In the Service of Her Majesty The Queen

This morning while the sun was taking the night out of the sky, but hadn't yet sent the day down to the ground, I heard 3 owls have a hooting contest.

One of them was the owl that's call sounds first like a hawk crying followed by a hoot, another was the Great Horned owl with it's hooooo hooooo hooooo and the last owl's hoot sounded like aaaaahk aaaaahk aaaaahk, but it was definitely an owl and not a crow.

All 3 called back and forth to one another several times. Made my morning, it did.

 

I have a professional question. On Facebook, my niece in Orlando commented on one of her friend's posts about suicide. Here's the text:

(Person's Name) into my brain the bullet will go and as i drop to the floor think more about my pain as my blood flows out of me just think a little of me plz..

I don't know this person, but they seem to be a 14 year old girl who's into emo. I don't know if the poem is her original work or not. The post is from yesterday. I'm not sure this is sincere.

Any suggestions? A hotline number?

 

I imagine you've googled it already, but here's what I got off google:

http://www.thefamilycompass.com/nationalresources.htm

It's a list of national hotline numbers. Any national hotline will know the local/state numbers. That's one suggestion.

I'd talk to your niece about it. She may have information about the teen that would be helpful. Most communities (and I'm sure you know this) have organizations with trained personnel that are available 24/7.

Unfortunately, most trained professionals have to report child abuse and if that's the root of the problem, the teen may be very reluctant to talk about anything/to anyone. I'd suggest she go to a pay phone if that's possible where she can be more anonymous until she feels like there is a solution.

Not much help, I know. I don't work with teens and wish I could give you a better answer. I called someone who might have more info and am waiting on a call back.

The only other thing I can think of is to try to find out who it is and call a crisis line in that area and report it, especially if your niece thinks it is serious. Or talk your niece into reporting it if your niece thinks it is serious.

There are suicide sites online with info that may help determine just how serious it is. Just google teen suicide.

 

My friend said more or less the same thing I did.

Yes. Do it sooner.

 

I hope you had a good day and the night goes well.

I don't feel like writing.


To all who sleep tonight on this side of the earth,

The Nightly Mission:

Sleep.
Wake.

May the Lady smile
on me and you too.

G'Night.

 

I hope you had a good day and the night goes well.

A beautiful day out today. Warm, not hot, breezy. Cold in the early morning.

Hotter late this afternoon, but still really nice.

Lexi is a brat. She has discovered the broom. Now, I can't sweep unless she is sleeping. So far, she hasn't done a lot of climbing in the living room on my book shelves, but I have no doubt that she will. She and Alex follow me from room to room. Now Alex never used to do that. He's keeping an eye on Lexi, I think.

In the other bedroom, I have one of those big cat gyms. It's in pretty bad shape, all clawed up (like it was meant to be), but still very sturdy. Alex won't let Lexi on it. The first sign I have seen where he has asserted himself. Interesting.



To all who will sleep tonight on this side of the earth,

The Nightly Mission:

Two cats and 5 pillows
don't leave much room,
but it feels cosy and
warm and sleep comes
easy.

Waking up is easy too,
with an active kitten
wanting attention.

May the Lady smile
on me and you too.

G'Night.

 

I'd like to know how things turned out, GA82.

 

Absolutely nothing, as near as I can tell. I don't have any direct contact, they are my niece's friend. I knew something only because she posted to one of this person's updates. FB is not really a very good information or communication medium. It wouldn't surprise me if I never know anything.

 

Did you ask your niece?

 

I hope you had a good day and the night goes well.

I feel like a ping pong ball.

The weather has been, too. Beautiful yesterday, dreary and rainy today, no sun all day.

One of these days, and I think it is going to be sooner rather than later, my life will level out. Or not. Looking back, I don't think it ever has. So why would I think it will now? Because I want it to. For once, I want it to. I am really tired of here I am up...there I am down...oh there I go up again, following the little bouncing red ball. The one with the fangs.

I have some Lexi pics, but don't have the time tonight to put them up. They will be huge, as usual. Is there some way to cut them down some for the forum?


To all who sleep tonight on this side of the earth,

The Nightly Mission:


Sleep with the Lady
in mind. Ask her to
grant peace.

Wake up and ask
again.

May the Lady smile
on me and you too.

G'Night.

 

Yes. She doesn't know. There have been no further posts of this nature that I know of.

I had already suggested, before asking for advice here, that she stay in touch with this person and try to get them in touch with someone they could talk to on the phone. I'd already talked on the phone with my sister, her aunt, about it. There doesn't seem to be anything else to do. That's why I asked here.

 

Can't help there. Post 'em annyway. And more of that handsome brute, Alex.

J was mightily impressed!

I'll try to remember to get some of my boy, Dopey.

He's too busy being high on catnip now. :stoned:

 

There isn't a whole lot you can do other than that. I'm sorry I wasn't more help.

 

I hope you had a good day and the night goes well.

I made a decision today, one of the few I've ever made in my life. At least the way I look at things. I have decided to stop trying to make something out of nothing. Or almost nothing. I may be a lousy cook, but even I know that you can't make a meal without the ingredients. So sooner than starve to death, perhaps it's time to go shopping.

Speaking of cooking. I bought some more turkey bacon and cooked it tonight. Now I usually burn things. Get distracted and Presto! it's burned. So I put the turkey bacon in the pan on medium heat. I guess turkey bacon doesn't work very well that way. So I had a tomato and turkey jerky sandwich. On toast.

Lexi is doing fine, rampaging through the house like a little black tornado when she is awake and sleeping close by when she has worn herself out. Alex is more needy than he has been. I think his arthritis bothers him a lot, too. Lexi would like to play with Alex, but he is too old to play and maybe it hurts too much to move as fast as he needs to in order to deal with her. Lexi is fast.

I went outside and sat on the porch after the early morning chill had left. The buzzards were back, circling overhead. Buzzards harbor change, so I'm told. And the bees were out, busy at the loquat tree blossoms. As they buzzed about them, tiny white petals fell to the ground, and when I went out again in the late afternoon, the ground beneath the tree was covered with them. There were none left on the tree that I could see.

On the way back in the house, I saw a largish lizard (for the type) on the inside of the screen door between the screen and the glass. Took a little bit of chasing it around before I could get it out and free on the porch.

So the day has gone by and now it is night. I think it will be a long night. I am used to making something out of nothing.


To all who will sleep tonight on this side of the earth,

The Nightly Mission:

Sleep when you can
and don't worry about
dreaming; dreams come
and go as they will.

Wake up and go sit
on the porch, in the sun.

May the Lady smile
on me and you too.

G'Night.