1:14 pm - April 3

Picture above is of me jumping, sorry for the editing, just don't want you seeing the clothes I swear, considering I wear them out and often. Picture taken by me!

Hello everyone, it's Friday, and that means, Fursuit Friday! I don't have a fur suit (although I'd like one!) so I've been wearing my gear all day. That is, my Grey cat ears (I'm not a cat therian, that's just what they're called), my snout and tail! I've also been practicing my quad robins, mainly long jumping. In the picture above, this was the length I was doing, but jumping on the hard, wooden planks started to make my arms and wrists hurt, so I moved inside. 

When I was inside, I put on Kiki's Delivery Service as background noise and meditated. During that meditation, the movie started making lot's of nature sounds, and it triggered a shift. I'm pretty sure it was a Mental and Sensory shift, as I started to flop around on my back and make lil' Fox barks! I could also feel a somewhat bushy tail behind me as I was doing this, although it felt very faint, like it was barely there. 

My dad has been going out often, and usually for the whole day or night because of a personal illness with a relative. It's not corona virus, please don't start saying that in the comments below. 

I also learnt how to stalk and pounce on prey properly, thanks to a really good friends advice. Obviously I was just using my stuffed toys! Although, I still need to work on pouncing as a Fox therian. It's very hard to find good advice for Fox therians, it mainly consists of wolves or avian (I have no problem with them!).

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I've also been watching and re-searching Swift Foxes, to learn more about them, and I found out that they are actually really fast! This has driven me to start practicing my speed and stamina, so I'll be doing training RE-guarding that for a while. I've been researching them more, and what their behaviour it like to mimic it, and I have a lot to do. Here's a list -

- Practice Stalking prey

- Build my stamina and speed up

- Learn how to use the pounce technique correctly when hunting prey

- Practicing how to jump over objects correctly like a swift Fox would

- Meditate more, to get more in touch with my theriotype. I read somewhere that mediating and getting in better touch with your theriotype helps when shifts occur.

I'm not adding this to the list because it doesn't really fall under that, but I'm also going to try and have tomorrow as a therian day. I'll try and meditate a lot, run on all fours for hopefully the whole day if I can, and just build up my strength with my theriotype.

I've been meditating a bit, and I kept on getting images of a Juniper tree, and a planet coming up in my head. I searched up the planet, and found out it was Mercury. Ever since, I've been contemplating the names Mercury or Juniper for my theriotype. I'm leaning more towards Mercury, but I'll think about it. 

Every Friday, my sister has to do dancing, and because of the corona virus, they've switched to online, and she's does it in the living room. So I'm trapped up inside my room, and I can't even make a sound or jump around while she's doing it, which is for an hour. Last week I suddenly barked and my parents came in a shushed me, but I don't think my sister heard it anyway. 

And also, but off topic, I've been animating! I use an app called 'Flipaclip', and it's actually really good! This is the first time I've ever tried animation, and I'm actually white supervised with myself! But back on topic-

I've also been on Instagram and have been watching other people do quadrobics, and wondered which form is actually correct - When your jumping over something and have your legs straight, or when you start jumping with them straight, but when you get near the ground crunch them up? Please tell me below!

I also want to practice jumping higher, like, not over an object, but straight up. I feel like I could upjumper higher then I already do, I just need to build up my leg muscles more, so I might start using my treadmill for that. I'm also watching loads of Fox videos, they just intrigue me so much, and I can study their technique. I might start studying their technique, it might come in handy in the future. 

Sorry this entry is so long, I just have a lot to talk about! 

I also have to wash my hair tonight, so that'll be fun (sarcasm).

I'm also going to try and make a new snout for me to wear, as the one I have now is more of a dog snout, and it isn't very long like a Swift Fox's is. Boy do I have a lot to do! 

7:04 pm - April 3

Hello guys, I'm back again with an update! I already wrote the update but it decided to delete itself, so here I go again...

Well I found an old glass jar and put the rain activity prompts to do in it because tomorrow is the weekends, and I'm not allowed on my tech until lunch. So this will hopefully give me many options to do! I also finished my animation, and it was the "My Oh My" meme, suggested by a fellow therian friend on discord! ☺️

Well, I wanted to update you guys because since my last update, I practiced long jumping a bit more, and jumped around a bit, just playing with my tail and having fun by myself outside to the song "New Soul", because it makes me feel so shifty! Defiantly take a listen, I especially used the one that was the voice version.

I also started making my shout! Right now it's only a square, and not attachable, but it'll get better hopefully. I'm starting to get ready for bed, so I'm just on for a bit more.

I also decided to make a den in my sunroom, which would be so cool! I'm going to put blankets up, and decorate it with pillows and stuffed toys. It'll be so fun! Tomorrow I'm also hoping to practice quadrobics more, because I watched a few Fox videos of how they pounce, and I noticed they jump REALLY high then dig into the ground. I'll have to practice my jumping, then I'll have a go, although, I won't be sticking my head into the ground, as that would hurt!

And if you guys read my previous journals, remember the vision I had about me outside on the sidewalk, it was night time, and I saw kids in Halloween costumes walking by on the other side of the road, and their was a river behind us? Well it keeps suddenly appreing in my mind, still with....Koda...Maybe it's saying I should keep Koda as a theriotype? I honestly don't know, please help if you can!

And I have decided. My swift Fox Theriotype is going to be called.......

Mercury! 

Well, I'm going to bed, super tired...so Bye!

On that note, I'll leave it here!

Talk tomorrow! 

~ Lauren. 🐾