a little good news

My cat, Hope, is doing well now. I continued trying new brands of food, and I've found one that she enjoys wholeheartedly. It's Purina Friskies Prime Filets Turkey Dinner in gravy, a wet cat food in a can. She eats it all at once, licks the bowl clean, and begs for more. After nearly a month of it, she's definitely looking healthier. She still looks a bit gaunt and feels a bit too bony on the edges, but she's definitely a lot better than she was after a year of very picky eating. She also eats most of the Nutro Perfect Portions chicken cuts in gravy, in plastic cups, and Fancy Feast Medleys beef and pork milanese with carrots and potatoes, in a small can. Altogether, she's eating (and pooping) well now. That's a very welcome change.

Another welcome change is sunlight. We spent much of early January under overcast skies in Minneapolis, but the sun is out finally. We're also 4 weeks past winter solstice, and I can tell the sun is getting higher now. I have actual sunlight in my south-facing ground-floor windows for part of the day now, as it peeks over parts of the house next door. I spent almost 2 months without much direct light in those windows. It's nice to have light again. It's still dark outside when I sign in to work at 7am local time, but that will change soon.