Ciera's Adventure

Hey people! So I wanted to write a little update about where I’m at in my life. As you can see in the picture to the left, my hair is a little darker and a lot shorter! I recently moved to Melbourne, Australia (for good, as far as I know), and it’s summer here so I decided to get a new hair cut. The color was just something new to try although my roots are already showing a tiny bit. I don’t like it! I guess lighter is better for me since I’m a low maintenance gal. But of course going lighter means damaging my hair more! I hate the feeling of my hair now without conditioner.

Anyways, off track. Australia has been good to me so far. A nice, “big” spider decided to welcome me just the other day. Of course I know this isn’t the largest around here but I can still see the segments of its body. IT’S TOO DAMN BIG! Not to mention it decided to scurry around a bit when I was trying to get a picture. That thing is fast! And today there happens to be a smaller one on the wall I’m facing, behind a picture frame. Ahhh, the joys. I’m just going to let it be until someone else decides to trap it or it attacks me, whichever comes first. [...]

Just recently, we had a cat join our small family of four. His name is Louie . We got him knowing we’d have to take him to get desexed and I was also thinking about declawing (keep in mind, the last time one of my cats was declawed is when I was under 10… my parents choice. I’ve never heard much of it since then). Being new cat owners, we wanted to research how to go about doing everything. I know declawing is a very controversial in America so I wanted to see what the views are here, in Australia. Turns out, it’s is illegal and viewed as inhumane! I read more into it and now understand why people see it that way. When you get a cat declawed, you’re having almost half of each toe removed. It’s unnecessary and a lot of people do it so the cat doesn’t ruin their things. Some people say it’s selfish for that reason and I can see why. You shouldn’t get a cat if you’re not prepared to have things scratched up! Saying that, I am no longer interested in cutting Louie’s, or any other animals, toes off… unless medically necessary! [...]