« Pizza Disaster, Triumph at Denny's | Main | One Small Cookie »
September 9, 2005
The Exhaustion Wins the Day
Last night I got home quite early (as in 6 pm) because my temporary staff person, Vanessa, was able to take over the 7:30 pm meeting. I had lots of ideas about what to do: there's tons of house cleaning, I had at least an hour's worth of work that really needed to be done, and I thought of preparing lunches for MR's first week back so that he doesn't have to descend too quickly from the high plane of SENS II to the lower plane of crock pot cooking.
First, I was greeted with the information that my cat Philomena had thrown up on the bed. Sheets in the wash, again. I think I am washing my sheets three times a week now, between MR's allergies and the cat's habit of throwing up on things.
Then Kieffer, in what I can only take as an effort to demonstrate his displeasure at my extensive work hours and MR's sudden absence, pooped on the floor twice and peed in his little kitty basket, right on the kitty blanket that my mother had embroidered with his name. Charming. I bet MR has never had a cat miss him so much. I'm sure he'll feel loved. You know, I miss him a lot too, but I still manage to utilize the appropriate restroom facilities for my species.
So I put the blanket in the wash, threw out the basket (you can't get cat pee out of wicker) and cleaned the floor.
Then I ate a handfull of wasabi peas and went to bed. At 7:30 pm.
I feel much better now. Was up promptly at 5 am to head out for the morning meeting am only on my second cup of coffee of the day. Yesterday, even the people at Starbucks were getting scared as I ordered my third refill at 11 am. Even I think that's too much caffeine.
Today I had another successful raw veggie omlette at Denny's. It's quite good when it's cooked with no butter or oil and the veggies are crisp. I had a cup of my very own, very best lowfat cottage cheese, and will probably go pick up a salad at Subway, since I didn't have time to make anything to bring for lunch. Vanessa is taking over the afternoon meetings today, but I have a meeting with different workers at 4 pm. Then tonight I am making an attempt to catch up a bit on my social life (something I've pretty much forgotten about since the shift change meetings started) by meeting a friend at a local restaurant that is in walking distance of my house. It's called North by Northwest, and you can read the menu here. A band is playing at ten, but there's no way I'm staying up that late. I hope to be at home and in bed by long before ten. Then tomorrow I have more work to do on my work, more work to do on cleaning out my old apartment (how can one small person have so much stuff???) and more work to do on cleaning the new house to prepare for MR's re-entry into his home. He is actually allergic to cats, but CR has helped him so much that he can live in peace and harmony with my two shedding felines as long as I keep the place well swept and mopped at all times and no one sleeps on his head.
I'm also going to put up my Halloween decorations. I go really, really crazy with holiday decor. I hope MR likes my spooky bat holiday lights and my plush pumpkins. Not to mention my pumpkin head tealights and my spooky cat candleholder with sparking green eyes. And my Halloween placemats and baby pumpkins and ornamental gourds and... well, you get the idea. He will walk into a Halloween wonderland. He will probably collapse on the floor laughing.
Should I pick him up from the airport in a pointy hat?
Posted by april at September 9, 2005 9:36 AM