I had my massage on Friday. I went out for supper a couple hours prior to and grabbed the mail. Called my Thanksgiving Friends to try to invite them out for a meal and learned they lost another cat a few days ago. Sadly, they have another one that is in critical condition and looks like it’s not going to make it. They are much like I was in that they are running an old folks home for cats. It’s sad when one of them passes but they are all up there in age so it’s kind of expected. I never got around to asking if they wanted to grab a bite to eat.
Once we hung up I got on Amazon and found the perfect sympathy gift and had to sent. It arrived today. I know it will bring some tears but also my appreciation. Most people wouldn’t go out of their way to send a gift, much less a sympathy card. As most people think oh well it’s just a pet (cat/dog) and don’t realize that these are family members and like children to their human owners.
I am contemplating showing up at their vets office next week and dropping off some money so they aren’t so financially strapped if/when it comes time for the next one. Plus they have one that is on medication for frequent eye infections. I know that their vet is way cheaper than the vet that I have used but on average it’s about $300 (us dollars) to have a cat put down, cremated and to get the cremains returned. Part of me thinks it’s a kind gesture to do and the other part of me thinks that it’s overstepping a bit. I am mulling it over. I also kind of think that if I give that money away something catastrophic will happen to me and I will wish I would have hung on to it. Yeah I’m probably over thinking things.
My friends are both older folks and they too are close to checking out but are both in remarkable health. I think that she will go before he does not only because she is older but because she is the one who is most affected by the loss of a cat. She just sobs and seeing that November is around the corner that is a depressing month for both of them because they lost a son in that month years back. I’ve already been informed that they will be cutting back on the number of people invited to Thanksgiving this year just because of finances. I’ve offered money but they said they are fine, when I know they aren’t. Just a little too proud to take help.
My sleep schedule is all over the place. I go to bed around normal time, wake up in the middle of the night and try for hours on end to go back to sleep. By the time I get settled it’s almost time to pass out breakfast for the cats. Rudy makes his biscuits and looks at me with his sweet face that I just can’t say no to. Once I am up I can’t seem to get back to sleep again for a couple more hours. Then I wake up and it’s 10 or 11. I just want to sit around and am in no hurry to do much of anything.
Managed to get a shower today, went out for dinner and am back home. Working on flushing the water heater. Just paid bills and placed another Amazon order. I’ve always wanted Cowboy Boots and a pair that I have had my eye on just came back into stock so I placed an order. They will be here on Monday. I hope that I like them but if not I know that I can always return them. Back to the bills for a second, I got a bill from the new eye doctor and only owed them a $10 copay. I was more than happy to get that out of the way. Sadly they don’t take payments online so I had to get a check to them.
Plan to get up and hit a new place for breakfast and then hit the other grocery store instead of the normal store I go to. I want several things mostly sweets. Might go to the pizza place for supper where I know the cute guy I like works. I know he’s straight but that doesn’t prevent me from looking. It would be a nice trip and a great way to spend a little bit of time.
One of the other chores I need to take care of is vacuuming under the fridge and pulling it out to inspect things from the back. I’ve got a motor that growls perodically and has for years. Normally a good spray of some garage door 3 in 1 oil takes care of it for a while. It used to be a twice a year thing. Now it’s more like once ever couple months. Oddly the motor is in the freezer. The growling noise bothers the cats and well it’s not pleasant to my ears either. I told it to shut up this morning and that worked. We purchased it when we moved in here and hell that was 26 years ago. 2 years ago I cleaned out so much fur from underneath it that I am surprised it is still going, it should have given up the ghost years ago. I just hope that I don’t wake up one morning to a dead unit and loose a bunch of food, that would suck! Not to mention be expensive.
Well it’s past treat time and I need to pass those out plus check on the heater. It should be about time to get it filling up again.
Enjoy your weekend!
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