A good day or the day I washed a cat

Today I went crazy.

Okay so technically I took a mental health day. Same difference. I take them every now and again. It is a day to take a break from my life as I know it.

I lucked out. B was able to take it with me. It turned into a really good day. We started it by eating breakfast for lunch. He had my Cowart egg sandwich. Which is just an egg sandwich with mayo. Then people came over and cleaned the house. Sweet. As I normally end up doing that on my days off.

I had already decided not to clean and instead do fun stuff so it was bonus time when the cleaning people showed. After they left, I decided we should go minature golfing. We didn't keep score. Probably a good thing for B as that last hole was a kicker. They have this high slanted ramp and he would hit it so hard that it would roll back or too soft and it wouldn't make it up the ramp. I tried ONCE to "help" and attempted to stop the ball before it rolled back down the ramp. Needless to say, I sent it flying off of the course all together LMAO. It was just fun to do with him.

Then we headed off to see Clone Wars the movie. It was decent. I liked it best when we would laugh together. After lunch, we stopped at a local pet store and got a new fountain. Not for us. For the cats. : ) I had also picked up a new comb. We'd been having a problem with fleas. Or not us exactly... the cats. And I wanted to make sure the flea stuff we put on them was working. Well, it was a 75 % success. Simba's wasn't working. Plus she had started sneezing after we put it on her.

Simba on a better day

So I washed a cat today. I figured it might help with the fleas and the sneezing. So far, yes on the fleas and a little on the sneezing. But she did a lot better than other kitties I have washed. Now before you go calling the ASPCA because I obviously love torturing my kitties with cold bathes. I don't. The last time I washed a cat was because he climbed up into a fireplace and was covered in soot. LOL He wasn't happy at the end and neither was I.

Good night and may you never have to wash a cat.

JaNene's Wish

I have just gotten back a bit ago from a run to the store. It wasn't my typical menu planned, list written trip to the store. It was all non-perishables to make sure we have enough during the storm. We are expecting a pretty bad hit from Fay.

It has been the storm that thinks it can, thinks it can, thinks it can. When I got to work today, that seemed to be the major topic of conversation.

One of my co-workers, JaNene, really wanted us to close. I thought for sure that we wouldn't. Maybe she'd get her wish on Thursday but certainly not tomorrow.

Well, I was wrong. They closed city office Wednesday and Thursday. Friday is a wait and see day. Every couple of minutes she mentioned closing and her wish. But she always seemed to amend it with a "but not for anyone to get hurt.". She is a very sweet person but a pistol. She is very funny and giving too. All the children that come through the doors of the library are her kids.

Everytime I turn around she is telling another person about Dad and his writing. She has three of his books and they are really treasured possessions. I wouldn't be surprised if she went into work just to get them so they would be safe from the storm.

I feel mostly prepared but a little fearful too. LOL Much like my wedding : D

I picked up something for P's birthday while at the store. Fear and preparing aside, life goes on. It is plastic and buggy and I hope she will like it. I have also been collecting things for B's birthday. September 13th. He'll be 35 the same as D's age. He wants turkey and stuffing and my homemade cookies : ) We had talked about doing more than that. But he wants to keep it low key. I really like giving him stuff. Just recently I worked on addding to his graphic novel collection. He has been reading a series called Exiles. But because he doesn't have any ones in a particular order, it makes it difficult to remember which ones he has. I have bought one the other day for a birthday present but he already had that one. So back into the Chamblin's pile it goes.

Speaking of Chamblin, B and I visited their new location downtown. It was super cooliness. We went on a Sunday and it was so quiet. Normally I have to fight through several people in varying sections. But here, I saw maybe four or five people in the whole place. It was awesome. We should have those last couple of bookshelf shelves filled in in no time.

Good day and stay dry.

Gomez

I know it is like 2 and 1/2 half away but I already know who I am going to be for Halloween. And what I'll be doing for Halloween.

I'm going to be Mortica Addams and we'll be having a Halloween House warming party. The Mortica ties in quite nicely with my current nickname for B. He kisses my hand and keeps going up. So of course I called him Gomez. I love the Addams cartoons.

If you can't tell, the view is of a grave yard. They are just so darkly funny.

I've always liked Halloween. My favorite costume (well, wittiest) was the year I dressed up with a Santa hat, red shirt, white skirt and white fur collar. I had everyone guess first and they would all guess Mrs. Claus. I wasn't. I was Christmas.... Eve : D LOL

B and I were talking about showing scary movies that night. I think it would be a good idea to show all the ones related to house. Tie it back into the housewarming part and I've got a castle cake form so I can make a scary house cake. It should be fun. You might have an inkling that I am a wee bit excited about it. : )

Good day and boo!

Again with the 7:00

It's like weirdly morphing into a person who actually gets up in the morning. I am trying to get used to it. I'd actually like to make it a habit again with the exercising.

So right now there is a cat on either side of the door I almost closed to keep the noise down. One wanting to get in and the other out. But they both keep batting at the door and usually at the same time. Crazy kitties.

Last night was interesting. I met up with the dean and alums from FSU College of IS. It was very cool to meet everyone. But it was more like networking meeting. But it was pretty much what I expected. We ate at a restaurant at the new mall. It was my first experience there and I wasn't thrilled. It was like a main street section and a mall. Okay so it was my first time seeing valet parking at a mall. What uber craziness is this?

Good day and me-ow!

How to go from swamped to sane

I am responsible for processing the magazines at my branch. I will usually go through to pull out any of the subscription cards and the freebie things. My title is one of the headlines on the O magazine.

That's me... swamped not sane. At least for right this moment. I think it is mainly a work slippage. I have been so busy this summer. We just finished our summer reading program and it rocked. The kids kept track of their minutes read and they read over 25000 minutes this summer. Even though B and I took a break around July, I think we need another. It is just so difficult with such a small staff to find a day that works. Right now August 27th is the only day in the two weeks with nothing on it.

I took a mentoring course yesterday. I am excited and just a wee bit nervous. But I think it will end of being a good experience. This blog reminds me that I can be asleep and still talking. LOl Something B has pointed out about me. It is wicked early for me (7:00 am). I just woke up. No alarm or anything.

I feel like the meanest nicest person. I can't tell if it's hormones or staff or the people we deal with. I just don't feel like me. It'll pass but it doesn't mean I have to like it while it is going on. I just have high expectations and expect a lot of myself.

Right now, I expect I should get up and get ready for work. Oh golly goodness, I do need a break. It has just been a busy couple of months. With a lot of changes. I think I'll take the 27th : )

Good day and gimme a break!