Odds n' ends
1. I swore I'd never plop my child in front of the TV just so I can have some peace of mind. That was before I discovered the acid trip that is Boobah. That keeps her occupied long enough for me to go to the bathroom. If I give her a dose of cough syrup beforehand, I can have an entire half-hour to myself.
2. I haven't told you the addendum to Whiney's passing. Some backstory: every year my dad leaves Mom's Christmas and birthday gifts in the back of
his truck. She was visiting us from Tuesday until Friday. Normally she would have driven her SUV to St. Louis, but she needs new tires. She brought the truck and Dad forgot to take her unwrapped gifts out of it. So, she wasn't allowed in the back of the truck.
When Brian got home from the vet, he put Whiney in a box and put her in the back of Mom's truck, since she was taking her back to my hometown to be buried in our family's pet cemetary at my grandparents' house. When she got there, Mom went out with Grandpa to dig the grave, and Grandma got Mom's gifts out of the truck to wrap them for Dad (which she manages to do every year, somehow).
After the grave was dug, Mom went to get Whiney ... who was gone. Not in the truck. Nowhere to be found. Box and all, gone. She went in the house to see if Grandma knew what was going on.
Granny was wrapping gifts at the kitchen table ... and was getting ready to wrap the box that contained my dead cat, thus confirming my belief that normal things simply don't happen in my family.
3. Life post-Whiney is good. And I only feel a smidge guilty about saying that. I do miss her and I have an unshakable sadness, but really, I'm proud that I was able to give her a good life, and ultimately a timely and dignified passing. And you know what? I haven't had a single panic attack since Thursday afternoon. No anxiety, either. So much of my panic and worry centered on my cat and now that she's gone, so are they. I actually enjoyed being home today, and I didn't spend my time waiting for something horrible to happen.
4. I'm still disappointed that my Christmas party was a great big stinky turd bomb, but I'm glad that I got to spend the day withKara. Also glad that we went to Restoration Hardware and purchased The Most Obnoxious Gift Ever. Mom will be giving these to the 10-year-old son of the rat bastard who gave recently gave my dad a dingo puppy.
5. I have therapy tales to tell. Next time.
2. I haven't told you the addendum to Whiney's passing. Some backstory: every year my dad leaves Mom's Christmas and birthday gifts in the back of
his truck. She was visiting us from Tuesday until Friday. Normally she would have driven her SUV to St. Louis, but she needs new tires. She brought the truck and Dad forgot to take her unwrapped gifts out of it. So, she wasn't allowed in the back of the truck.
When Brian got home from the vet, he put Whiney in a box and put her in the back of Mom's truck, since she was taking her back to my hometown to be buried in our family's pet cemetary at my grandparents' house. When she got there, Mom went out with Grandpa to dig the grave, and Grandma got Mom's gifts out of the truck to wrap them for Dad (which she manages to do every year, somehow).
After the grave was dug, Mom went to get Whiney ... who was gone. Not in the truck. Nowhere to be found. Box and all, gone. She went in the house to see if Grandma knew what was going on.
Granny was wrapping gifts at the kitchen table ... and was getting ready to wrap the box that contained my dead cat, thus confirming my belief that normal things simply don't happen in my family.
3. Life post-Whiney is good. And I only feel a smidge guilty about saying that. I do miss her and I have an unshakable sadness, but really, I'm proud that I was able to give her a good life, and ultimately a timely and dignified passing. And you know what? I haven't had a single panic attack since Thursday afternoon. No anxiety, either. So much of my panic and worry centered on my cat and now that she's gone, so are they. I actually enjoyed being home today, and I didn't spend my time waiting for something horrible to happen.
4. I'm still disappointed that my Christmas party was a great big stinky turd bomb, but I'm glad that I got to spend the day withKara. Also glad that we went to Restoration Hardware and purchased The Most Obnoxious Gift Ever. Mom will be giving these to the 10-year-old son of the rat bastard who gave recently gave my dad a dingo puppy.
5. I have therapy tales to tell. Next time.
posted by Poppymom at 3:14 PM
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i was just gonna email you to see how you were today. :)
kara
Yea! Yea that your site is back, and yea for your crazy-ass family. Sorry to hear about the lame turnout for the party. People that cancel at the last minute are one of my major pet peeves. It's so damn inconsiderate, like your time is worth nothing. Happened with my 30th b-day--we invited a really small group of people, and one couple, some of our closest friends, cancelled at the last minute. Bad habit of theirs, they do it often. I was so embarrassed, as the person who was giving the party for me went to so much trouble. I feel your pain, sistah!
Email on the way...
I'm so glad you are back! I missed you. Yet once again, I have laughed in the midst of a sad story, due to your rendition.
Hey, I have the horseradish. I'll have some of your roast beef! YUM!
Heh. Wrapping a dead cat for Xmas.... Not to mention the most obnoxious gift ever IS the most obnoxious gift ever.
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I also swore I'd never be a mom who allowed the television to babysit her children. That, however, was before I saw the way that "Sesame Street" can lull L into a happy calm that allows me to: go to the bathroom! Maybe even: brush my teeth! And if it's an episode that's got a lot of Elmo: perhaps even eat breakfast without her hands in my cereal bowl.
We use the tools we've been given, Pops. ;) ~beege
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