Well the Whole Foods trip was more eventful than I anticipated. A man collapsed in the parking lot just as I was leaving the store. I ran over to help him and immediately figured out he was a diabetic with hypoglycemia and had the store manager get him some orange juice. I was really impressed with how the staff handled the incident. They offered him a free lunch (he skipped lunch today) and said they would stay with him until he felt well enough to drive home.
I likely have a home for one of our remaining kittens. I just spoke to the lady on the phone and she seems nice and knowledgeable, and not a nutbar. I sent pics of the two remaining kittens and her kids want the more playful one.
We've been referring to the third kitten as "The Dud." She just kind of sits there and doesn't do anything, doesn't play. The mother cat is very laid-back so she may have inherited the same personality, but at least the mother will sit on the couch with people - the kitten hides in the crate or behind the litter box. She's really little (to the point where we're wondering if she's a dwarf cat or something, but the vet didn't say anything about that), and she likes to hide so I'm afraid that we'll never see her again if she's let out of the spare room where they're currently staying.
We've always said that, if it comes down to it, we'll keep one kitten if FIL can't keep anyone but the mother cat. I feel bad saying it but I'm disappointed that she's the one we might end up with. She's got a cute face and I'm hoping she'll at least make a nice lap cat as she gets older. I hope we can get her to come out of her shell.
Post by irishfemme on Jul 30, 2015 18:48:07 GMT -5
First post ever here:
I am currently using the self-clean cycle on my oven for the first time ever. I'm not entirely convinced that our house isn't going to be engulfed in flames, but so far, it just smells like it. After watching the house across the street burn to the ground two summers ago, I'm always a little wary.
DH just finished his final exam in this horrible summer class he's taking. He's on his way home to finish one more assignment for the class and a presentation for work next week (I am the designated proofreader for all said assignments). We are going out to dinner tomorrow night (a rarity for us) at this cool place right on the water about an hour from our house to celebrate the end of his class.
I went to see Trainwreck with my BFF today--HILARIOUS. We laughed so much (and we needed it).
This has been a horrible stressful summer overall and I'm so glad to be going back to work next week and getting it behind us at this point. I still have grad school inertia stress hanging over my head, but I'm doing my best to be patient and not be stressed/depressed about what I cannot control. But it's hard and I'm not very good at that.
cajunmom I love your gif. Yesterday, my director made a suggestion to a...very important bitch person...and she didn't like it. Today she emails him with her great new (same) idea. I almost emailed your gif back to him but (decided to be smart and) showed him in person instead lol. He loved it.
Post by schitzengiggles on Jul 30, 2015 20:41:46 GMT -5
Tomorrow I will be turning in my last assignment for Grad School. Tomorrow is also my last day at work and on Monday I start a new job. Aaaaaaahhhh! So many feelings!!!
I'm in a serious funk. Work crap mostly. But I can step out of it. I'm at a concert right now (dude, me, live music. This should be my happy place and my people), but I'm hanging outside as an excuse to stand alone and play on my phone. If sneak out and go home, but there are people with my blanket and stuff, and that would be weird.
I seriously love coffee. That's a terrible random, but I haven't been sleeping well and it has really been picking up my slack.
v, didn't want to quote, but I had a friend in a similar funk a year or so ago, and it was really frustrating. Any advice or suggestion was met with complete resistance and when I would discuss similar experiences to try to commiserate, she would just list all the reasons why her situation was so different/worse. I basically would continue to reach out occasionally (not as often, I pulled back a bit) but not force anything and eventually, when she started to do better, she reconnected. Once I dropped off a "feel better box" to let her know I was thinking of her.
Welcome, irishfemme ! I can never decide which is worse--nearly choking from the self-cleaning fumes or nearly choking from EZ Off. I hope things start looking up soon for you. For you, too, rubytue. *hugs*
cajunmom I love your gif. Yesterday, my director made a suggestion to a...very important bitch person...and she didn't like it. Today she emails him with her great new (same) idea. I almost emailed your gif back to him but (decided to be smart and) showed him in person instead lol. He loved it.