like my flemmies to have as much time getting mama's milk as possible. Also, by then they have usually weaned themselves.

On another note, the alternator went out onWabbitmom's car/ aka the bunny mobile. Even though the it was very accesible, I had to remove the fan gaurd, a radiator bracket so I could push the radiator back to get one of the bolts out, air intake. It took me over an hour last night. Fortunately, the alternator was much cheaper then I expected and it went in a lot easier then it came out.

Well off to clean the kitchen.

 

[Wabbitdad12]

Well here are a couple of baby bunn pictures. They are almost 2 months old, it is so hard to believe.

So far the only name being tossed around for the bun we are keeping is Itsy Bitsy. She is a very sweet and loveable bun.

I have never been good at names and I don't really have a theme for naming my buns. Itsy Bitsy is it for now, but it may change.

 

[Happi Bun]

Squeee, babies! They are beautiful. :hearts

That's wonderful one of babies may have a new home. Hmm... all the car talk about the bunny mobile makes my head spin, lol. I know nothing about cars, it's like talking a different language to me. You seem to know what your doing though, which is always nice.

 

[kherrmann3]

Aww! Fluff-pile! I like how the bun on the top of the pile has her feets dangling over the other baby. Too cute!

 

[Wabbitdad12]

It was really cute this afternoon, I went in to clean cages and all three had their heads in the corner like a pie slice, all snuggled together snoozing until I woke them up.

I forgot to mention this the other day in the struggle for power between Pudge and Daisy. Pudge has these stackable cups in her cage. Well there were a few along the front of the cage when Daisy came bay. Pudge grabbed them one by one with her teeth and threw them to the back of her cage. Then the two of them duked it out through the wires.

I think Velvets passing has finally hit Rudy. He has been really mopey this weekend. I was very concerned when he didn't even beg for his banana treat last night. I got him out today and spent some one on one time with him and later when I checked he had finally eaten it.

 

[kherrmann3]

Oops! Double post for whatever reason! :embarrassed:

 

[kherrmann3]

Poor Rudy. I hope he is able to cope with Velvet's passing and get back to his old self again! Sending head scratchies his way... :bunnyhug:

I hope the ladies figure out who's boss soon! You don't need anymore bunny drama there! You've got enough on your plate!

I also hope that things sort themselves out soon! :clover:

 

[wabbitmom12]

Happi Bun wrote:

Squeee, babies! They are beautiful. :hearts

That's wonderful one of babies may have a new home. Hmm... all the car talk about the bunny mobile makes my head spin, lol. I know nothing about cars, it's like talking a different language to me. You seem to know what your doing though, which is always nice.

LOL about the bunnymobile! I'm not sure if we have shared that very much here on the forum, so you are probably not alone, trying to figure that out. :?

We have this ancient (1987), HUGELY LARGE, tan Crown Victoria station wagon that we use to transport bunnies to shows and to the fair. Mind you, I drive it all over the place because it's our 2nd car (Well, now it's our FIRST car, I guess! ). It always turns heads wherever we go. :shock2: I've had people offer to buy it, saying they used to have one just like it, and loved it. On the other end of the spectrum, someone asked me a couple of months ago if they could get it cheap...to use at the Fair's Crash-Up Derby!
:headsmack

Anyway, we dubbed it the bunnymobile during one stretch of attending rabbit shows every weekend for a couple of months. That thing is good old Detroit steel, I want you to know! We used to call it The Boat, lol. It hardly fits in any parking spaces.

I can't imagine any vehicle would come out of an accident looking better than that wagon could. Everything is fiberglass now...like they say, they don't make them like that anymore! Maybe I can get Dave to post a pic of it this week...you'll see what I mean.

 

[wabbitmom12]

kherrmann3 wrote:

Poor Rudy. I hope he is able to cope with Velvet's passing and get back to his old self again! Sending head scratchies his way... :bunnyhug:

I hope the ladies figure out who's boss soon! You don't need anymore bunny drama there! You've got enough on your plate!

I also hope that things sort themselves out soon! :clover:

It's always amazing to me, to see the grief process the buns go through. It's like our own, in many ways. At first, they seem to be in denial. It's like they don't notice it much...at least, not that we perceive. I stongly suspect that they think, "This is STRANGE! Where's Velvet?"

After about 2 weeks (this has been the time frame in just about every case), they conclude that this change is permanent. And, we all know how much bunnies HATE change! They hate it more than we do...at least we rearrange our furniture or redecorate, occasionally. But, they get frumpy when we do that to their cages. We have a couple who get their noses bent out of shape (at least for a few hours) when Dave cleans their cage...3 times a week!

It seems that it is the buns who have "line of sight" with the missing rabbbit who mourn. Now, Sweetie and Velvet were directly across from each other, but she is very busy with her babies right now. Rudywas catty-corner from Velvet. Some might recall, he was standing vigil the day we had to have her euthanized. As he is our altered bun, he is often the P.B. (Privileged Bun) who gets to free roam during the day (no potty accidents.) He spent most of his evening and part of that day, right by her cage. It was obvious that he was very concerned about her, wondering why she wasn't up and about in her cage.

Two weeks have passed. As has happened with our mourning bunnies before, all of the sudden, he just got incredibly, visibly,mopey. Wouldn't eat treats at all, barely touched his food and hay. Kept his back to his cage opening most of the time. We were so fearful that he was ill!!

A mourning bunny's best comfort? Love, love, and more love. We check them out thoroughly for illness, and snuggle and fuss over them for a couple of days. He has no sign of fever or pain, and his tummy feels and sounds normal. But, you can't push too much...for example, no amount of his favorite treat was going to assuage his grief. Now that he finally ate a bit of it, we will probably spoil him with it for a few days, as he will take some.

After the visible mourning period (a few days, to a week or more) they gradually accept the change. We usually try to make sure that they have a new "line of sight" buddy, right after the death. For example, Dave put Pudge's cage where Velvet's used to be, a day or two after she died. It didn't stop him from mourning, but I believe that feelingfriendless would just make things harder.

I guess since bunnies can't cry for grief, they just have to work it out emotionally.

 

[TinysMom]

Karen - your post is so spot-on about bunnies and grief. Miss Bea was really upset when Tiny passed and for days she didn't want to eat and she left the room to be around other bunnies so she wouldn't be where they had been (I understand that now).

Bunnies do grieve...and its up to us to try and help them out.

 

[wabbitmom12]

TinysMom wrote:

Karen - your post is so spot-on about bunnies and grief. Miss Bea was really upset when Tiny passed and for days she didn't want to eat and she left the room to be around other bunnies so she wouldn't be where they had been (I understand that now).

Bunnies do grieve...and its up to us to try and help them out.

I know, right? Our rabbits have such huge personalities at all other times, and they are so social. Why should we think theywouldn't respond at all to the loss of a "friend"? Rudy had nowhere near the relationship with Velvet that Tiny and Miss Bea had, but they were part of the same herd, or "warren". It would be like losing your neighbor, or a classmate. You would always be reminded of them. (Poor Miss Bea! I know they were way more than "friends".)

Rabbits pay more attention to each other than we give them credit for. Even sitting in a bunny loaf, facing each other, is considered very companionable, even if you aren't right next to each other.