Monday, August 30, 2010
Monday in Crisis
Last night, I was supposed to be packing my office after we moved the cats into the new place downstairs. And today was supposed to be final errands and address changing and whatnot then moving my office.
Tsuki went missing.
Somehow, after 8:30pm feeding and after the 10pm litter box change, the cats figured out how to open the upstairs balcony doors and were out on the balcony when I went up to get them and herd them downstairs. Three came in off the balcony and herded nicely down. Tsuki was nowhere. We spent till half past midnight searching the house and the surrounding yards for him. I am worried as his left back knee was all swollen earlier.
Tsuki missed his usual midnight feeding. We left doors and windows open in various places where he could find his way back in, with water and food in all locations. I stayed up all night listening for signs and sounds of him. I watched the other cats to see if they sensed his return. Every strange new sound sent me flying upstairs to see if it was him or outside to see if it was him. No luck.
I tried energy work too. All I could divine was his route down from the second floor balcony onto the green awning over to the first floor balcony and down to the front porch. From there... I could faintly sense he was near-ish, but could not find him. Now I have no sense of him at all.
I set a bast statue on my altar and have asked for her to watch over Tsuki and bring him home safe to me.
The morning, I was supposed to finish packing my office. Instead, I made "Missing Cat" fliers and posters. I walked the street depositing the fliers in people's mailboxes and talking to neighbors. I also taped up some of the posters, but should have also brought my stapler for the wooden lamp posts. The neighbors were very kind. I don't think Tsuki would come to anyone if they called him. I am not sure he would even come to me or the hubby if he were scared outside. But he might cry at anyone's door or window to get inside. He might... MIGHT... remember the back stairs as he had used them a few times in his life while on a leash.
I have a meeting with my thesis supervisor, then with the Multifaith Chaplaincy at school today. I am here now nibbling some food before I speak to people. I am so tired, I feel nauseous and messed up. On my way home, I have a few errands. I will make one a stop at the Nature Pet Center to drop off a poster there too. Just in case. Someone might bring Tsuki there. I can also get a list of local vets from them which I will call about Tsuki. Then I have to make all the phone calls I was supposed to make this morning, added the vets and maybe the SPCA to that list.
Only after that, and another search about the house, will I pack my office. I was hoping to have till the end of the week. I don't. I have until Tuesday night. I have a friend coming over too tonight to help move stuff. I think I will be just throwing things into boxes and stuffing them in the garage to get access to the furniture and sort the boxes later.
I am trying to be positive. But this is more stress than I can handle. I am breaking.
If I seem to break down and cry for no reason, please understand... there is a reason.
Tsuki went missing.
Somehow, after 8:30pm feeding and after the 10pm litter box change, the cats figured out how to open the upstairs balcony doors and were out on the balcony when I went up to get them and herd them downstairs. Three came in off the balcony and herded nicely down. Tsuki was nowhere. We spent till half past midnight searching the house and the surrounding yards for him. I am worried as his left back knee was all swollen earlier.
Tsuki missed his usual midnight feeding. We left doors and windows open in various places where he could find his way back in, with water and food in all locations. I stayed up all night listening for signs and sounds of him. I watched the other cats to see if they sensed his return. Every strange new sound sent me flying upstairs to see if it was him or outside to see if it was him. No luck.
I tried energy work too. All I could divine was his route down from the second floor balcony onto the green awning over to the first floor balcony and down to the front porch. From there... I could faintly sense he was near-ish, but could not find him. Now I have no sense of him at all.
I set a bast statue on my altar and have asked for her to watch over Tsuki and bring him home safe to me.
The morning, I was supposed to finish packing my office. Instead, I made "Missing Cat" fliers and posters. I walked the street depositing the fliers in people's mailboxes and talking to neighbors. I also taped up some of the posters, but should have also brought my stapler for the wooden lamp posts. The neighbors were very kind. I don't think Tsuki would come to anyone if they called him. I am not sure he would even come to me or the hubby if he were scared outside. But he might cry at anyone's door or window to get inside. He might... MIGHT... remember the back stairs as he had used them a few times in his life while on a leash.
I have a meeting with my thesis supervisor, then with the Multifaith Chaplaincy at school today. I am here now nibbling some food before I speak to people. I am so tired, I feel nauseous and messed up. On my way home, I have a few errands. I will make one a stop at the Nature Pet Center to drop off a poster there too. Just in case. Someone might bring Tsuki there. I can also get a list of local vets from them which I will call about Tsuki. Then I have to make all the phone calls I was supposed to make this morning, added the vets and maybe the SPCA to that list.
Only after that, and another search about the house, will I pack my office. I was hoping to have till the end of the week. I don't. I have until Tuesday night. I have a friend coming over too tonight to help move stuff. I think I will be just throwing things into boxes and stuffing them in the garage to get access to the furniture and sort the boxes later.
I am trying to be positive. But this is more stress than I can handle. I am breaking.
If I seem to break down and cry for no reason, please understand... there is a reason.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Missing Kitty
While moving, my Savanna Cat, Tsuki, has gone missing off the top floor front balcony.
I am freaking out!
We heard him meowing, but thought it was from inside upstairs not from outside.
I have left windows open here and there where he could get in and nibble some handfuls of food.
I pray he comes back soon. I hope he is not hurt.
I kinda don't want to leave home till he is back safe and sound.
I am freaking out!
We heard him meowing, but thought it was from inside upstairs not from outside.
I have left windows open here and there where he could get in and nibble some handfuls of food.
I pray he comes back soon. I hope he is not hurt.
I kinda don't want to leave home till he is back safe and sound.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Busier than expected Monday
Monday's are MY days.
This time in the crunch of things, it is my only day off to do things I can't get done while working and stuff. So today is SUPER BUSY!
I woke early, cramping and hating the world. After Excedrin, I hopped the bus to RenoDepo for base coat paint for our new home downstairs. FRAK! Gallons of paint are HEAVY!!! Took the bus back with the paint. Ate lunch, prepared my expense report for my June Toronto trip, edited and printed my thesis in stage ONE, and selected some art for to be laminated. Also, just about to pack my laptop and Gaia Gathering meeting notes.
Now I am about on my way. I am heading to the Montreal Gift Show for a quick tour and to place a tea order. Then I head to Concordia University to drop off my thesis and mail my expense report through internal mail. Then... I stop by the art framer and arrange lamination of two pictures. After i run a couple other small errands, I should be getting together with Roo for dinner!
Tonight while I am at a Gaia Gathering meeting, the hubby will be painting the new bedroom and his new office with base coat to ready it for new colors.
I am trying very hard not to stress about having to work on a paper, take a class, prepare for a MAJOR exam, work full time, AND move in the next 8 days. I do not have the time nor the energy to cramp, not to have any... mistakes. I have left space open for small errors, but nothing major is allowed to happen to interfere. *shakes finger at the world warningly*
This time in the crunch of things, it is my only day off to do things I can't get done while working and stuff. So today is SUPER BUSY!
I woke early, cramping and hating the world. After Excedrin, I hopped the bus to RenoDepo for base coat paint for our new home downstairs. FRAK! Gallons of paint are HEAVY!!! Took the bus back with the paint. Ate lunch, prepared my expense report for my June Toronto trip, edited and printed my thesis in stage ONE, and selected some art for to be laminated. Also, just about to pack my laptop and Gaia Gathering meeting notes.
Now I am about on my way. I am heading to the Montreal Gift Show for a quick tour and to place a tea order. Then I head to Concordia University to drop off my thesis and mail my expense report through internal mail. Then... I stop by the art framer and arrange lamination of two pictures. After i run a couple other small errands, I should be getting together with Roo for dinner!
Tonight while I am at a Gaia Gathering meeting, the hubby will be painting the new bedroom and his new office with base coat to ready it for new colors.
I am trying very hard not to stress about having to work on a paper, take a class, prepare for a MAJOR exam, work full time, AND move in the next 8 days. I do not have the time nor the energy to cramp, not to have any... mistakes. I have left space open for small errors, but nothing major is allowed to happen to interfere. *shakes finger at the world warningly*
Monday, August 16, 2010
MMMMmmmm Monday
It is Monday again. At last. This is the only day in the week that is to me.
Last week I worked Tuesday through Saturday, teaching in the evenings too. Sunday was full of coven and gardening and showing the apartment to people. I really liked the first visitor, even gave him a bunch of cherry tomatoes. The second visitor... so no...
I pulled from the Epicurean Tarot the 3 of Wands with the recipe of cheese sticks. They were so easy! And delicious. But greasy... I need to learn more how to deepfry. I also baked 2 small pudding cakes.
Today, unfortunately is not going to be full of relaxing. I have a house to clean. I have to cook enough food for a week's worth of lunches. I have errands to run. I have a thesis to review. I have interviews to start. I have 3 bibliographies for course reading or exam reading to prepare. I wish I was not so exhausted. I hurt all over like I was hit by a truck. At least the damnable bronchitis is gone.
I just want to go to bed and abandon the world for a day.
Last week I worked Tuesday through Saturday, teaching in the evenings too. Sunday was full of coven and gardening and showing the apartment to people. I really liked the first visitor, even gave him a bunch of cherry tomatoes. The second visitor... so no...
I pulled from the Epicurean Tarot the 3 of Wands with the recipe of cheese sticks. They were so easy! And delicious. But greasy... I need to learn more how to deepfry. I also baked 2 small pudding cakes.
Today, unfortunately is not going to be full of relaxing. I have a house to clean. I have to cook enough food for a week's worth of lunches. I have errands to run. I have a thesis to review. I have interviews to start. I have 3 bibliographies for course reading or exam reading to prepare. I wish I was not so exhausted. I hurt all over like I was hit by a truck. At least the damnable bronchitis is gone.
I just want to go to bed and abandon the world for a day.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Doing Better
I am now recovering.
And I have SO MUCH to get caught up on... including thesis, taxes, and moving.
busy... tired... thank the god for students in workshops...
And I have SO MUCH to get caught up on... including thesis, taxes, and moving.
busy... tired... thank the god for students in workshops...
Sunday, August 08, 2010
New Meds
So I have my new meds. The first pharmacy was going to charge me $150 for a new kind of asthma pump and antibiotics. It was not in the budget. After an all too scary few coughing fits and not being able to breathe, the hubby rearranged some finances to get my meds. The pharmacy near my house was MUCH more polite and helpful and in the end, the meds only cost $50.
I have steroid asthma to take twice a day to strengthen my lungs and antibiotics to kill the sick.
Stupid sick has wiped all my energy.
I have steroid asthma to take twice a day to strengthen my lungs and antibiotics to kill the sick.
Stupid sick has wiped all my energy.
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Summer Heat... Summer Cold
I know... I have neglected my blog a while.
First I would like to remind people on FaceBook who see this that I am not really there on FaceBook. I log into it maybe... MAYBE... once every 3-6 months. this blog is set to auto-post into it.
Before I left for my camping trip, I had an on and off sore throat. I managed with some serious creativity and great friends with a little car to choose things to come and what to leave behind. We drove 5 hours to the new KG festival site. it is so beautiful!! I want to go there privately for a weekend or a private vacation thing. I had a great vending site.
It is a shame I was incapacitated with menstrual cramps the first 2 days, then incapacitated with a truly TERRIBLE summer cold the rest of the week and weekend. I was a miserable sad sight behind my vending table. I sold some stuff. I did one interview and no more. I did manage on the last day to get people to agree to be interviewed and sign my consent forms so I can contact them later for interviews by phone or email.
My home is a disaster. My finances are in the hole with school demanding a summer fee of $620. I am now behind in my thesis writing and exam prep because I was too ill to do anything while camping.
Rick and Marie were blessedly helpful. I love them to pieces!!! They drove through Tuesday's bad thunder storms to come visit me with little Alex (their 2-yr-old and my god-son). They came just so I could interview them. THANK YOU!!!!
I have been home for a week and managed to only roughly clean the main rooms (kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and living room) of the house in between working. I have been super sick still. The humidity has been brutal. Thursday... uh... no Wednesday, it was so bad that on my way to meet the husband for sushi dinner, I had a coughing fit and went into bronchial spasms unable to breathe or be relieved by my asthma pump. I spent several hours in the clinic hooked to an oxygen tank with special asthma stuff. Firth time that has ever happened to me. it was scary. Ruined a nice dinner out.
I have had no energy this week. I crash to bed early, sleep badly, cough lots. I got no work done. I did however get a workshop planned and taught to a surprisingly large class of 7 people! That covered some payments for my website and bills. Teaching that class ruined my voice the next day.
I am still sick. Friday night I tried to clean up some more because the landlord was coming over to sign a new lease with us and show our place to a potential new tenant. The stranger never showed, but rescheduled for Sunday. We did sign the new lease. At the end of this month, we will be moving downstairs into the neighbor's home as they are moving to a house they bought. Our new lease gives us the main floor apartment, the back yard, and the garage! We will have a washer/dryer, a BBQ, and a second air conditioner too. This is exciting! Wish I was less ill so I could be excited.
Today was a slow day. I woke early before the sun was properly up when Tsuki (the savana cat) was making noise. I went to close the bedroom door when I saw what he was making noise at. A giant spider was right by the door. In my half-awake state, it was a terrifying surreal experience. The hubby kept me calm. He tried to get the spider but missed it since he didn't have his glasses on. The spider dropped to the floor. Tsuki was a great boy and caught and ate it quickly. He got extra love that morning and an early feeding.
I did a little cleaning in the kitchen, updated some computer stuff, had breakfast. The hubby and I played xbox Risk for a bit. We did groceries. Then we did some gardening. Well, not really. We harvested 2 green peppers, 3 potatoes, and dozens of cherry tomatoes. The weather was beautiful! Cool, sunny... what summer OUGHT to be like. The hubby and I stayed out in the yard for an hour just discussing what we might like to do with the yard once it is ours. It is so adorable watching him make nesting plans. I love him so much when he is like that. Inside, I started to put some of the books away in the living room.
All that work landed me into coughing fits and back into bed for a while till dinner. He made dinner, bless him. Dessert is a cappuccino while we watch anime.
Tomorrow is the last breakfast with the neighbors date we will have for a very long time. It will be followed by showing off the house. I wanted to move things from my office to the basement storage today, but I am just too bloody sick. Maybe I will manage some of that tomorrow.
I hope everyone else is having a good August and Lammas so far.
First I would like to remind people on FaceBook who see this that I am not really there on FaceBook. I log into it maybe... MAYBE... once every 3-6 months. this blog is set to auto-post into it.
Before I left for my camping trip, I had an on and off sore throat. I managed with some serious creativity and great friends with a little car to choose things to come and what to leave behind. We drove 5 hours to the new KG festival site. it is so beautiful!! I want to go there privately for a weekend or a private vacation thing. I had a great vending site.
It is a shame I was incapacitated with menstrual cramps the first 2 days, then incapacitated with a truly TERRIBLE summer cold the rest of the week and weekend. I was a miserable sad sight behind my vending table. I sold some stuff. I did one interview and no more. I did manage on the last day to get people to agree to be interviewed and sign my consent forms so I can contact them later for interviews by phone or email.
My home is a disaster. My finances are in the hole with school demanding a summer fee of $620. I am now behind in my thesis writing and exam prep because I was too ill to do anything while camping.
Rick and Marie were blessedly helpful. I love them to pieces!!! They drove through Tuesday's bad thunder storms to come visit me with little Alex (their 2-yr-old and my god-son). They came just so I could interview them. THANK YOU!!!!
I have been home for a week and managed to only roughly clean the main rooms (kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and living room) of the house in between working. I have been super sick still. The humidity has been brutal. Thursday... uh... no Wednesday, it was so bad that on my way to meet the husband for sushi dinner, I had a coughing fit and went into bronchial spasms unable to breathe or be relieved by my asthma pump. I spent several hours in the clinic hooked to an oxygen tank with special asthma stuff. Firth time that has ever happened to me. it was scary. Ruined a nice dinner out.
I have had no energy this week. I crash to bed early, sleep badly, cough lots. I got no work done. I did however get a workshop planned and taught to a surprisingly large class of 7 people! That covered some payments for my website and bills. Teaching that class ruined my voice the next day.
I am still sick. Friday night I tried to clean up some more because the landlord was coming over to sign a new lease with us and show our place to a potential new tenant. The stranger never showed, but rescheduled for Sunday. We did sign the new lease. At the end of this month, we will be moving downstairs into the neighbor's home as they are moving to a house they bought. Our new lease gives us the main floor apartment, the back yard, and the garage! We will have a washer/dryer, a BBQ, and a second air conditioner too. This is exciting! Wish I was less ill so I could be excited.
Today was a slow day. I woke early before the sun was properly up when Tsuki (the savana cat) was making noise. I went to close the bedroom door when I saw what he was making noise at. A giant spider was right by the door. In my half-awake state, it was a terrifying surreal experience. The hubby kept me calm. He tried to get the spider but missed it since he didn't have his glasses on. The spider dropped to the floor. Tsuki was a great boy and caught and ate it quickly. He got extra love that morning and an early feeding.
I did a little cleaning in the kitchen, updated some computer stuff, had breakfast. The hubby and I played xbox Risk for a bit. We did groceries. Then we did some gardening. Well, not really. We harvested 2 green peppers, 3 potatoes, and dozens of cherry tomatoes. The weather was beautiful! Cool, sunny... what summer OUGHT to be like. The hubby and I stayed out in the yard for an hour just discussing what we might like to do with the yard once it is ours. It is so adorable watching him make nesting plans. I love him so much when he is like that. Inside, I started to put some of the books away in the living room.
All that work landed me into coughing fits and back into bed for a while till dinner. He made dinner, bless him. Dessert is a cappuccino while we watch anime.
Tomorrow is the last breakfast with the neighbors date we will have for a very long time. It will be followed by showing off the house. I wanted to move things from my office to the basement storage today, but I am just too bloody sick. Maybe I will manage some of that tomorrow.
I hope everyone else is having a good August and Lammas so far.
