Hi guys! Rory still seems to be fine, whew! Thanks for your help and support :biggrin2:
Remember when I was worrying about what to do with Rory while I was out of town for a month? Then it turned out that my boyfriend was going to stay here and only go home for 10 days... Well, I bought lots of extra water bottles, extra big food bowls and wrote up a list of instructions for our friend who was going to be coming over while Paul was gone. Now that I'm leaving on the 26th (albeit 1 am), the pets will only be alone for 5 days! That's a relief.
My decision to stay in Fairbanks longer wasn't only Rory related. I took my first Chinese class this semester and it's rather difficult. Everyone else in the class is taking their final on the 20th, the teacher extended the date because she said this is the hardest class she's ever taught- in the past, they only did pinyin and pronunciation, but this semester we learned the Chinese characters, pinyin, pronunciation and of course English meaning for 300 words. The characters can be difficult to memorize as we have to be able to recognize and write them and of course use them all properly in a sentence. I was going to have to take my final 3 days early and wasn't completely prepared, in spite of my diligence. The $500 to delay my flight so I can take the test on the 20th is cheaper than it would be to take the five credit class again (I have out of state tuition!), not to mention it's offered every 2 years and I'd have to wait quite a while to take the class again. I'm not bad at Chinese and I actually enjoy the class and am doing fairly well, but a bad final grade could have completely destroyed that. Yay now I have more time to study!!
Oh and the flight isn't until after Christmas because that's all that was available. Paul will be in Anchorage with his family (though he said he wants to stay with me now) and all but one friend is gone for the break, but at least I'll have Mr. Buns to snuggle! :biggrin2:
Anyway, back to plants: I want to give my poisonous plants to a friend who doesn't have pets so this won't happen again. The only problem is that I don't know for sure which plants are poisonous as the toxic plants lists say different things. For instance, this site has Spider Plant listed as both toxic AND non-toxic!
Here is my list of plants:
2 coleus (one was a gift from my boyfriend's mom and one I grew from seeds. This one will definitely be going)
1 Emerald Gem (pretty sure it's poisonous but it doesn't drop leaves)
1 Begonia (I saw this on both toxic and non-toxic lists and it was a gift from Paul, plus it very rarely drops leaves)
1 aloe (pretty sure this one is fine!)
1 snake plant/mother in law's tongue plant
2 African Violets (gift from BF's mom)
1 Christmas cactus (gift from BF's mom)
1 goldfish plant (gift from BF's mom)
1 Rubber plant (I'm not sure which type it is and I saw specific varieties listed on the safe list, as well as one list that said "baby" rubber plants are ok- huh?)
1 "Purple Leaf Shamrock" (it's not technically a shamrock and the real name is oxalis regnellii var. triangularis, this was also a gift)
1 Ribbon Dracaena (this was from my grandmother's funeral)
I have one more but I can't figure out what it is (it was also from my grandmother's funeral)! Also, plants I would like to get if they aren't poisonous include a peace lily, dragon tree, jade, wandering jew, amaryllis and ivy. Based on the conflicting info, I'm worried about bringing home a plant that is toxic but a list says is safe. I'll keep all plants out of his reach of course, but still...
