Animal Cops RI

Well... Not exactly. But that's kinda how I feel right now. I just rescued a little kitty!

Where I work, we have a patio outside the kitchen. Yesterday I saw this sweet little black and white cat on the patio. When I went outside, she came right over to me and let me pet her. Beautiful face but filthy and the poor thing was skin and bones!! She had an injury on her neck like she'd been in a fight but the area looked shaved. My guess is that she had a home at one point and then they stopped caring for her for whatever reason?

One of my co-workers was out there eating lunch and told me that she had given the cat some of her pasta with meatballs. Not the best thing to give a cat but at least it was some food. When I saw pasta still in the plate, I commented that the cat must not have liked it. My co-worker told me that that was the 3rd helping that was sitting on that plate. The cat had eaten 2 helpings already. She must have been starving!

My heart broke but I have 2 healthy cats at home that I just adopted. I couldn't risk taking this doll home if she had something that my 2 boys could catch. Well, by the time I left work, she was gone. I decided that if she came back today that I would take her to the shelter where I got my boys.

Now, my co-worker also wanted to take her to her vet. That would have been fine with me. However, today, my co-worker was in a meeting and we were about to have a bit of an event on the patio. I figured before everyone was crowded out there scaring the cat off, I'd scoop her up and take her to the shelter. So, that's just what I did. She couldn't weigh more than 5 or 6 lbs. At any rate, I picked her up and took her in the car. I didn't have anything to put her in. I know, you're all gonna say that that was stupid but I'm used to driving with cats in the car that are not in carriers.

She didn't seem to like the car at first. She was literally running around the inside of the car. It was kinda funny to watch her... on the dash, in the passenger seat, on the back dash, on the floor, back on the dash. Finally, after about a minute and a half of this, she landed on my lap. She was about to take off again when she realized where she landed. She just curled up and started to purr. SOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!! She didn't budge the rest of the ride. I think she actually nodded off for a minute. When I got to the shelter, she wanted to run when I opened the car door but I scooped her up before she got out and told her everything would be okay now and she settled right into my arms again. She didn't even fuss when I put her into the cage at the shelter.

I can't imagine taking home another cat. Three cats in a 950 sq ft house is a bit much but I can't imagine letting her go to someone else either. I just kinda felt like those people who are on the Animal Cops show must feel. I feel like I gave her a chance at a decent life.

In case we never meet again... Good luck sweet baby. I hope you have a happy life!

Finally

Well, due to some horrible disease that I have contracted. I think it's a head cold but there's an awful lot of sneezing. Ragweed, maybe? At any rate, my feeling like crap yesterday gave me time to sit on the couch, never getting out of my jammies and finally getting to make some progress on the bed scarf I started a few months ago. Nothing exotic. Just a shell type stitch in a lovely Navy.

You might wonder why it took me all day to move just a few rows. Well, that would be because it's for a king size bed. It's a bit long. Each row is like umpteen million feet long. Well, that and Mama's little angel kept trying to eat and/or play with the TLC Essentials I'm making it with.

Doesn't he look sweet when he sleeps though?

And, finally, something fun. Why not give it a try yourself?

What Your Taste in Chocolate Says About You

You are sophisticated, modern, and high class. Your taste is refined, but you are not picky. You are often the first to try something new. You are a whimsical person prone to daydreaming. Artistic and creative, you're always in the middle of a project. While you are an inspiration to others, you can come off as flaky. You love to be the center of attention. You enjoy entertaining your friends. You feel lost when no one is interested in you... You're too interesting to be ignored.

The Chocolate Oracle

VENT!!

You know... People shouldn't give me a job to do and then expect that I won't give a shit about the work product that my name is going on! If you ask me to do something I'm going to make sure that I exceed expectations and I don't like flying blind either. You want me to run with something but then tie my hands behind my back by not giving me the rules... the parameters. That's just not fair. I have a feeling that this person is just looking for me to fall on my face because I am a strong-willed person. An intelligent person. A person who doesn't fall for their cutesy act and they know it. I'm pissed off and I won't tolerate being treated like this many more times. I'm a 40 year old woman not a 10 year old kid!

So the weekend was good. Kind of. Niece's party was swelling. I got to meet the beau. Cute. As non-communicative as one would expect a 16 year old boy to be toward a 40 year old woman. Lots of one word type stuff but he seemed nice. Her girlfriends are adorable. All-in-all, not a bad night. Niece was even able to bite her tongue when mom just couldn't resist making one of those "and if you don't keep up your grades you'll loose it" comments - in front of the kid's friends. The kid totally avoided the bait. My baby's growing up! The kid scored, btw. She got a new Palm Centro turquoise phone. That's quite the phone for a 14 yr old. Let's see if she actually uses 1/2 the features on that thing. Kid, if you read this... LEARN TO USE THE CALENDAR SO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE WHEN. She could also use the note/memo feature to make homework notes. Considering the kid starts high school in a few weeks, it might help. The young miss also got a laptop. Also beneficial for high school.

Springsteen delivered as always. We took the kid, as a matter of fact. Also took hubby's mother. The kid was pleasantly surprized by the antics and musical talent of a 50-something. After all, no one over the age of 20 even knows what music is... Right? ;-P Her favorite song of the evening was Spirit in the Night. Good choice. It's no Candy's Room mind you but it is a great tune.

Needless to say, having to drive from one end of the state to the other two nights in a row, resulted in my getting only 7 hours sleep between 2 nights. This is not enough for me. I need more and I was feeling the effects Sunday. It kinda sucked. I spent a couple of hours at the market purchasing healthy food for the diet I've put hubby and I on. We're like... extra-fat now! This is just not acceptable. I'm trying that Glycemic Index diet thingie. We'll see how that goes. I'm a little pissed because I haven't had 15 seconds to do any crocheting the past week. After all that inspiration I picked up at the conference, it's doubly disappointing.

Tomorrow I get to take my car to the shop! Yay! Stupid thing is making so much noise. It's absolutely deafening. Weird thing is that you only really hear it when the windows are shut. I'm just worried that this going to end up costing me a small fortune.

Well, I'm exhausted and I still have to read eleventeen million blogs before bed so I will chat ya when I can.

Later