I had big plans for this weekend! Plans of doing ALL THE EXERCISE!!! Steven was out of town with his fraternity brothers, and I imagined myself filling free moments with running, biking, AND swimming.
But two things happened.
First, I had a headache most of Saturday. One that felt like it could turn in to a migraine. So after I finished work and errands for the day, I needed to take a nap – NOT spend time in the sun on my bike, or with goggles on my head in the water. Ugh.
SECOND! And this is a nice surprise – I want to spend as much time with the kittens as possible. Well, that part is NOT the surprise. The surprise is that having them is really making me want to slooooooooooow down. I hate having my schedule filled with back-to-back-to-back things and being busy, but I do tend to do that to myself. With the kittens though, I keep thinking about how they’ll only be little for so long, and I want to absorb all of it! Plus, this weekend, with Steven gone, if I left, I would put them in the guest bedroom, and I want them to be able to roam the house! So, yeah – another mostly chill weekend!
FRIDAY!
On Friday I ate an early dinner and ran after. Then spent forever on the phone with Starbucks to find out why someone didn’t receive an e-giftcard I sent them the day before. If YOU ever have this problem, call this number – 877-496-3731 – NOT the number on their website. Sigh, it took forever just to get that info (then they fixed it immediately, thankfully!).
I also did the fun task of going through old cards, letters, and postcards, and deciding which ones to keep, which to recycle, and which to scan. The use of the word “fun” is not sarcasm – this was FUN for me. Although it made me a bit sad, as some of the correspondence was three years old (oops, need to do this more often), and it made me think about how some people were doing better back then.
SATURDAY!
I woke up in the middle of the night with a headache and took medicine. Then woke up with a headache and took more. Then went on a run to see if that helped. Nope.
So I went to the Efit Games and felt bad to have a grimace on my face from time to time from my head pain. I didn’t want to be whiny about it, but I did let people know that was why I was feeling that way so they wouldn’t think I was just making a b*tchy face!
Efit trainers!
I wanted to go home and sleep right after, but I had scheduled Walmart Grocery pick-up. Sigh. Trying to be efficient bit me in the butt.
I still got a lot done that morning (see above where I mentioned back-to-back-to-back stupidity):
- Got gas
- Dropped off dry-cleaning
- Did Walmart pick-up
- Went to
- Target
- Bath & Body Works (I had free item coupons and got some birthday gifts)
I bet you can’t tell what my favorite scent is!
- Aldi
- Okay, I got Starbucks too, hoping the caffeine would help my headache!
Traffic was a bit nutso. It seems like the county/cities are rushing to get road work finished before school starts or something, and LOTS of roads were under construction. Getting to Aldi was particularly annoying, as I got off one street because of construction, then the street I went to was randomly closed for a festival (???), then the only street left to take was under construction. Sigh. More headache medicine.
I was so happy to finally get home, put away groceries, make lunch, finish watching 17 Again, then take a nap.
Then it was another quiet night! I wrapped some gifts,
watched 50 Shades Freed (How could this movie be SOOO bad?! Oh! Because the source material is!!! Ha!), played with the kitties, saw a cat that looked JUST LIKE SNOW in the backyard (and felt sad), took Data outside to see how he liked that (he did), then tried to go to bed.
I heard horrible screaming from the guest bedroom after I put the kitties in there, and opened the door to tell them to chill out, and saw that Apollo was all tangled up in a cord and was being choked. I worked as fast as I could to untangle him, thinking I would have to run for scissors, but I was able to get him out.
Photo from calmer times the day before
I felt horrible, and spent too long thinking about how bad that would have been had I not been home to hear him. I put away all the corded toys and made sure the toys left out seemed “safe,” then talked out loud to myself telling myself not to waste time thinking about “what if” or to feel guilty, but that didn’t really work.
I tried to shift my mind to positive thoughts, like the beach vacation my parents and snis and her family are on, and that sort of helped, but I just felt sh*tty. I called my snis and was able to fall asleep (much later than I wanted) after talking to her about it.
SUNDAY!
I imagined I would sleep in Sunday but the cats had other plans! I woke up to what sounded like water running and felt super confused as I was the only one home. Oh. That was Data having a major poop accident in the bathroom. Sigh. Poor guy.
So early Sunday morning was spent on cat cleanup and feeding and playing duty. I also did some laundry, tidied up, and prepped produce for the week.
Then ran.
Then cleaned some more when I got back. And made lunch and tried to watch The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society on Netflix, but silly me, it was Crazy Kitty Time, and I couldn’t focus!
Watching Apollo be crazy
So we played for a bit, I cleaned some more, did some more laundry (CHORES!!!!!!!!!) then made this banana cake recipe, AGAIN, this time in cupcake form. This is my third time making this recipe and it’s delish. See upcoming Tuesday post about how I have gained weight this summer, muah ha ha.
Watching for Daddy to get home
Steven got home in the late afternoon and I spent the rest of the evening chatting with him about his trip, doing a few more chores, and watching that Netflix movie! I enjoyed the movie. I heard about it at the library, because they had a copy of the book and it said something on the cover about being a movie on Netflix. I picked the book up to see if I wanted to read it, but when I saw it was all back-and-forth letters, the format turned me off! I wonder if they ever actually get together (face-to-face) in the book (like they do in the movie). I am guessing the movie might have changed a few things (to make it watchable!).
There was some Crazy Kitty Time during the second attempt to watch the movie, too. Khali wants to be in on the action too (by observing and swatting from time to time), which makes me glad. It feels like she is spending more time around us now that the kittens are here.
OMG APOLLO LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE HIS MAMA I CAN’T EVEN!!!!
I am glad you are slowing down some! That’s always a good thing and sometimes it’s nice to have a reminder that it’s necessary 🙂
It’s crazy, right? I wonder if the other litter mates will look like her too?!
It is. I needed it. I am ready to be done being busy all the time. Just two more weekends of it!
What a rough weekend for you! Hope you are feeling better. All of the construction going on is insane. Pretty much every where you go there is something going on. I also saw 50 Shafes and thought it was bad too. I cringed while watching it.
Did the kitty like the scent?
I am! Another friend told me they took away all the string toys at their house because something similar happened. Made me feel a bit better (although that scares me, too!).
Right?! I know summer is construction season here, but come on.
YES IT WAS HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!! OMG. I feel bad those actors had to make that. Although they probably got paid a pretty penny 😉
He approved!!!
That picture of Apollo with your B&BW haul shows how really tiny he is – barely bigger than that bottle! Sooooo cute. I also loved crazy kitty time, it’s a show worth paying for, LOL.
As for the cord incident, how scary. So glad you were there when it happened. STUFF HAPPENS. In fact, my friend who just got back from an intensive dog training told us what toys dogs weren’t supposed to have without supervision, and what toys were pretty much forbidden…and we’ve let our dogs have all of them, with and without supervision. Ack. You never know until you either hear something like that or find out the hard way.
Dang on that headache. I hate it when one drags on for so long like that…it’s like hey, I have things I want to do, head!
That is a good point that it does show how small he is – I feel like when you see them without reference, they look like full grown cats! Ha! It’s totally a show worth paying for and seeing repeatedly 😉
Oh wow! What kind of dogs do they say not to have around for dogs? There are so many different kinds!!!!
Right? I wish it would have happened on a work day when I could call in sick. Ha ha ha. JK, I don’t want them AT ALL.
Tennis balls – apparently dogs can choke on them, yikes!! And dogs who eviscerate stuffed toys can swallow the stuffing and fiber and have it wreck their intestines. Those were the two that stuck with me because we’ve had both for Paco.
And those are two VERY common toys!!! Eek!
I wonder what they can put inside the toys so when they eat it, it doesn’t hurt them. Cause it’s gonna happen!
Man, it sounds like you got a lot done even with the headache and the new kitties! I love all the photos, they are so cute.
I did! So that’s good!
Thanks 🙂 I love sharing them!
Crazy kitten time looks the best. Khali just watching is hilarious…I wonder what she thinks about them.
So glad Apollo is ok, good thing he screamed to let you know he was in trouble. Please don’t feel bad, they get themselves into situations you could never guess were going to happen…Boomer was the same when he was a pup.
It is a lot of fun to watch! Maybe that is what Khali is thinking. Or maybe she is like “oh, to be young again.” or “It would have been nice to play like this when I was a kitten!”
Good point – I am glad he screamed! I hope we don’t encounter anything like that again!
Bummer about your headache 🙁 Especially since you had so many things to do on Saturday! Hopefully it was only a Saturday thing and you had a pain-free Sunday!
That’s so scary about Apollo! I’m really glad you were there and able to help him. Based on the video from crazy time, it seems like he’s not too much worse for the wear 🙂 Looks like you’ve got a bit of a gymnast on your hands!
Right? I did feel better Sunday, thankfully!
Ha, you are right, he totally is fine, and acted like he was fine right after! Thank heavens!!!! I was so scared for a few secs!
His mom is crazy like that too (a gymnast) so I wonder if he’ll stay that way.
Love those snoogle poofs already!!!!!!!! Want to snoogle them all over!
Come do it while they’re still little!!!!
OMG, their little faces!
I saw a kitty in a commercial yesterday that looked like Data (but no bow tie).
So, like Data, but no class.
HAHAHAHAH, KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, you know those Hollywood types!
Ha ha ha!
Gosh, those kitties keep you busy!
We read that book for book club and the letters format turned me off at first, too, but once I got into it, it was okay. Still not one of my favorite books, though. I wanted to see the movie while it was out here but missed it – I had no idea it was on Netflix already!
They do! It’s so fun!
Maybe I should give it a try then when I am itching for something to read (and don’t have a trillion things in my hold list). Let me know what you think if you watch it, and how it compares to the book!
I loved The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society book! It was such a great story about something I’d never even known about. The letter format takes some getting used to, but it’s worth it IMO. I need to watch the movie!
Oh, those kitties. That had to be so traumatic to see Apollo wrapped up in the cord and play the what if game! Oh, man. Pets just keep us on our toes, don’t they?
Ahh cool! Well I trust your opinion of course! Let me know what you think of the movie! They used some yummy actors!
It was! But I learned! Oh gosh, did I learn! When are you going kitten browsing? After your living room reno?
Wow, reading about this scare (even weeks later) made my heart race. I’m so glad it turned out okay, but I can see how that must have shaken you and thrown off your day.
Thanks for posting the video of the kitten shenanigans. It’s fun to see them acting like kittens–they sometimes look really distinguished and not silly in the still shots.
Gawd, it really did. I have been telling everyone with cats (and dogs, ha!) so it doesn’t happen to them!
You are welcome! They are SO silly! That is just hard to capture with my camera!