random thoughts and kitty sexual frustration
Note the butt-up-ness of little Izzy kitty.....
Oops. We waited way too long to get our little girl kitten spayed. How do I know we've waited too long? Because this cat has a serious itch that she can't scratch (and her best buddy, another female who was spayed by the human society at about 1 week old has no clue what's going on!).
I should have known better. I should have planned ahead. I should have put a date on my calendar and taken the cat in. But I've been busy and stressed (more on that later). So I ended up finding out about the kitty when the girls told me that "Izzy's acting funny." Um, yeah, she is.
That was my first foray in trying to explain what "heat" is to young kids. They got the basics (which Isabella understands as no baby kittens coming to our house, a fact which depresses her mightily). Gee, that was fun!! (And OMG, is this kitten horny. Off to the vet this morning to solve that little problem.)
Would that all problems could be so easily addressed. As you may or may not have noticed, I've been pretty absent from the blog (and from the net) for a while. Unfortunately, I'm dealing multiple hospitalizations with my mom that have ended up with her going into a nursing home. On the upside, I won't have to worry about her living alone anymore, falling and hurting herself. On the downside…well, no one wants to see their parent's health decline or anyone lose their autonomy. And all the dang paperwork. But I'm pleased with where she is, both the physical place and the care/staff. So that's good. Still, I think it's fair to say that I'm a bit stressed out lately. (And determined to get long term care health insurance.)
Fortunately, tonight I have a destress event as I'm having dinner with Julia London! I see a glass of Malbec in my future.
Actually, I'm doing a lot of destress stuff lately (not just red wine related). I've finally discovered an exercise regimen I can live with. 1 or 2X/week of lifting weights to failure (it takes less than 10 minutes) and 2X/week of sets of Tabata sprints on the bike and 1 set around the indoor track at my gym (that's a grand total of about 15 minutes, including breaks b/w sets). Sometimes I do more, but that's enough to keep me in shape, and it's easy and stress relieving. (Tabatas are pretty cool. 20 seconds of going like gangbusters, then 10 seconds of rest. Eight repetitions. Then I do 3 sets of that. Has awesome cardio and fat-burning results.)
Living in a reasonably small town is also nicely destressing. Catherine was in the Christmas parade, and it was so easy to get her there and then go stroll the square while we waited for the parade to start. We saw folks we know as we do every year. The only downside of my town is that it has a hard time keeping restaurants. Our favorite shut its doors recently, but the Uptown Social Club is moving in soon. Fingers crossed it's a good place for dinner and drinks!
It's finally not an oven here in Central Texas. In fact, today Don had to scrape ice off his car. Guess it really is the Christmas season. So I'll end my rambling post with a little Christmas cheer. Here's the video of my daughter Catherine and her Glee Club singing at a Breakfast With Santa event. Catherine sings second ("If you need help believin'….) and is the tallest of the group. I thought they all did fabulously!
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