PMS...and other acronyms...

So...
I'm all about the TMI today....
I'm PMS-ing HARDCORE this evening...
If I could, I'd have a big fat banana split for dinner tonight, but alas that's not on the menu so I'm SOL...
My kitten, Loki, is being a PITA but he's cute so I suppose I'll let him escape my wrath for tonight regardless of how much he acts like an SOB to Agador.
By tomorrow I will likely feel like a POS, so if I'm MIA for awhile I'm hoping you will understand.
That's all for now, folks.
TTFN !

LONG weekend...
Actually, LONG Saturday....
Resisted the urge to physically harm one of the people I was with...
Have spent a good portion of today doing NOTHING aside from watching movies and enjoying a lovely fire.
DO NOT want to go to work tomorrow but, unfortunately, there are bills to be paid.
UGH...
Good dinner planned for tonight, though, which is a plus...

Sick Chick

So...
I'm home today...
Another sick day under my belt, I suppose.
I feel like crap and have for the past few weeks. Yesterday was the worst of it - I really should've taken yesterday off - but today I'm not much better so I thought it would be best for me to just take a day and try to deal with this.
For those of you who don't know, I have an issue with my digestive system and my medication was only FDA approved for 3 months...so now I'm in a study for an experimental drug. The problem is that I haven't started the study yet in terms of taking the mystery pill...first my system has to be "clean" and I have to get the old meds out.
This process SUCKS ! ! !
So today is a bad day...and I'm stuck in the house as a result.
I just got the lecture from J that I am to RELAX and REST today - that I'm not to try to be productive around the house because I always push myself even during sick days and he's not wanting me to do that again considering how badly I'm feeling.
Somehow I don't think he has to worry about anything...all I want to do is sleep and be comfortable.

Insult to Injury !

This morning...
It wasn't just poop in our tub....it was pee as well ! ! ! !
AAARRRGGGGGHHH ! ! ! ! ! !
I did a search and found that some cats are hypersensitive to the smell of urine/poo in their boxes and think it "dirty" so they will choose places like the bathtub instead.
Lil Bit was using the small litter box. He's all of 3 1/2 pounds so I thought it would be TOTALLY adequate for him. So, after reading about finicky cats and litter boxes I upgraded him to a "big boy" box. So far so good. I also put about an inch of water in the bathtub to further deter him.
I'm not going to call this war won yet - but it's looking promising so far.

And, I'm sorry y'all, but I have to bitch for a few minutes here...

So, I sent out an e-mail to our wedding party requesting fun/goofy pictures for our wedding website. My cousin started this trend and we figured it would be a good time for all. J's sister is, of course, the exception to all of this. A day or two after I sent that e-mail she calls J and starts whining and saying "do I HAVE to?!?!". Since I was not thinking and didn't cc J on the e-mail he didn't know what she was referring to and said "no" to which he got a dirty look and a "WHAT?!?!?" out of me. He's said that he'll address this with her. It is completely out of line that she chose to try to circumvent me ! As if that weren't bad enough, she's continuously asked J when I was planning to take the girls dress shopping to which he's consistently replied that he has NO IDEA and that she needs to ask ME about it.
Well...
I put her on my distribution list the last website update I did. That update included J's friend's picture sumbission and I was all like "THANKS !" to her. It was my "subtle" little way of being like "YOU'RE the only one not participating here girlie !"
So today I get an e-mail from her.
No message just an attachment.
It's some picture of her at some sorority function. She's all dressed up and it's a "nice" picture.
Nothing goofy about it.
I responded saying "Not sure what this is for?"
She responded with a silly e-mail about how she doesn't have any goofy pictures of herself but that this is a recent one of her I can use !
PUHLEEZE ! ! ! !
I REALLY wanted to respond to her - but was convinced otherwise.
So I updated my site and put a really nice note at the top of the wedding party page about how great a lot of the people were about being good sports and participating in this. Under her picture I put "she claims to not have any "goofy" pictures of herself, so she gave me this one instead".
I want to smack the crap out of that little shit !
WHY does J's family have to make every step of this wedding an uphill battle with them?!?!?!
Makes me want to reconsider getting married all together.

Demon Spawn !

Does this little face look like trouble to you?????



Well, if you think not then think AGAIN !
This little fella has taken to pooping in our tub ! ! ! !
He did it the first night we pinned him in the bathroom (he gets pinned up at night and while we're at work). He got the "NO NO NO !" and a tap on his butt. I figured it was an accident.

This past week - he's used his litter box faithfully.

This morning.
POOP !
AFTER he was "released" to run free in the house at that ! ! ! ! ! !
This afternoon....
MORE POOP ! ! ! !
And he's had run of the house ALL DAY ! ! !
That little SHIT ! ! !
He got punished this time. Solitary confinement for 20 minutes.
He's been sulking ever since.
GOOD !
Let that be a lesson to him NOT to poop in ANYWHERE but his litter box from now on !

TGIF ! ! !

FRIDAY !
How glad I am to see thee ! ! ! ! !
It's been a VERY long week and hopefully the weekend will be at least somewhat relaxing.
Tomorrow is the day mom comes down and we go to order my wedding dress. I'm not the weight I was aiming to be by this point, but then again I have been kept from exercising thanks to illness.
Whatchagonnado?
I have until October and I'm sure I'll be fine.
Now, I'd keep typing, but Lil Bit keeps trying to climb all over my keyboard and bite my hand.
KIDS !
;)

LB update

So, Lil Bit and Ag are starting to bond somewhat.
However, I think Agador is taking on the more "adult" role in this relationship...
Lil Bit, however, grabs every opportunity to try to get him to play !



And after a long night of playing, he FINALLY decided to SIT STILL and relax !

Self Portrait Tuesday ! ! !

The hand of a woman who was made to wait a 1/2 hour at the dr's office for no good reason (I had an appointment with a staff member and no one bothered to tell her I was there, apparently !)

Meet....

Our new little friend ! ! ! !



He doesn't have a name as of yet - his foster mom named him "Harry" but we don't really think that fits him. So for now I'm referring to him as "Little Bit" until we can come up with a proper name for him.
:)

GRRRRR ! ! ! !

So, J and I went to the animal shelter today...
And we found a kitty who we both COMPLETELY fell in love with.
Everyone at the shelter SEEMED VERY nice.
Until, that is, we filled out the application.
I was honest and said that I'd have the cat declawed - mainly because my two current cats are and I'd want them to be safe if they got into a tangle with our new family member. The little shit behind the calendar informed me (in a REALLY snotty way) that they REFUSE to adopt out cats to ANYONE who would dare to declaw a cat. She went on to "inform" us that if we did get the cat and did have him declawed that they WOULD FIND OUT and WOULD NOT be HAPPY ! ! !
EEW !
The ENTIRE staff turned to ice towards us when all of this happened.
Nice to be nasty !
And the thing that kills me is that they told me (before the drama ensued) that they had a HUGE waiting list of animals to come into their facility because they're filled to capacity !
My friends and family are ALWAYS saying that when they die they want to come back as one of my cats - so it's not like I'm a bad pet owner ! ! ! !
UGH !
I am SOOOO annoyed !
So, I've contacted the group I got Panya & Agador from and left a message for them saying that I'm looking for a 3rd kitty to add to our household and asked that they call me back to let me know what sort of "inventory" they have in terms of kittens.
:)
At least I know that THEY are good people who UNDERSTAND that declawing isn't cruel and, if it's between a cat getting declawed and having a good home or a cat not getting declawed, becoming destructive and then being given up then option 1 is the way to go !