Down with Cat's life #1

Bandit is driving me crazy. When we first got him, I was sooo excited and happy that he seemed to be well mannered.

After we had him for about 2 weeks, he started peeing on things. At first it wasnt so bad, peeing on things occasionally and on things I could wash (rugs, bath mats, etc), but it was still really annoying. So, I took him to the vet, did some tests, and found out he has a UTI, which is pretty common. Gave him some antibiotics and it seemed to cure it all. Key word being "seemed". This weekend, he peed on our carpet twice! TWICE!!! ON THE CARPET!!!

I cant clean the carpet enough. I put resolve and cat carpet cleaner on the two spots many many times and I still seem to smell it. Cat pee is the absolute worst! It is so strong, and it stains everything and once you get it cleaned, they smell it and come back later to mark it again.

I happen to think I'm pretty patient, and he's testing my limits. John, who is not so patient, is ready to let him out the door and say "So Long!" Seriously, I cant keep cleaning the carpet like this.

So last night, I gave the cat a bath. I can hear you all now..."You gave your CAT a bath!?!??" and yes, i did. He smelled like cat pee, atleast to me (which everything seems to smell like it lately). So I gave him and Aria a bath. I used to give Aria baths when she was little, and it helps with the furr balls, and to keep their coat soft and shiny, so she did great. She stood in the bath tub, knowing that the more she fought, the longer she would be there.

Bandit however......I was just as wet as the cat by the time his bath was over. He freaked out! I knew it was coming, and I trimmed his nails before the bath so he couldn't kill me with the "Talons of Death". I'm pretty sure he about had a heart attack. So Bandit is down 1 less life than before.

And if the bad habits continue he will be down to only 1 life very quickly, and defending it out on his own in the wild craziness of Cary!

Beach Trip!!

We are going to the beach for a solid 10 days (10 1/2 if you count us getting there tonight), and I'm itching to leave now! Why is it when you have a big trip planned, the day that you have planned to leave takes F-O-R-E-V-E-R.....

I also noticed my patience tolerence is extremely low! I'm so intolerant of little things at work, and every little thing that could possibly go wrong, does. Inevitably, we planned to leave at 7, when I got home from work. But now it's looking more and more like we wont be leaving til closer to 8. And with a 3+ hr drive there, I'm just ready to be at the beach, forgetting about work stress.

I about said some very ugly things at work towards a practice today. John doesnt even know half of what I do, but he has to listen to me vent about all of it when I'm upset about work. Poor John.

I also noticed the last time I posted was when we were going out of town....
Either means:
1 - I'm only excited to post when we're going out of town
or
2 - We're out of town a lot.

TGITh

I took tomorrow off - yay for me!! There are many many things I need to do that only can happen from 8-5 M-F so I took off Friday.

Seriously, this is very rare. I take days off if we leave town (and I mean on a Thurs night, not a Friday afternoon) and I take days off when there is absolutely no way around it. So I'm kinda feeling a little like I'm cheating work. I'm sure it will be busy there, but there are so many things that I need to do that I really feel like it is way more beneficial to not be at work.

So, tomorrow, I have my To-Do list, and my list of things to pack before we head over the lake to camp out and waterski this weekend, and I have a few meetings lined up (the necessaries that require time off of work), but I'm feeling pretty care free about it.

I don't, however, have plans for lunch....Anyone wanna grab lunch with me since I wont be stuck all the way out in Crappel Hill?






And for humor's sake....

...can someone answer that??