Saturday, July 28, 2007
Blogathon!
I wish I had learned about this before today! Today there is a blogathon going on and I think it's amazing! So far, all of the blogs involved have raised over a million dollars for charity!
I found it through linking through Catster when I was checking out the health forums looking to see if anyone else had seen this new litter I got today.
There's this girl who posted about her furbebe, Hadley, who she recently lost to FeLV and I teared up reading her words. She understands the same type of love I have for my boys, and my heart breaks for her.
If you're looking to give a little to a good charity in honor of a truly fabulous kitty mom and bebe, check out http://positivelyloved.livejournal.com/
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Reason number 846 why I like being single
Garlic.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
I may never sleep again
'Nuff said.
Monday, July 09, 2007
My brain is exhausted
I was out of the house for 14 hours today. Since being blissfully unemployed I haven't worked that hard in a while and wow, it's clear I'm not used to it.
I'm not even working really. Kinda. But not for money. I've mentioned before that I'm on the housing board for a sorority house. Well, I'm no longer just on the board- I'm the "point person" now. (that's the kind way of saying "the person who deals with all the bullshit") And we just hired a new house mom and are doing training. All. Day. Long. ALL. WEEK. LONG.
And I'm sorta doing it with someone who, while I love, gets on my nerves sometimes. She's awesome, but has difficulty staying on task. (that's the nice way of saying she goes of on long long long long long long tangents) More than once I had some eye contact with the new House mom that I think was her saying "Does she ever shut up?" Fun for all.
But at least dinner tonight was really good, and free :)
And now that I got my ass chewed out by my kitties for staying out all day I have to go to sleep and then get up and do it all again tomorrow...
At least tomorrow will be a shorter day, it's stops by dinnertime. I think if I spent all this time out again two days in a row I might come home to find some kitty inflicted damage...
Off to cuddle and sleep, gnight!
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Happy Bloggiversary to me!
One year ago today I started this thing. This will be my 133'rd post. I guess that means I've managed to post every three or four days? I would say that isn't bad except for with NaBloPoMo I was pretty much a slacker the rest of the year. Oh well. I still made it a year which is better than some other blogs I've seen :) YAY ME!!
So this weekend I made a huge new purchase! I got myself a fancy schmancy digital camera. I'm still trying to figure out how to use it and haven't tried to upload any of the 84000 pics I've taken of my cats yet. (they make good practice models!) Don't worry, once I get more comfortable with it, you'll be seeing A LOT more pics here!
So right now I am EXHAUSTED. I had a way busy day running around and being productive and at about 7pm I was ready for bed! Of course that was TOO EARLY so I played with my camera some, played some Rainy Day Spider solitaire and watched some TV and now it's WAYYYYYYYY past my bedtime and I am WIDE AWAKE.
Gawd Insomnia sucks. I cant even get Seamus to do his hokey pokey kitty sleeping spell on me because he's still on mouse patrol in the kitchen. I feel bad for him that we got the hole filled up. Unfortunately, last night we hear some scratching- I think the mice are trying to gnaw their way back through the spray foam. Rah.
So hopefully Ringo will be able to step it up and do the kitty sleeping spell. I have a bunch of crap I need to get done tomorrow too, and I'd like to actually get it done :)
Wish me luck!
And thanks for reading. I never thought I'd make it this far, and I'm honestly glad that I kept it up. Here's to another year of 5 cats shy!
Thursday, July 05, 2007
What is it with this Friday?
So normally I have no life. I'm ok with that.
Four different people want to get together on Friday. I think I can do 2 maybe 3 depending on time. So the girl with no social life is in demand for once :) Go figure.
In other good news, I heard back from my friend Dana this morning :) I'm so glad to get back in touch with her! She's doing great (as I expected) and we're going to catch up more soon. Then I heard from Joe. He's also doing great :)
And regarding Andrew who I mentioned last night. We IM'd for a bit last night and I just have to say, he's awesome. Let me tell you all about him. back in '96 when I first met him I was working for the police station on midnights. Those nights were endless so I started playing a game online to get through them. That's where I first met Andrew. We would talk for hours. I also became friends with a RL friend of his, and she got to be friends with a local friend of mine. This was also a time when I was engaged and living with my fiance. I was also beginning to question the long term potential of said relationship.
After a while of online friendship, Andrew and Amanda came down to visit. They were staying with the other local- Missy. After they arrived I went down to Missy's house and I swear when I first hugged Andrew hello there was an audible *click*. That's how it was, we just clicked. While we knew that we weren't destined for a relationship, Andrew still changed my life. Spending time with him made me realize that there was definitely more out there for me. Time with him made it clear that my fiance was NOT the man I should spend forever with. So yes, I joke sometimes and say he's the guy who broke up my not-yet-marriage. But it's quasi true. He helped set the standards higher than I was currently at, and for that I am forever grateful.
I know he's going to be reading this (Hi babe!). Ive told him before he saved my life, but I figured Id put it out there for everyone to know now too. I pray that he has nothing but happiness coming his way, that all the problems he faces are cured, because if love is enough to fix stuff, then it'll all work out. *mwah*
Ok some Haiku's for Thursday-
Loser with no life
Everyone wants to play now
Friday will be full!
I'm reconnecting
Two old friends from my past
YAY! they're now present!
NO mice in 2 days!
Spray foaming holes is working?
Poor, sad, little boy :(
Stoopid pirate show
How long till new fall line-up?
Wow, Im desperate.
I love you Andrew
I wish you only good stuff
Prayers for magic wands
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Thinking back...
Today is my friend Dana's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANA!! Fortunately, she has an easy date to remember. Dana and I became friends back in the third grade when we went to camp together. We would write actual letters to each other after camp ended. She lived far far away in another town. Once we got older and drivers licenses we realized we lived about 15-20 minutes apart. It's amazing how your world expands once you get your own transportation.
So in high school we reformed our friendship. And one thing we always did was spend her birthday together. I remember one year at the fireworks there was this little kid sitting near us who kept saying "I like it daddy, I like it!" in this cute way. This became a phrase we started to use. It pops out of my mouth every now and again to this day.
When we went to college we went to different schools, but I had the opportunity to visit her at hers one year. We had a great weekend and that was the weekend that I met her friend Joe, who later became one of my best friends when he did his PHD at the college near where I was living. There was a summer we spent practically attached at the hip. He "got me" in a way that not many others ever have. It was so easy to be with him. I really think I need his friendship back in my life. He's one of those people who has great insights and can actually share them in a way that's easy to take. I could use some of that again :)
Sadly, through geography and busy lives I havent talked to either of them in WAY too long. I have to say this is one of my biggest faults- letting time slip away from me and losing contact with people I love.
I googled Dana to see if I could hunt her down, and the most recent thing I found on her was a year ago, so I don't know if she's at the same job or not. I havent seen her on yahoo in forever, but I still had her in my buddy list, so I sent her an IM hoping she just stays on there invis like me and that's why I never see her.
I googled Joe and he's pretty easy to find- he's a professor at a university and has written oodles of papers and presented them all over the place. I'm going to email him as soon as I finish this :)
While trying to hunt down Dana's email I looked through a disk I had of way old emails written. Unfortunately, none of hers were on that disk, but it had many from an old boyfriend of mine. I only wish that it had the ones of mine that he was replying to. It is so clear to me now why that relationship ended. I was a needy bitch back then. I would love to tell him that I figured that out. Unfortunately, he's married now, and I bet his wife wouldn't like me calling him and telling him that :) But it's good for me to look back and see how much I've changed and grown.
Now, in between writing this, I'm IMing with another man from my past. Andrew never fails to make me smile. He and I have been friends for over 10 years and that fact blows my mind. When I met him he was a young guy with not much direction and now he's a married father of two. What hasn't changed is the place he holds in my heart :)
Ok Im off to write Joe an email. Plus it's hard to IM and blog...
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
The Bugman Cometh
Well I guess technically he's the no-bug man. I am currently waiting for the exterminator to arrive.
Yesterday morning I woke to find yet another mouse. At least this one wasnt in bed with me.
I'm not going to let him put down poison or traps though. I can't feel good about that. However, I pulled out the bottom drawer of the stove (it's electric booogie woogie woogie) and found that where the wires come in for it there is a big gaping hole. I'm sure this is where they are coming in, so if I can get him to seal that off, then I can feel safe, and not feel guilty about mousicide. They can go downstairs to the dirty neighbors.
I wish he would get here, I could really use a nap, but obviously cant till he comes.
I really need a life.
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Oops he did it again
So sometimes insomnia is not a bad thing.
I was having trouble falling asleep tonight. My brain wouldn't shut off and I was pondering getting back up and either doing something constructive or reading. But instead I just stayed in bed trying to breathe myself into slumber.
Fortunately I hadn't fallen out yet. Little boy came bounding up into bed with his mighty hunter sounds. Ringo, who had been snoozing next to me got up and went over to his brother to check something out. I grabbed the penlight I keep on my nightstand and steeled myself for what I knew I'd find.
And yes, there it was. Another mouse.
I guess I can count the blessing that he did NOT do it when Aunt Michelle was here. She was afraid he'd give her a "thanks for taking care of us" gift the whole time she was here. I'll have to let her know that he was a little late with it, but I am sure this one was meant for her.
The other blessing was that I was still awake. Had I not been one of two things could have happened-
1. Little Boy would have meowed me up and I never would have been able to fall back asleep.
2. I would have rolled over on the dead mouse in bed in my sleep.
Again, thank goodness for a little insomnia.
Ugh.