It’s freezing and Bun is a beast

I have clearly been overprotecting Bun from the cold.

This week has been unpleasant in Austin, TX but perhaps not so unpleasant for an animal with a thick fur coat.

Feb 3 update: “Unpleasant” is not accurate in describing what unfolded over the city since I first posted this article. Austin experienced a slow-moving disaster in which thousands of people were left without power even as of today. Fallen trees across the city gave the appearance of surreal devastation. That ERCOT held makes the situation only minimally better.

A wintry view from our front porch. Starting to hear limbs break off tho 😢

As the freezing temps approached this week, I brought Bun indoors. She spent most of Monday and Tuesday inside and even overnighted in my former office Monday night. Last night she was having none of that. After spending time yesterday evening in her condo on our back porch, she refused to come back inside. She was adamant.

When the freezing precipitation moved in overnight, my worry centers started firing. I was likely more on edge for myself, however. I have residual worry from the winter storm in February 2021 when we had no power for four nights. To this day, when the heater turns off in the overnight cold, I think: Power Outage?

This morning Bun was perky and beautiful, as always. She again refused to come in and ate her hearty breakfast of cilantro, parsley, escarole, and romaine in her outdoor condo.

This is not an animal in distress.