Tenth

Dear Kittens,

I finally called the guy who traps troublesome animals in hopes we could catch that bastard cat who has been attacking my cats and spraying around my house. I am 93% sure this cat was abandoned by the previous tenants of this house and has gone feral. If cats do such a thing. What I know for sure is that he wants nothing to do with people, but he loves to beat up my cats. After spending over $800 for the repair of Petey's tail- I've had enough. Anyway, so the guy comes out here and sets up two traps. He shows me how to release the traps just in case one of my cats gets caught in it. Yesterday I saw that one of the traps had something in it, so I went to look inside and it was Roo! Our almost 18 year old skinny cat who barely ever goes outside got trapped! When I release the door of the trap Roo saunters out like he just finished up at the spa.

Last night I heard the trap by our front door close and felt this incredible sense of relief. Andy and I go outside to check and it's one of our neighbor's kittens. He's got a collar on. When I release the tral this time, that cat shot out of there so fast, I seriouly didn't even get a look at him. The bastard cat did make an appearance and he made one the traps close up, but he got out before it got him. It's safe to say that I am not feeling very hopeful.

A List:

1. My parents are coming over tomorrow to celebrate Mother's Day. I'm not ready, but that's okay.

2. We went to Target tonight. We always spend way more money when we go together. We bought three cute, stripey cat beds, a new cat scratching post and a vintage looking fan for the guestroom. It's not fan weather yet, but if one waits until one actually NEEDS a fan, one will be shit out of luck.

3. I'm taking some new medication and it makes me very tired. This is supposed to go away within a week, if it doesn't we'll try something else, but for right now this tiredness is rough.

4. The installation for the the new windows starts on Tuesday. We are so excited about the windows. We're not doing anything fancy, it will just be nice to have windows that actually work properly and block out the wind when they're closed.

5. For a person who does not have an out of the house job, I have more lunch paraphenalia than anyone I know. 2 bento boxes, 2 thermoses, 1 Sigg water bottle, endless lunch ideas and a love for eating with plastic utensils. This summer I am determined to do more picnics. Have I already mentioned that? I want to take myself on picnics, I want to have picnics with Andy, I want to picnic it up this summer. If you want to have a picnic you should totally call me because I will hook you up.

6. This evening I was IMing with a friend and I horribly misspelled a word. All the letters were there, but their order was all wrong. So then I decided that we should have all our IMs be word scramble. My friend vetoed this idea claiming it would be exhausting. I pointed out it would be good for our brains, but she was not having it. Some people are not in love with fun. What can you do?

7. As I said before, I am tired. I want to get up early to finish getting ready for my mom, so I am going to bed right this second.

Love,
Catie 

Comments

[liz]

I would love lunch ideas, not necessarily picnic ones. I have no bento box, but I could get one. I have no thermos, but ditto. I DO have a job outside the home, and I should take a lunch, but it usually a disorganized mess of grab as grab can. Or sandwich/salad/yogurt from Starbucks bought with morning coffee.
I suck at the lunch making, just ask my kids.

[Kate]

That Kate Musgrove. She is not in love with fun.