Ramblings of the week

Thursday

My first day of real progress. I got the running I wanted to do done. I hit up Rural King on the advice of my friend who says that is where they get their cats food at. Holy cow I thought I might get mugged. It’s like a Walmart but only worse. Hillbilly City is what they should call it. It was also in a rough part of town. I was able to get a decent amount of food on the cheap, so no need to hit up the cat food store on Saturday.

The post office was supposed to be holding my masks that I ordered but they hadn’t yet put a note in my box so I’ll check back tomorrow. I’ve also got a candle warmer & candle coming that Amazon said would be delivered today but the post office says won’t be in until Saturday. I’ll have to get up early in case it is delivered because I’ll probably have to stand in line to get it. Otherwise, it will be a Monday thing.

Made it to Target for Cat Litter, some of the casserole that I like. I came back home to wait for my big delivery of the day, which was my new Mont Blanc Rollerball Pen. I watched a map and it said they were 2 stops away. I got distracted and then came back and it said it was delivered. It was delivered but just not to my address. I called Amazon and they said they would have to wait 24 hours to see if it surfaced and to get details of where the driver delivered it to. You have to be kidding me. You take photos with GPS of most every delivery when I order inexpensive items. A $300 pen and there was no photo taken. I tracked it down as it could only be 1 of 2 other places. My subdivision has a common name to it and all of the streets start the same. There are also 2 other houses that share my street number. I went to the first one and it looked like a trap. No cars in the garage, garage door up. No packages delivered. It was like they were inviting a burglar over. I got out of there and went to the other address. People started looking at me funny but I walked right up to the door and grabbed my package. There were two other large boxes that were there but I didn’t disturb them. After the fact I looked and noticed a video door bell. Great I figured now someone will say you had a porch pirate and I’ll be going to jail because Amazon couldn’t do their fucking job correctly. That video door bell also means I can’t fuck Amazon over and say I never got it. I mean in theory they didn’t deliver it to my address so I should not be in possession of it but because I helped myself I have it. To add insult to injury Mont Blanc started a new refill line for the pen I bought and it takes a capless refill which is shorter than a standard rollerball refill. They always ship pens (regardless of the manufacturer) with black ink. I despise that and much prefer Blue. I had to order refills and Amazon says they will be here tomorrow, but only if the driver does his job correctly. I’ll bet you they take a picture of this delivery regardless of which address it’s at, only because it doesn’t contain an expensive item. I really wished that they would have used UPS, even required a signature. Years ago, I ordered 2 MB pens (1 a pen and 1 rollerball) they were sent via FedEx and I had the shipment held at FedEx so I could pick them up because I knew I wouldn’t be home. It was a little bit of a hassle but worth it for the peace of mind. UGH Amazon!

I did spend a fair amount of time with Gator and she is still bossing me around and a bit clingy. She took a bath in the water bowl again and then walked up to me and I got to pet a wet cat. YUK. She permitted me to be downstairs for several hours before she started her yowling. I’ve come and gone a few times during the day. She is always in the same place when I get back and sleeping. We even took a nap together this afternoon in my chair. I think she is adjusting to the change that started 1 week ago today. I think she is still seeking out her brother or hoping he will spring up but that won’t happen. Lots of people tell me I need to get her a companion. Unless the vet says she is showing obvious signs of being lonely and needs a companion that won’t be happening. I don’t want to introduce her to another cat and take a risk of rejection or incompatibility unless it’s necessary. I talk to her and with her both about what happened with her brother and the big step tomorrow is going to bring. She gets to see the vet. I know she will be less than thrilled but I need the peace of mind. I know she is waiting for me right now at the top of the steps so I am going to place a period here for now.

Friday – Saturday

That’s some long period because it’s now Saturday. Friday’s visit to the vet went well. From all outward appearances my girl is healthy. She has some mild tartar on her teeth and some arthritis in her rear legs. We did blood work to make sure there is nothing else inside going on that would have otherwise been missed. It was an expensive visit but thus far I have some additional peace of mind. I am eagerly awaiting her blood work results and hope for the same good news. She is still very clingy and bossy. Those are personality traits that I don’t think will leave and have gotten stronger with the loss of her mother and brother. Just as long as she can get around the house, jump, eat and be comfortable is all I care about. I want as much time with her as possible.

No sooner than we got home from the vet they called and told me that Marvin’s cremains were back. I knew that would happen and was kind of hoping they would have brought them out to me with her so I didn’t have to make a trip back but that wasn’t the case. I took a nap and gave it an hour then went back.

After I left the vets office for the second time, I did my additional errands. Hitting up Sam’s club only to find out that they rearranged the damn club. I had problems finding everything but the bakery. I wasn’t able to locate Water Softener Salt and according to the web they are out of salt. I will make that adventure trip again when I see it’s back in stock. I’m not running out any time soon but like to maintain stock. I also saw they had paper towels but the web said they were out of them. I did manage to locate soda and stumbled across furnace filters. Then on to the hardware store where I picked up 2 bags of rock and some light bulbs. Then it was back home.

I sat for a bit with Gator and then decided I should figure out supper. I wasn’t going to navigate for pizza that is a Saturday/Sunday thing. Instead I thought Steak N Shake sounded good. I got there walked in the door and found out that it’s takes out only. That didn’t sit well with me but I went to a local pasta restaurant. I was greeted by a sign that told me reservations were required. Another couple was waiting at the door and they knew but forgot to make reservations. The place took pity on us both and told us to come in and they would seat us. I got a decent meal … minestrone soup, garlic cheese bread and cannelloni washed it all down with 2 diet cokes. I spent more than I had intended but it was a very good meal on a very cold day.

Back home and while I needed to get to the office and get some things done, I opted instead to just spend the night with gator. She slept in her bed and wasn’t aware I was even in the room with her for the most part. Turn out the lights to go to bed and she is wide awake and thinks it’s time for food. Silly girl has her days and nights mixed up. Just wait until next weekend when time change occurs that will mess with all of us.

The mail brought a letter to my late spouse from a local person, I thought I knew what it was because he got something similar a couple years ago but since I didn’t know I opened it and yeah it was the same thing. A letter from a local person and a pamphlet inviting him to find Jesus but it required money. Next time I won’t be curious and will just send it back. He’s been gone for 6 years if he isn’t with Jesus then there is no hope, he will make it now. I got my candle warmer and candle, my masks (which were made in China) and a card from a co-worker. Amazon brought me my blue ink for my pen and a gift from the folks at work. It was a small cat cast in what looks like concrete with angel wings on the back. It’s beautiful and I was really touched. I will write my thank you note on Monday when I go back. Which I honestly don’t want to go back, I could use another week. Especially since I hear that this past week was super messy and there will be tons of crap for me to catch up and clean up, I am not eager at all to return and start to dig in. However, that is the price you pay for leaving for a week.

As for Saturday, I got up fed Gator at 6 or 7 then went back to bed. I got up by 8 looked to see what was going on in the world. Looks like someone has once again compromised my credit card but the jokes on them because the card was locked and the transaction was declined. I know for a fact no one has the physical card number because I only use virtual credit card numbers, those too are locked. Right now, I am not going to report anything because I haven’t been charged for anything I didn’t approve/order. Otherwise, nothing else major going on. I had some pastry and a large glass of milk, then watched some TV and back to bed. That weighted blanket I bought is really great, not sure if I will break out the electric blanket at all this year but time will tell. I woke up at 11a and decided that I should get moving. Catch up on logging my purchases in the checkbook, setup my candle warmer and of course make a blog post. I will be headed out in a while to grab the mail and hit up the pizza place. Then it will be another average evening with Gator.

Plans for the usual grocery store run tomorrow and cleaning of the house. Then to enjoy the last day of vacation as I plan to return begrudgingly to work bright and early on Monday morning. At least I am not physically leaving Gator so that helps a lot and I am grateful for the time I had with Marvin while being required to work from home. It’s helped me and also hurt me. This week was the most active I have been in getting out of the house in months. It feels oddly good but I am in no hurry to return to normal.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  Below is a photo of my new pen and the cat angel I got.  I placed the Cat Angel on top of Marvin’s urn. 

I hope that all is well in your world and that your safe, healthy & happy. Thanks for stopping by we will talk again soon.