SEDUCTION OF LIFE

1:38:23 PM EDT

i went to my job this morning and picked up my paycheck, and while there i asked the boss if i could call a conference.  his attitude completely changed, as well as the countenance on his face.  he was bright and cheery when he first saw me, and then he looked like a beaten dog, almost frightened.

i asked him to call in the 2 people responsible for my fearing losing my job, and the woman who befriended me on the phone last night.  he said first he wanted to know the names of the 2 people involved, and which one said what and to whom.  i tried to stand my ground and make him realized i wasn't leaving until i had a meeting with all of those named.  he refused to call a meeting, but said he would sit down with me and discuss the matter and then if he felt there was a need to call in the others, he would.  i figured if that was what was going to happen, nothing would be accomplished.  he would tell me what i wanted to hear and then tell the others what they wanted to hear.  but after an hour in his office with the doors closed, i did feel better.

i specifically asked him if my job was in jeopardy.  he assured me it was not.  and he also said that since the woman who accused the other woman of saying she wanted me fired was going to be gone as of this coming saturday, there was no need stirring her up, just let her go and then he and i and the woman accused of wanting me fired would have a meeting saturday.  i agreed to this.  i probably made a big mistake, but what else could i do?

after i left his office i went out into the store and helped the lady i called for advice stock our new display cabinet and did a few other things, then left.

i got a few things accomplished today.  i paid my storage unit rental fee and went down to look at the smaller unit i am going to be moving into.  it isn't too far down from the one i am in now.  it looks sooooooo much smaller.  my current unit is 10' x 20' and the new one is 10'x 10'.  i think i can get everything in it that i don't want to take to my apartment right now.  i think i am leaving the fridge, my huge secretary, my small china cabinet, my piano, my curio cabinet, amanda's furniture, and taking the smaller pieces of furniture, my bed frame with headboard and footboard, and my washer and dryer, as well as the dolls and other miscellaneous items.

i bought a few groceries, went to the food pantry tonight and brought everything up to the apartment.  i didn't get any frozen foods, meats, etc. this time.  but they gave me 2 bags of cat food, so coatie will eat this month, lol.

i have been buying some furniture at the store where i work and if it is small enough, i have been bringing it home.  i have a nice love seat in the foyer of the store that they want out as soon as possible, as well as the dinnette table i bought.  i recently brought all the dinnette chairs home, 1 at a time.  and yesterday i brought my newest purchase home with me.  a new chair.  i am hoping to be able to put a picture of it in here...........

ok, ok, maybe it is a bit over the top.........but it is SOOOOOO comfy!  seriously!  and a real conversation piece.......even though the only ones i converse with are my daughter and my cat...........sigh.  there use to be a store a mile or so down the road that had unique furniture for halfway decent prices.  they also sublet to a couple of boutiques.  one of the boutiques had 2 really cool dressing rooms and each dressing room had one of these high heel chairs.  one was leopard print like mine, and the other was zebra print.  they were not for sale, but i said that if i ever saw one somewhere and it was affordable, i would get it.  i have sort of an animal room set up in my landing area between my 2 bedrooms.  i have a small giraffe print rug on the floor, stuffed animals everywhere, a large stuffed bear laying on the giraffe rug, and now, i have my leopard print shoe-chair.  my life is complete................lol.

i am getting sleepy but had good wifi coverage, so felt i needed toget this entry in if possible.  now i notice that the wifi signal is missing.......so i might not be so lucky after all...................

i haven't done a kittycaption lately, so if i can get one in here, i will do so.

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5:04:06 PM EDT

A little girl asked her mother, 'Can I go  outside and play with the boys?'

Her mother replied, 'No, you can't play with the boys, they're too rough.'

 

The little girl thought about it for a few moments and asked, 'If I can find a smooth one, can I play with him?'

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I had to start with an icebreaker and I thought that one was a good example.

 

As you can tell by my title, I am not a happy camper.  For starters, on Tuesday night I had a good wifi connection so began writing in my journal about my day at work and the funny thing that happened with my cat when I got home.  It was a rather lengthy entry, rambling around like I usually do.  I had successfully added a picture and clicked “save” and voila……………something ate my entry.  I cannot say it was aohell, nor can I say it was my computer or the wifi signal, but SOMETHING ate my entry.  (I hope it choked on it!!!!!!!!!)  I decided to write this entry in a WORD document and save it to put in my journal when the internet powers that be will allow.

 

Secondly, I had a really bad day at work on Wednesday, but the problem is……..I didn’t even realize it was bad until much later in the day.

 

My day started out as usual, as I followed the same daily routine.  The only problem I saw was that the girl who usually relieves me on breaks hadn’t shown up for work yet, making her an hour late already when I got to work at 10 am (my scheduled time).  Most of the staff had gone out to eat on Tuesday night to celebrate the birthday of one of the volunteers.  Even the boss and his wife had come and we all had a truly fantastic time.  We all gave the guy a gag gift and we actually got his goat, which is really hard to do.  Two of the staff members were not in attendance, making it an even more enjoyable evening. 

 

If you have been following my stories of work, you will remember the woman who thinks she should be manager (and complained enough to get appointed supervisor over all the community service workers).  Well, another co-worker told me, as the store was closing for the day, that that woman had called our director outside as she was leaving to tell him that he was going to have to fire me………..me……….yep, ME!  The way the tale was told is like this………..

 

Woman says:  well, you are going to have to fire her.

Director says:  well if I do, I won’t have a cashier.

Woman says:  I will cashier until you can hire someone to fill the position.

 

Ok……….well, the co-worker who told me this has been known to, um, fabricate some things.  So, I don’t really know if she is fabricating this to stir up trouble (this co-worker has already turned in her 2 week notice, so she has nothing to lose in starting a rumor to stir things up), or if this is really true.

 

Earlier in the day there was an incident that occurred with the director’s wife that I didn’t even realize was an incident till later in the day.  I cannot go into it just in case someone finds and reads this journal.  But the boss’s wife thought I had done something on purpose to insult her and when she told me about it, first I was angry, then hurt, that she actually thought this had happened the way she perceived it.  I was on break so went out to my car to put some items in it and almost drove home.  Now that I think about it, I am glad I didn’t, because then it would be considered job abandonment. 

 

While I was angrily standing by my car deciding what to do, the boss’s wife came out and apologized to me and said she misunderstood what was said and I apologized for it even happening, and we hugged and she said that was the end of it, it would not be mentioned again.  So even though I was still shaken up over it, it was over as far as we both were concerned.

 

Then when the other co-worker told me what the “pushy” co-worker had said about firing me, I asked her what brought it all about, and she said it was because of what happened between the boss’s wife and myself.  First of all, how did this co-worker even know what had transpired??  The whole conversation between the boss’s wife and myself took place in the boss’s office with him and the assistant director present.  So how did anyone else even know about what happened unless someone was listening in.

 

I was so upset by the time I got home I was considering calling the boss on his cell phone.  Instead, I thought about calling the only co-worker I trust at her home.  I asked her to not say anything to anyone, but that I needed to vent and to ask advice.  She was livid.  She couldn’t believe that the boss’s wife even would talk to me that way, and she told me that I should have stood up to the boss’s wife and told her that she wasn’t my boss, or even a co-worker, thus she had no right to even confront me about it.  She said she thought I needed to go into the boss’s office on Thursday (I am off work, so that will be a good time to do this) and ask him to call in the woman who said I should be fired, and the one who told me what was said, as well as the friend I called at home as an objective outsider (and witness to what goes on in the meeting).  She said she would pretend she had not gotten previous knowledge of the incident and would listen to what was said and be objective, but would also stand by me in the whole thing.  So I have to face this on Thursday morning…….something I am not really good at………I usually try to avoid confrontations.  But this time my job may be on the line………even though I know it really isn’t because the boss just gave me a glowing review.

 

The friend I called at home said that the “pushy” woman had complained about me all last week for “doing my job”.  She said the woman said she was tired of hearing me call over the pager asking for guys to come help customers load their items (heavy items like furniture, as well as multiple packages).  Well hell………..she is the one who intimidated the boss into making her supervisor over the community service workers, so I HAVE to call on her instead of calling directly for the guys. 

 

I have a lighter story to tell…………

 

There is a new MONSTER in our home.  When I saw it at work I knew I HAD to take it home to “terrorize” my poor little kitty.  But it backfired on me.  She LOVES it.  She jumps on it, attacks it, flings it across the floor, lays on it, pads on it, tries to bury it in the carpet like it was poop in the litterbox, and then walks away like “mission accomplished”.  This is the new arrival at our house…………

 

 

a real fur hat........

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remember how i used to hate working at the craft store??  well, as in all jobs, i have started wondering if i made the right choice to change jobs.  of course, i really do know i did the right thing.............but after the last few days at work, i do have to stop and wonder.

one of my co-workers thinks she should be "manager", even though we don't have a manager.  she has griped and complained over and over that she is the most qualified person there to "run the store".  there is a director and an assistant director and the rest of the employees are more or less equal......they are either cashiers or warehouse workers and usually have to do both. 

over the past week this person has been either leaving work early saying she isn't feeling well, or calls in sick.  then she comes in yesterday and more or less demands that the director make her manager or she will quit.  well, since my boss is so easy going, he told her he would make her "in charge" of the community service workers.  well, most of the community service workers don't like her anyway.  so when they found this out, they all started leaving early, except for one lone guy that is a super nice fellow. 

not only is there a problem with the cs workers and this person, but the woman i had the problems with who threatened and cursed at me, felt she had more seniority and she should have been made assigned the cs workers.  she left early as well.  sigh.

in the midst of all this, i wasn't able to take my breaks without pleading with a co-worker to relieve me.  so, there was some anger and hurt feelings over my taking the breaks that i am entitled to as stated in my job description.  i went in my boss's office this morning and had a long talk to him about this break problem.  he told me he was really sorry it happened, and if no one would relieve me for my breaks, to please come see him and he would be glad to give me my break and relieve me himself.  i had a little cry in his office and he talked to me about how he really did like me and wanted me to be happy, but he was dealing with others that were demanding things from him and i sort of got pushed to the wayside.  i felt better afterwards.  of course, in a few days, all will be forgotten and i will have to beg and plead for my breaks again.............sigh.  i guess i should be really thankful i have a job, and one where the head cashier, the director, and the assistant director think the world of me..............

i shouldn't question things, but i am getting pretty good wifi service tonight.  i just hope it continues so that i can enter this entry.

i wanted to get back up on my soapbox for a few minutes.........

i was reading paula's journal (PAULINE'S COUNTRY TALES AND OTHER THANGS) and she had an entry about cell phone usage in public places.  that is one of my biggest pet peeves.  i hate the new blu tooth technology where you plug an almost invisible earpiece and the people walk around talking into their own ear while walking toward you and looking at you.  i have often asked someone what they said, or looked at them inquisitively, wondering if they were talking to me.  and those stupid 2 way radio features.....grrrrrrrrrrrr.......all that squawking and beeping and loud talking........geeze people........now i understand on a construction site or something of that nature, but in a restaurant while you are trying to enjoy a nice quiet meal or some romantic conversation???? 

i had a woman today in the store that looked like a sweet, grandmotherly type.  in fact, she didn't even look like a cell phone type.  i had gotten a little ill over a woman earlier walking around using the 2 way radio feature, and even this "grandmotherly" woman was looking at her as if she was a nuisance.  then suddenly there is a ring tone......and miss grandmother of the year answers her phone at the top of her voice and continues to shop throughout the store for over an hour, talking to a loved one at the top of her voice, letting the whole world hear her personal conversation and not even appearing to realize it.  is this the wave of the future???  i hope not.

<<<steps down off her soapbox>>>

i wanted to mention that jeannette over at JEANNETTE'S JOTTINGS announced recently that she is one year cancer free...........congratulations jeannette.  i will be with you through the next year and beyond as your journey continues.

well, i better try to save this entry. 

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6:41:52 PM EDT

i have tried for 3 days to put this in my journal.  finally, here is part one of what i originally wrote.  the second part will come in another entry.  the journal wouldn't let me put both in one entry.....sigh....aohell.

yep, saturday was my day off and i was up and ready to go yard sale shopping when i looked out my window and noticed water droplets falling from the heavens.  the streets were wet and every once in awhile, there would be a far off rumble of thunder.  drats!!  so i crawled back into my comfy bed and snuggled up with my fat cat and went back to sleep.  about 2 hours later i awoke to intermittent sun filtering through my curtains.  what??  so now you shine......thanks alot sunshine!!!

i stomped out of bed, upset that i didn't get to drive all over the countryside, wasting gas to find bargains that are other peoples' trash or castoffs.  i ate some breakfast, watched a little tv, and decided to get dressed and see if there were any church yard sales that were possibly inside a building.  i know....even more driving around finding invisible yard sales, lol.

i had read about a couple of church yard sales, so headed toward the closest one and voila!!!!  they had set up early that morning, but had covered most of the stuff when the rain started and were pulling the tarps off and resetting the tables with fabulous junk.  of course, almost everything was wet, but most of what i was looking for was either plastic or washable, so i didn't care. 

the group holding the yard sale was a ministry for "wayward women".  the ministry went to prisons and halfway houses and aimed their message at young and old women alike who had lived a life of drugs, crime, prostitution, etc.  those that were saved and were willing to join the ministry helped with the different events.  i wondered why there were a lot of young women with multitudes of tattoos that didn't seem to go with the Christian theme.  not that i was judging them, just wondered.........

i found numerous items that "i couldn't live without", lol.  i got 2 green round tablecloths for my kitchenette table.  i got a slate sign that says "OF ALL THE THINGS I HAVE LOST IN MY LIFE, I MISS MY MIND THE MOST".  i got yarn, a plate that matches my corelleware every day dishes, and several other items.  she told me the total was $2, so, since i wanted to help out, i gave her $5.  the table cloths and dish were worth that.

after leaving the church yard sale, i saw another sign in a subdivision where my daughter and her ex roomie used to live.  i pulled in there and saw some scrapbooking  items, but the young girl wanted too much for them.  her mother sold me a liz claiborne wallet for 50 cents.

i left there and went by work.  i figured the salvation army is a giant yard sale, so i might find something there that wasn't there the day before when i worked.  i was wrong.  they were short handed.....AGAIN......so weren't able to get anything new out on the floor.  so i didn't find anything.  well, i was going to buy a double frame for some pictures, for 49 cents, but one of my co-workers told me i could have it.

so............i did get to go yard sale shopping after being able to sleep in.  best of both worlds.

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12:23:17 AM EDT

after working 4 saturdays in a row, i am finally getting one off.........whoo hooo!!!  and i want to go yard sale shopping tomorrow.  so i don't want it to rain......at least not before 4 pm.  i got paid on thursday, so i have a little money, and i am off, what a combination, lol.  now, as my luck goes, it will rain and no one will have yard sales.  sigh...............

i have decided i shouldn't go on payday to pick up my check if i am not working that day.  yesterday i decided to do just that and while i was there, 2 of my co-workers had ordered something to eat and asked me if i would work the register while they ate.  i told them i would if i could clock in.  i figure, volunteers are not allowed to handle money or work the register.  if i were off the clock, i would be, more or less, a volunteer.  so....... if i didn't clock in, i couldn't handle the money.  right???  hey, it sounded good to me, lol.  so i clocked in for about 50 minutes and worked the register.  about $8 more on my paycheck........works for me, lol.

i had a good day today, even though we were short handed at work.  there were only 3 of us working today, where there are usually 5.  the girl who relieves me for breaks and lunch was the only one working in the knick-knacks and brand label clothing.  we usually have 2 in knick-knacks and 1 in brand label.  but it was nice today.  no bickering and fighting.  just hard work. 

i had my yearly evaluation on wednesday.  my boss told me i had 3 b's and the rest c's.  i freaked...........when i went to school, a b was better than a c.  but in the workplace, it is as follows:  d = perfect, c = almost perfect, b = good, but needing a little more training, and a = not good at all, needs to really work on job description.  when i learned the c was the highest grade given to any employee at any time, i was very happy.  my boss even told me that his score was not as good as mine, lol.  everyone passed, which means we all get our yearly raise in september.  so, hopefully, i will get my 7% raise.  better than the 13 cent an hour a year raise i got at the craft store. 

speaking of the craft store, i went there after work on wednesday and richard hugged me and we talked awhile.  i really miss him.  i had a customer come over to me while i was shopping and hugged me, and told me she sure did miss me working there.  we talked a little and i did my shopping and left. 

ok, i am going to get on my soap box for a few minutes.  since a large portion of my readers are from over the water.........scotland, england, etc, etc..........i am not sure they will know what commercial i am speaking of.  but those of you here in the states might have seen it.  it is a commercial for new mentos chewing gum.  a man is sitting on a bench in a hallway next to a water cooler with one of those big water bottles.  a woman walks up toward the water cooler and instead of leaning over and getting water from the cooler, she leans over and sucks the mans mouth, making sounds like she is getting lots of fluids into her mouth.  i have never seen such a disgusting commercial.  i have to change the channel every time it comes on, or i will start gagging.  in fact, as i sit here typing about it, i am slightly gagging.  ewwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!! 

(steps down off her soap box)

i guess i shouldn't brag on my wifi connection for i am afraid i might lose it (jinx myself).  but i am getting a really good connection tonight, so i am trying to get everything i need to say into one entry and i am hoping it will take this entry.  i am trying to save up enough money to buy a booster box, but with trying to save up money to move my furniture into my apartment, i haven't been too successful.  if i get a constant connection, i can reopen my website and start selling my handmade jewelry and greeting cards and crocheted items.  i am slowly getting all my craft supplies organized, so making things will be much easier.  before i started getting all the containers to put my items in, i had a pile of crocheting stuff here, another pile of jewelry making stuff there, and still another pile of card making stuff over there.............i hate all the piles.

i have a really funny story to relate.  well, funny to those who have or have had cats living in their house with them.

a couple of weeks ago i was sitting in my den in the only chair i have and usually my kitty will either sleep in the bedroom on her little bed next to the computer, or come in and lay up under that chair while i am there.  i noticed she was edging into the room very cautiously and was jumping at every little noise.  she creeped over to my chair, peeked underneath, jumped back a little, and kept staring up under the chair. 

well of course i thought for sure there was some monster under there, like a large roach, spider or even a mouse or rat.  so i started getting uneasy as well.  after she did this for about 15 minutes, i decided to get up and pull the chair out and look behind and under it.  nothing was there that breathed or crawled, just some items that had fallen under there from my craft pile, like some yarn and a pair of scissors and i think there was a label from a skein of yarn.  i told her to quit being silly, there wasn't anything there.  she continued this little dance for over an hour.  when i was ready to go to bed, i noticed she didn't follow me into the bathroom like she usually does.  i couldn't coax her into the bathroom no matter what i tried.  i figured it was because she had to pass in front of the chair to get there.

i went on to bed and eventually, the scaredy cat came to bed with me, curled up and went to sleep.  i rolled and tossed alot, which usually makes her get down off the bed, but that night, she didn't budge.........just scooted closer and closer to me.

the next morning when i got ready for work, i headed toward the bathroom and the den looked like a cyclone had hit during the night.  every pile of craft items was scattered all over, and the fewcontainers of cat treats i keep near the chair were thrown helter skelter, as were anything else that was small enough to move.  right in the middle of the space in front of the chair was an item.  apparently, it was the MONSTER.  i can only imagine that miss scaredy cat had gathered enough guts to sneak up under the chair and swat at the MONSTER to see if it would attack, and had apparently gotten the MONSTER stuck on her claw and it followed her out from under the chair, which, in her little mind, meant that the MONSTER was real and was following her.  so....in her effort to get away from said MONSTER, she ran over everything in the room, scattering it like packing peanuts.  i picked up the MONSTER, took it to where miss scaredy cat was sitting, tossed it down beside her and she immediately imitated the sleek fast cars they advertise on tv........0-60 in 10 seconds!!!!  i had found the culprit, the MONSTER.  i have included a picture of this MONSTER, taken with my new digital camera.  please be careful when viewing it, as it might cause you to have nightmares.

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a red yarn coaster.................

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1:07:26 AM EDT

i have been trying to enter this entry since the 13th, and so far, i haven't had any luck.  hope it goes in this time.............

 usually, i am not a devoutly political being.  i follow general elections, local subjects, and foreign policy from time to time.  i never sat and watched MEET THE PRESS, but i was very aware of tim russert's face, his ability to cover political issues, and his ability to keep my attention for more than 2 seconds.  he will be sorely missed in the political arena as well as by his family and friends.

my prayers are with those closest to him......

REST IN PEACE, TIM RUSSERT........

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i am back, momentarily, if the wifi will let me continue.  i have missed my friends in j-land, and don't even know what is going on since i have been offline for so long.  i hope all are well.

as for myself, i have been rather ill.  i am still not quite sure what was/is wrong with me, other than old age, but i went through quite a time over the last 10 days.  it has been quite hot here in georgia, nearing 100 degrees on several days.  not having working air conditioning in my vehicle, i go only back and forth to work, which is a distance of 1.2 miles one way.  but with such intense heat in my car, and the fact that our work air conditioner went out 10 days ago, and for 4 days it was near 90 inside the store, i figured the heat had gotten to me.  i started by feeling feint.  not ill, or sick, just "not quite right".  on my sunday off i had to grocery shop and as i was unloading the car in the heat and trying to carry the load up the 21 steps to my apartment, i almost passed out.  i still haven't gotten all my non-perishables up the stairs, like the canned goods and things i am not ready to eat as of yet.  they sit in the hall downstairs with some other items i haven't felt like carrying up the stairs.

several nights ago i was feeling off, and my body started to feel like i had the flu.  i was hot, even though the air was cranked down to 70, and i hurt all over, even my hair.  i had a sharp pain behind my left ear, headaches, sinus pressure and choking spells.  i would cough constantly, like trying to eject my stomach out through my mouth.  during the coughing spells i would somehow manage to suck saliva back down into my windpipe and choke all over again, coughing even worse.  as badly as i felt last tuesday, i planned to go on to work on wednesday.  tuesday night i had a fitfull night in bed.  i would stop coughing and aching long enough to drift off to sleep, only to awaken to a bed that felt like it was on fire.  i can only assume that i was running a really high fever.  sometime during the night the fever broke, and i awoke swimming in my own perspiration.  i went to work on wednesday though i felt drained, and during my afternoon break, i was eating some frozen grapes when i choked again, and this time i was truly frightened.  i couldn't breathe, catch my breath or even cough.  my boss rubbed my shoulder with compassion, telling me to try to calm down and slowly breathe, and another co-worker told me to hold up my hands..........later it all seemed rather comical, but not at the time.  as you can see, i survived that bout.  thursday, after running my errands and coming back home to cool off, i got choked on some food and this time i knew i was a gonner.  i lost my breath for quite a few seconds and, being in the house by myself at the time, i feared death was immanent.  i prayed that if i passed out, i would be able to catch my breath and come out of it.  i finally was able to catch my breath and had one horrible coughing fit that has caused me to have costrocondritis. 

i still am not sure what caused the fever, but have come to a conclusion as to why i am getting choked so often.  there is a flap that closes off the windpipe when food or beverage are consumed, or when saliva is swallowed.  as i get older, that trap door doesn't work as well.  my boss and one of my co-workers is having the same problem.  oh joy oh joy!!!  isn't getting older wonderful???  NOT!!!

since i have had so much "time" on my hands by not having an internet connection, i have had plenty of time to work on my KITTYCAPTIONS.  so i will close with one tonight when i sign off if the powers that be will allow.

i have truly missed reading all your journals and hope that i can keep my eyes and my internet connection open long enough to catch up on some of them.  i hope all of you will stick around with me, even though my postings are sporadic.

well, i guess i better try to see if i will be allowed to complete this entry.

to all fathers out there................

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!

(after having time to do some online research, i think maybe what i had was a mild case of salmonella poisoning.  i had every symptom except vomitting, which i never do anyway)

 

 

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12:42:21 AM EDT

i have been communicating with my daughter more often.  she got a kitten and called to tell me about it.  then, as i was at kohl's shopping for my daughter's housewarming gifts, she called me again............in desperation.  the kitten, which is a very tiny, newly weaned "garfield", was being aggressed upon by the resident cat, peaches.  peaches doesn't like other cats.  i know that from first hand experience.  when i kept her for a whole year (with very little cat support, i might add), she would wait till my 2 cats were asleep on the foot of the bed and would fly down there and wack them both on the head and fly off in another direction.  they would look around like "what the h*ll just happened???" 

my daughter wanted "my advice" on how to get the 2 acquainted and start tolerating each other, since she felt i had much more knowledge on the matter.  it made me feel good she called.  i told her to keep them apart most of the time, but to introduce them a few times a day by letting them be in the same room, and love on them one at a time to let the other one know that both were loved and both were there to stay.

well today i went over to my daughter's workplace and took her the housewarming gifts and some other things i had for her.  she liked them all.  while there we talked about the kitten and her cat.  she had called me at work on wednesday asking me to take the kitten, since peaches was too aggressive with him around, and peaches had bitten my daughter twice and scratched her to let her know she was NOT fond of having the tiny golden fur ball around.  my daughter had followed my advice until yesterday, when my daughter's boyfriend forgot to put the golden fur ball into the bathroom and shut the door.  when she got home from work, both of them were asleep on the bed.  she thinks maybe the war is coming to an end.  both of them slept on her last night.  the boyfriend got his feelings hurt.  he wanted to know why neither of them liked him enough to sleep on him (maybe it is because he claims to not like cats????).

my daughter told me the story of what happened last night before bed.  the kitten likes to chase peaches around the house and peaches just tolerates it.  sometimes peaches will turn and chase the kitten back, but not in a playful manner.  the kitten is totally oblivious to peaches' motive.  well, last night, peaches had let the kitten know on several occasions that she wasn't in the mood to play.  she didn't slap the kitten, but did slap at him.  she chased him behind the sofa and then went off to be the diva she is.

there were a couple of framed wall pictures sitting on the floor leaning against the wall, leaving a little space behind them, just right for a little golden fur ball to hide.  and so he did.  when peaches decided it was time to go and sit in the window, the kitten jumped out and pounced onto peaches, scaring her to death, and she fell over like she was dead and just lay there with her feet in the air........not moving a muscle.  the kitten took one look, decided he was triumphant, and trotted off to another adventure.  my daughter had me laughing in the parking lot so hard i had a coughing fit.

it was a nice visit, even though short.

i had saturday, sunday and monday of memorial weekend off, but my window air conditioner in my bedroom was broken, so i didn't want to spend much time in the house.  i would try to sleep some and it was too hot, even with 5 fans going in the room.  when i paid my rent on tuesday i told the landlord's secretary that it was broken.  i figured it would take a couple of weeks for him to get me another, so i had planned on going to his office today and seeing if he would let me go buy one and let me put it in, and i could take it out of my next rent payment.  but when i got home on thursday from work, there was a new/used unit in my window.  it isn't brand new, but much newer than the old one, and it WORKS!!!!!  the only problem..........i had wanted to be home when it was put in.  my room is a mess with all the items i have been moving in from my storage unit, from work, and my daughter's stuff.  and i wanted to make sure they didn't see my cat or her litter box, toys, etc.  they moved all the big "cat furniture" (carpeted toys for playing and scratching) to get to the window.  i think they even checked my other unit in the den, which is right above where i keep my dirty underwear.  i mean, the underwear is in a small basket, but it is obvious it is dirty underwear.  i wish they had given me notice.  sheesh.

anyway........it is cool in here tonight.  i guess that is what is important.

i got my end of month statement from my landlord telling me what my rent and power bills are for the next month.  it was normal.  but there was a note typed at the bottom that said he was going to start doing a twice a year apartment check to make sure things are staying kept up and in good order and nothing needs fixing.  so.........i have to hide the cat and cat stuff twice a year now............dangit.  i can get away with saying she is my daughter's cat that i am keeping while she is moving for a couple of weeks.  but i can only use that one once. 

i am going to close this entry and then try to open another entry and put in the really cool video that i took of the thunderstorm we had a week ago.  so, if this is the last entry, you know that the other one didn't work out.

i wish everyone a very good weekend.

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