[Ghoulish Delight]

For the first time in over a year, and since her ear infection, Munchkin wandered into the middle of the living room. On her own accord, with no prompting or harassment.

She's been out before, but only when we force her out because we're cleaning the cage or something. Physically, she recovered as well as she'll recover (which is really quite well considering the first vet who saw her gave her almost no chance), and she's been perfectly capable of going wherever she wanted for almost a year. But she had turned into very much of a hermit, venturing no farther than just outside the enclosure.

She's still been happy to accept and return affection if we would bring ourselves into the corner with her, but for the longest time she was not seeking it or initiating it. Over the last month, something changed, she's been spending more time just outside the door of their enclosure instead of just inside, spending more time a short way out, and gesturing for our attention when we'd come by. But today, she decided to come all the way out, and wander across the room, a sight we haven't seen in a long time. SO happy to see it. She's been absolutely amazing through her entire ordeal, I'm so happy she's gotten some of her old spirit back!