Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Witchy Cat

It's funny I was thinking how I didn't like my cat, because I guess the feeling must have been mutual. Barry and Harold (my nephew and replacement at the sign shop) left door of the sign shop open for a few minutes one afternoon, and he was like "I'm outta here!" So, woo hoo and good riddance! I just renamed this post, after telling a fellow nursing student/friend about this ungrateful cat, and we decided it was an evil cat. Anyway, it's gone now and I don't have to deal with it anymore. Thank God!

Sunday, January 27, 2008

School, cats, and life in general

School is going really good, but I am a bit overwhelmed at times. I am really enjoying the classes,and meeting so many great new people, but there is a ton to do. Besides reading - a Lot - we also have to stay up to date with our laptops. We will be taking all of our tests online, and we have to go online to find our assignments, discussions, calendars, schedules, etc. for each class, as well. I am soooo glad I took an online course last semester, otherwise I wouldn't have much of a clue as to how to work the program. I think what is most difficult is the distance, and living out of my suitcase, literally from day to day. Hoo well, we'll just have to see how it goes...
The cat! I think I really hate this cat, and therefore all siamese in general. Now that we have it indoors, it has absolutely no appreciation whatsoever for what we are doing for it, and therefore does not return any signs of love, or gratitude. Seriously, if it weren't so stinkin' cold, I would totally give it the boot. It will not come up to us and purr, or want to be held. Instead it slinks off at the mere sight of a human being walking through the front door. It will not even come around when we are putting out the food, water, and cleaning the litter box. And can I say, I have never seen a messier pooper! This cat has doesn't even try to keep the litter in the box. I think he/she sees it as a personal challenge to scatter it as far as possible. And I call it "it" because we cannot, for the life of us, tame the beast enough to even attempt to try to find out whether we are dealing with a poor frightened, pitiful, pregnant female - in that case, we would keep so the girls could experience the birth of kittens (something every child should see), or if it's a selfish, prone-to-spray male, in which case I would definitely give it the boot. It's nothing like our last cat, who was a male, but he was such a lover! Seriously, that cat would hug us, and I am positive he tried to talk to us, and he was so appreciative of food, constantly talking and purring, and letting us know he totally preferred the more expensive soft, canned cat food. But alas, he is gone and we are stuck with this difficult, wild thing. Do you have any suggestions?

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Here Kitty, Kitty!

I'm trying out my new laptop and getting it, and myself, geared up for classes again, which start tomorrow. Yikes! Christmas and New Years came and went wonderfully, but oh so fast! I had good intentions to get caught up on my blogging and emailing, but did a rather pathetic job of it. I did receive good news this week that I made the Deans List with all A's this semester. Talk about happily suprised! I'm sure my GPA will not come as easily with the Nursing Program. For one, the grading scale is more difficult, and the course itself is challenging, too. But I've got my laptop, $900 worth of books (sheesh!), my scrubs, my clinical uniform, and I think I'm about ready to go. Now if only I can keep exercise as a priority now that school will be underway.
The girls are doing great. They are enjoying a much needed break in-between sports! They needed it, too. Those kids don't get a lot of down time; they're usually hard at it from 7 a.m. until bedtime, so this has been nice for all of us.
We've adopted a new siamese. I think it's a she, and possibly a young pregnant she, which is why we worked for a couple of days at luring her into the sign shop with tasty morsels. "She," I think I'll call her Sweetie Pie, couldn't resist. Anyway, we all felt (family decision) that if she were going to have babies, they would have a hard time surviving in the harsh SD winters. We're still working at gentling her down enough to actually check to see if she is a she, but there is definitely a big belly on an otherwise pretty slim cat. She is gorgeous though. I will have to get a picture. She is fluffy with brilliant blue eyes! And she winks. I once heard Siamese were noisy cats, but this one is most certainly the silent type. It usually takes me a while to find her when I go to the shop.
Hope you're having a wonderful New Year!