Dear readers,

    As the title suggests its been an interesting time since my last post. heres the bad news first: Eos, one of my beloved budgies, passed on. I came hom from school and found her at the bottom of the budgie enclosure mostly paralyzed but alive. I picked her up and sat with her on my bed. I had just been listening to the song “Noel” on the radio and  felt it was a good song for the moment. so I sang it to her trying to limit the cracking in my thought as I tried to breathe simply waiting for her to leave me. I sang for a few minutes untill I was crying too hard to talk let alone sing. I then got my Dad on the phone as he was at work mom had needed to leave on a very important errand. So I was talking to my father when I told him “Stop. Its coming” I set the phone down and watched My little girl take her last breath. I kissed her said good bye and set her down. Quickly after doing so I became hysterical screaming “Shes Dead, Shes Dead!!!!” dad tried hard to calm me down on the phone. I calmed down then I hung up the phone. And proceeded with her burial. I wrapped a towel around her beautiful yellow feathers and placed her inside an egg carton (her favorite source of enrichment) dug a hole placed her inside filled the hole and placed a large pile of rocks around her grave. Now she will become apart of the earth as its meant to be. I will never forget her but she has become one with the earth and for that I am envious.

         On a happier note Portia my ducors corella’s training has progressed even further. I have been working hard on teaching her to forage. Shes doing wonderfully. And for the first time since she came to our home she took a bath! it was beautiful.

thats all for now,  sorry I’m a bit crunched for time.