Can You Hear Me Now?

I am so far behind in life. These kittens have taken over. I’m not getting any work done!! I guess this is what happens when you bring home a new baby, things get turned upside down for awhile. But these are kittens, I can leave them be for awhile and work. Oh, noooooo…. They are constantly doing cute things and I can’t take my eyes off of them. My mom was here yesterday and while Bob and I were in my office figuring out why my litter box wasn’t working properly (I keep it in this closet), she was out there laughing her ass off and every time I came out to see what was so funny, I’d look at her and say “do you understand now why I’m not getting anything DONE?!?” Jeezus they are cute. One kitty is good, but with two you have a show. You just sit back and watch it.

On Wednesday Michelle came over and met them. She also brought me a present for my birthday, some flavoured sugar coffee toppers. They smell unbelievable, especially the maple. Mmmmm that will be good in tea too! Pita and Pepper took to her immediately, they really liked her. Pita even curled up in her arm and slept.

Michelle plays with the kitties

Wrapping paper makes a perfectly good toy.

We went for dinner at the Olive Garden, which Michelle doesn’t get to very often because it’s by my place (way across the city from her), and I can never get enough of it, so that works out.

On Thursday, while over at the mall buying some absolutely-desperately-needed-something-or-other at Walmart and picking up my latte, I bumped into Eric. I invited him to come over later during his dinner break to meet the kitties as well. Eric just moved into a house with some people really far from here, and is getting a transfer up to the mall by his place. This makes me very sad, because with him working so close, I get to see him a lot, whether we make plans during his breaks or I just pop into the store. Now I’ll rarely see him!!

Anyway, he was going to come by around 6:30. I came back home and the kittens were missing. I was sure of it. I looked absolutely everywhere and ran my cane under the bed, sofa, etc., anywhere they could be sleeping under. Every closet, every possible spot did not go unlooked. I was panicking that someone had broken in and stolen them, because yes, I am that crazy. I had closed my bedroom door after I looked everywhere in that room and was sure they couldn’t be in there, but kept opening the door to look anyway, because a closed door usually means “we’re trapped!” and they would hopefully be there trying to get out.

A good two hours later, about 5 minutes before Eric showed up (at which point I was thinking I may need to apologize, as he came over to see kittens and there weren’t any), I opened my bedroom door again and there they were sitting on my bed. Just… sitting there, cleaning themselves, clueless to the fact that their momma had just spent two hours panicking about where they were. Bob said they probably crawled up under the bed frame or something.

Anyway, Eric came by and played with the kitties for a few minutes. I went back to the mall with him so I could pick up my photos. Something I am doing a lot of these days.

Yesterday was Chiropractor day, and they really wanted to see the kittens again, so I pulled out the cat carrier and put it on the seat of my scooter, opened. My scooter seat has become a favourite sleeping spot for them, so they were confused about what this thing was doing on their seat. Eventually Pita just crawled in there and curled up. Getting Pepper inside was simple too, I was impressed. They were so good, all the hours we dragged them around in the van with us and to the doctor’s office. I would take them out once in awhile to cuddle, and at one point they were both curled up on my lap. They don’t do that at home yet, there are too many other things to do and places to go. So I cherished that! My perfect kitties.

Wrestlemania

Pepper is LAUGHING at me, I know it!

Maybe one day my blog will get back to normal, about the same time my life does, if ever! At the moment it’s all kitties-kitties-kitties!!

Seriously, now? I gotta get to WORK.

Late last night I finally caught AH on MSN and walked him through transferring digital pictures to me. These are the few he took on Sunday:

Sweet Pita

Spicy Pepper (they were named appropriately, trust me!) and THOSE EYES!!

Me holding Pita

I am so in love people, I can’t handle it!!!! Last night they discovered something new… my bed, and that I sleep there, and my face. Have you ever had a little kitty try to bite your eyelashes off? I mean, come on, they open and close and go up and down like that, it’s very tempting. If my eyes get scratched out, it is out of love and they will look so cute while doing it, that they would be forgiven instantly. And that nose thing there… what’s that? Let’s see what happens when we nibble at it. They are also purring now, and ohhhhh my God. I’m just dying over here.

Yesterday I had a meet n’ greet with a new doctor. I decided on the spot to hand my file over to him, and cancel the appointment I made with the other doctor for the 15th. I really liked this guy. He seems on the ball and not against alternative therapies and is even friends with the man that runs my favourite MS organization, Direct-MS. He strongly supports Vitamin D and supplements for MS, and I told him about my negative experiences with the drugs, and he wasn’t surprised. I told him what I am taking and that it is not an approved therapy for MS, but I have been on it for 4 years and my old doctor prescribed it no problem, so I am expecting he will do the same. He doesn’t have a problem with it. He was honest with me though, that their practice is run very differently than my former doctor. Sandy was with him for as many years as I can remember and was truly the backbone of that operation. “There is no Sandy here”, he stated, very matter of factly. I know I lucked out with my old doctor and can’t expect to find anything quite like that again. This is a larger practice with several doctors and nurses/staff running around. I did like this guy though, he was honest with me, open, nice and smart. And I think he is younger than me, so he won’t be retiring any time soon! He said they are moving their practice soon to a location that isn’t also a walk-in clinic, because he prefers to treat people rather than a number that is run through the mill.

I also got my latte for free yesterday, after I showed Jess (one of the sweet girls that works at Second Cup) some pictures of Pita and Pepper and she realized it had been my birthday the day before. Score!

Today I am doing housework. My place is a mess, because (Lynne, you were right) I don’t get anything done with these kittens around, I just want to watch and play with them all day, and I don’t want to miss anything when I am at home!! Michelle is coming over later though, so I must tidy up to at least the minimally-presentable stage!

“Oh oh oh… papers and files and office work for me to mess up!!”

They even play around their litter box.

It’s the night of my birthday! I haven’t had much of a chance to be on the computer today. Lots of e-cards and emails to attend to, and so many phone calls from the moment I walked in the door at 5:30 that I didn’t even get a chance to leave and get my latte until after 7:30 p.m.!! Oh the horror!

The kittens are beyond wonderful. I haven’t stopped laughing, they are sooooo entertaining! I need a video camera going 24/7. They’re cuter today than they were yesterday, I swear. If that is even remotely possible. I die a little every time I look at them, and when I’m close up petting and smooshing them as they are curled up together with their eyes closed, it takes every bit of control I have in me not to burst. They are pure joy. Watching them groom each other tonight, (man, I hope those pictures work out!) literally brought tears to my eyes. I am so glad I have them, and so glad they have each other.

Last night AH took me out for dinner. He didn’t have much time, because he had to be at his cousin’s for a birthday ‘do there as well, so he only popped in here quickly and snapped a couple pictures of the kittens and then we were on our way. (He still hasn’t sent them to me, and I have explained in great detail how to attach photos to an email…). We had a really nice time, and a really good talk. He told me he is going back to his wife, but only because of the kids. “If there weren’t kids involved, there’s no way”. I asked, “when? Is she moving back into your house soon and everything?” and he shook it off. “I really just want to enjoy my birthday and not think about this stuff right now.” Can I just say, between you and me and the internet world, I think he is making a mistake, if that is his attitude. There was no happiness or relief, or even a smile. He is not looking forward to this. I didn’t want to stick my nose in too much, but I did say “just please remember that your girls… they’ve never known anything different, that mommy and daddy live apart. If you all live together and are a family and then a year from now decide it’s not working and leave again, you will crush them. Not all kids do better because mom and dad stayed together for the kids… children can sense resentment and if their parents don’t love each other…” or something like that. Anyway, he’s gonna do whatever he’s gonna do, and he never asked for my opinion, so I’ll just shut up now.

I reminded him that he still has to pass my number on to that Newfie guy, and he said “if you can believe it, I have not seen him since that day!!” so that just figures.

We ate pasta and shared a piece of birthday cheesecake. We ended up talking about all sorts of stuff, as we usually do when we’re around each other for more than five minutes. On the drive home, I said “I know I told you awhile ago that if you and your wife got back together, we couldn’t be friends anymore… but I really don’t want to not be friends with you.” He said “I don’t see a problem with it, do you see a problem with it?” I said “no, I don’t… but I do know that if I was married and my husband had a single female friend he talked to a lot that I didn’t even know about, I’d be mighty pissed off when I did find out”. (I didn’t mention the fact that I wouldn’t marry someone in the first place that I couldn’t introduce to my male friends and that wouldn’t accept them as my friends and be friends with them too – like Jason!) We sat silent for a bit and then I said “well… I guess we just won’t talk as much. But I do like knowing that you’re out there…” “Oh, I will be there for you. I’d sing that song right now, but I have a cold and my voice isn’t so great”. So I sang instead, totally off key, the “I’ll Be There” song by the Four Tops, and then he joined in, and then we sang a very bad rendition of “I’ll Be There For You” by Bon Jovi. ‘Cause we rock.

When he dropped me off, he gave me the biggest, tightest hug he has ever given me. And I went inside feeling really good about everything. Just, you know, I have this hot friend, but it’s all good.

Today I worked at the Pub for a few hours, and then Christine joined me for a couple beers. She gave me flowers, we had a great talk, and I remembered my camera so I got a picture of the two of us. AH picked me up after he was done for the day, so Christine and Bec finally got to meet him, and I even got a picture with him. I hope that works out too!! It won’t be posted here, though. If you want to see him, you need to email me and ask and I’ll only send it if I know you from comments or something, because no way in hell am I revealing his identity here after all the stuff I’ve said about him!!! Hee hee

Anyway, the rest of my night has been spent on the phone and making a quick trip to the mall and playing with kittens. It’s now almost midnight, so I’m off to bed! Thanks for all the birthday wishes everyone who made them either in here, via phone, email, MySpace, forums, or wherever! My dear Emma sent me the most precious “Angel of Summer”:

I love it sooooooo much.

I could watch them wrestle all day.