Aug
14
8-14-08
Filed Under Dimmer Switch, Me
A Dimmer Switch. I has writed one:
Living with IOMS, One Day at a Time
Yeah, I’m waaaay behind schedule on these. But I’ve been busy. Busy painting.
The wife decided it was time to deck the walls with latex and pigment, fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la! I don’t have a lot of patience for home decor type stuff (or home upkeep in general to be honest), but the project has gone along quite well with very few inappropriate swears uttered in front of young children (my mastery of masking swears inside like sounding phrases has come in handy). I’ve been assigned the rather tedious duty of edging, and knowing my propensity for rushing through such tasks in a haphazard manner I’ve actually done a decent job thus far. Of course it’s usually towards the end, when I can actually see the finish line that I start to cut corners. There’s still a ways to go, so I’ll keep you posted.
Oh and we also got a new kitteh. Her name is Mia. A few years back I made the statement that for another animal to enter our house one animal would have to leave, and I have stood strongly behind this statement, keeping our net gain of animals at zero for the past three years (not including fish, which are disposable pets). But after many years of putting up with Prozac cat’s uncontrollable whizzing on the furniture, we found another home for him where he’ll use the great outdoors for his litter box. Since he was cycling out, this opened up the opportunity for a new pet in the house, and the girls seized the opportunity. The initial target pet? A turtle.
How they arrived at turtle I have no idea. All I know is last Friday we visited the pet store with the intent to purchase some sort of turtle like animal. When we arrived the store had only one turtle and he cost 200 dollars. It was quickly decided that there would be no turtle that evening. While we were there, we made our usual pass by the kittehs just to pester them. There was one calico kitteh there who was quite playful that both the girls seemed to like, so the wife and I had a sidebar conversation to see about making a pitch for a kitteh instead of a turtle. We asked them point blank, would you have a turtle or a kitten?
“Kitten.”
“Turtle.”
The younger wanted the turtle, so she and the elder held another sidebar conversation to decide the species of our next pet. After hearing the argument that the turtle really doesn’t do anything, both finally agreed on the kitteh.
We played with her and another kitten in the isolation booth for a few minutes before making the adoption complete. And it was good timing too, since a few other people came up to inquire about the kitteh’s status while my wife was filling out the paperwork.
She assimilated quite well into the animal fold of our house. Oliver (aka the big dog) pays hardly any attention to her and vice versa (I think she thinks he is furniture). Sara(aka the small dog) wants to play with her but isn’t quite sure if the feeling is mutual. Lucy (the other cat) pretty much still hates the new kitteh, but she’s coming around.
Well, that’s about it for today. I’ll be sure to post some new kitteh photos soon sometime eventually.