Typical day today.
I had trouble dragging myself out of bed. Got up a half hour later than I should have – not a good start to the day. Fed and medicated the cats, and scooped the litter boxes. I have SEVERAL cats… several HIGH-MAINTENANCE cats… so this takes me an hour or more. One of the cats got sick this morning, so I had extra clean-up duty. Showered and dressed and off I go.
Many crazy cat ladies, including me, have real jobs… jobs at reputable companies doing professional work.. though we do it with more cat fur on our clothes than the average person. I commute downtown, take an elevator up to an office and punch at a keyboard most of the day.
Today during my lunch break, I called a couple companies looking for squeeze cages/restraint modules, muzzles, and wildlife gloves. Not as much luck as I hoped for, but at least I have a restraint module ordered (I think – she promised she’d call back if they weren’t in stock). I’m preparing for another visit from Tigger, but that’s another story.
I also had a few minutes over lunch to check my favorite online forums, a private board with other crazy cat people friends, and YourDiabeticCat.com.
Finished out my day, and headed back home. On the way home, I walk past the house of Little Old Man Neighbor (LOMN). He tends to watch for me and run out to say hello. Tonight, he was anxious to show me some flowers he was growing in the back yard. He cut me a bunch for a bouquet.
When I got home, I fed and medicated cats, and scooped litter boxes again. I had some more extra clean-up duty. (Not sure why I call it “extra” – not really extra above the usual, I guess it’s just extra nasty.) It’s hairball season, that adds to the fun. I swept the floors – that’s not really typical, I usually wait until the dust bunnies roam across the floors like tumbleweeds, but I decided to wipe them out while they were still young.
I noticed the bunch of flowers I got from LOMN came with a bug. Moved Mr. Bug outside. Noticed he brought a friend. Friend was squashed (sorry, friend… I already did my good deed of the day.) I hope it was just the two of them.
Now I’m enjoying my hour of TiVo and computer time.. which often turns into two hours, which leads to the getting up late…
It’s a glamourous life, but some crazy cat lady has to live it!
Life of the Lintee Bean 