Evening thoughts

Remembered to close the windows this morning, but forgot to hit the thermostat to run the AC if needed. Stuffy, and a bit warm (compared to outside). Temperature wasn't too bad, so just decided to open the windows again.

Cats are getting their litterbox back. Opened the closet and reset their automatic litterbox. Why? Didn't find a mess anywhere, but didn't find any in their temporary boxes. Perhaps they were just good and didn't drink any water, or eat anything, but I'm sure I'll find something eventually. They're not happy with their litterbox situtation, they are healed enough, so *poof* their old litterbox appears.

So Congressman Kolbe knew about the Foley scandal SIX YEARS AGO. He's not running for office again, so this is probably a bit of a snub to the Republican party. I never understood how he could be openly gay and in the Republican party.

Surprise - the rumors that Google was thinking of forking over 1.6 billion dollars for YouTube are true after all. After all the talk on Friday, it seemed anti-climatic today.

No luck on the job front yet. Applied for a lab management job, and don't think I'll get it. Nothing in the description wasn't different than I normally do - this is just on a bigger scale without the grunt labwork. My reason - the salary is more than twice my current salary! WTF? I applied anyway just for the heck of it. I asked for a slightly lower salary, and disclosed my current salary. I am not expecting to hear back on that one however.

Oh do I need to lose a few pounds. Like 15 of them at least.

no hard feelings?

I'm surprised at how my cats aren't mad at me for putting them through the declaw.

Magnum was actually kneading with his front paws while I was brushing him last night. Probably a good sign he's not hurting.

Adira actually is more affectionate. What was a nightime routine of trying to pet the cat while she wandered around the bed kneading the topsheet has changed to a long session of petting followed by her sleeping against my arm, upper body on my chest.

Some things don't change - she's still a princess.

Magnum, however still was growling and hissing at Adira when she joined us in the living room. Wasn't as bad this morning, so I hope he'll get over it eventually.

welcome home

I was not very happy with my cats when I got home Sunday.

I drove through three thunderstorms, and had a couple bags of groceries in my hands when I opened the door.

First was the smell. Was it coming from their newspaper litterboxes?

Nope. They decided they didn't like the recycled newspaper litterboxes and had used the living room as their litterbox.

Swell.

First put the peripherable foods away. Then cleaned the carpets. Need to borrow the hand shampooer my parents have next weekend.

Put away the rest of the groceries. Settled down with a beer (yeah Bard's Tale). Then went and got the rest of the stuff from the car like the laundry I did and the empty boxes I had unpacked. Go into the closet in the bedroom to put the clothes away.

Notice a damp feeling on the floor. Oh no, they didn't.

Yup, cat pee in the bedroom closet.

Lucky my closet is mostly empty at this point, so I blot the carpet, and note to shampoo the closet next weekend. In the meanwhile, the door is closed.

My cats are spoiled with their automatic litterbox. I have literally seen them pee, get out, wait ten minutes for the cycle to clean the box, then re-enter and crap in the box.

So I empty their newspaper litterboxes, replace with new newspaper pellets, put newspaper in the living room, and hoped for the best last night before going to bed. Ditto this morning before leaving.

I'm going to try and leave early today since I put in for the time Friday and didn't get to leave early after all. They don't use the box that much during the day since that interferes with sleep.

It's going to be a long week.

the other hand

There was a guy in my dorm my freshman year in college. My second floor window could see into his "basement" floor window because we both faced the courtyard. My best friend since high school would come to my room and we had our "beefcake" watching time. We would say "hi", but we hung in different circles. After that first year, we really didn't see each other again.

She actually dated him after we all graduated and they were both living in Phoenix. She reported that he broke her heart and was basically a womanizer.

I went on one date with him while he was living in Phoenix, and I was in town for a long holiday weekend or something. I'm pretty sure he contacted me, and I was curious. I was doped to the gills with the Tegretol. And I learned why you can't mix alcohol with anti-epileptics. I got sick, and feeling embarrassed, lost contact with him yet again.

Then he contacted me again around the holiday season. I met him for lunch. He had changed career paths again, and was looking to establish a stable lifestyle and settle down eventually. Since my big 30 was on the horizon, it was a tempting daydream to find someone and settle down.

Boyfriend and I were casual at that time, but I was already falling for him since the December trip. I was obviously conflicted - do you go with your heart, or the fantasy of settling down with someone that will be there every night with you?

Lost contact with this guy again. Changed email addresses, etc. Then I get a call from my mom about three weeks ago.

"Some guy called and asked for you. I said that you weren't here. But he asked if I could give you his name and number. So here it is."

Sure enough, guess who?

Mom wanted to know who this guy was. I said it was someone from college. She made some sort of comment that I must have made an impression on him if he's looking for me now.

I take his number, and think about it for a while. I finally called him Friday after work. Told him I was moving up to the area. He told me he was doing a two year RN program to become a nurse (yet another career change). He said that in everything he's done in his life, he wanted to do something that would make a difference to people. Taking his microbiology course made him think of me, and he still wanted to get together.

He offered help moving. I said that I think I have that in check, but will keep it in mind. And would make more definate plans once I was up in the area. He wants me to see his new kitty (remembered I was a cat person).

I'm still trying to figure him out. Three different careers since graduating college. Says a lot of nice things about settling down and the like. I guess I just want to ask "Why me?"

Am I the notch on his headboard that he's been missing? Or is it something else?

the greatest

I have the greatest boyfriend.

So Thursday I was having all sorts of doubts of this long distance relationship. I thought I wanted someone that could be there for all the little things in life (like helping to catch a cat and put him in his carrier).

Thursday night he calls. He's at a bar having a happy hour with a former coworker because he had a bad day at work and needed to blow off steam. I said "thanks for letting me know".

He knew something was on my mind. I told him I didn't want to talk about it now.

So he called me on the way home from the bar. He said he wanted to know what was bothering me.

I started to spill my guts about my unhappiness. I wanted someone to be there for all the little things in life. I was trying hard not to cry.

Then he said his piece. He loved me, and wanted me a part of his life. He's barely making it as is with his job, and if I were to come out there and couldn't find work right away, we'd have a hard time. Even though I'm not there, I'm always in his thoughts.

We talked back and forth for about two hours. When I finally started to cry, I could tell he started to cry (even though we're both denying it). He said he wanted me happy, and if that meant being with someone else, then he still wanted to be friends.

When he finally got to his place (right next to his dad), he stayed his truck to talk to me. Eventually his dad came to the truck as asked if everything is okay. We still talked for another half hour - and I was trying to end our talk!

Yes, I'm in a long distance relationship. Yes, I'm not always happy about it. But yes, I have the greatest boyfriend.

Most mornings since he is up and leaving for work about a half hour before I get up, he'll send me an email just to wish me a good day and that he loves me.

Most nights we talk on the computer, but if we miss a night because one of us isn't feeling good or wants to go out, that's okay.

long distance angel

I started reading a blog of a girl that reminded me a lot of my best friend. Once in a while we traded emails about something when I made a comment. I guess I had mentioned that I couldn't eat the McDonalds parfaits since the granola was added ahead of time, and I couldn't eat the granola due to my celiac.

She sent me an email this morning saying that McDonalds now put the granola in a separate packet. So I could eat their parfaits and throw away the granola.

Thanks Sarak!

P.S. She also said that the comments link was broken. It happened when I tried to switch to haolscan. Switching the template fixed those problems. Now I just need to add the cat lovers and favorite links.