Sounds
Yes, it's the middle of the night and I have given up trying to sleep. Hubby is snoring......loudly, Earplugs, pillows and my 'Sounds of Nature' gadget have failed to mask or cover up the sound of an inebriate male in deep sleep. It doesn't help that my brain has gone into overdrive, I am a woman obsessed, I want kittens. It has taken over 4 months but I now feel that I would like to have cats in my home again. I have been spending more and more time thinking about my cats who died in the fire. After the first terrible sadness I avoided talking or thinking about them. There was so much happening, moving out, choosing everything for the house, then moving back in, unpacking etc. Now my house is a home again, and I am missing them more and more. I'm almost back to square one, feeling weepy at the most most inappropriate moments, imagining I see them out of the corner of my eye. Tonight, whilst trying to ignore the rumblings Hubby was making, and I think just dozing off, I thought I heard a cat miaow. I've spent the last few days searching local papers, Loot, Free Ads and Google for kittens. So far, unless I travel over 100 miles I am out of luck. Tomorrow I shall try phoning the rescue homes, but their web-sites offer very little hope. If I have no joy then I shall cease my daily (lets be honest, my 3 hourly quest) and just search evry other day. What really doesn't help though is that just before the fire I had done a Cosco run and stocked up on cat food and there it sits, in my larder, reminding me constantly of who it was bought for. I gave some to son and daughter, but they refused to take all of it as they said I might need it soon, I really hope I do.
On a cheery note. Jack was back being his usual happy self yesterday and today. Not a tantrum to be seen. He even deigned to call me NanNan and bestow unsolicited cuddles and kisses. I have also found his weakness, tea. Can't get him away from Grandad in the office, suggest a cup of tea. The paperclips are discarded, the pens tossed on the floor and he is there, with his cup, peering expectantly at the kettle. I discovered his perchant for the brew by accident. Daughter and a friend were round and I asked if anyone wanted a cup of tea, Jack stopped trying to ride a stuffed duck, shouted tea, grabbed my hand and led me into the kitchen. I'm not too sure if his Mummy would approve, but really it's more coloured milk than a cup of char.
Right, I can feel my Valium kicking in, I shall try accessing the Land of Nod again. If unsuccessful I shall recount the surreal telephone conversation I had this morning with my totally insane Mother.
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(28.10.05 11:48) hope you have found some kittens, sounds like jack is a true sweetie. |
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(28.10.05 13:21) Try the Cats Protection people, they usually have something... why not go for an 'older' cat instead of kittens, mine was 11 years old when we found her and she's a sweetheart... (most of the time...lol) |
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(29.10.05 07:54) ohhhh wish I could help, my cat had kittens last night ,but how to get them across the pacific ocean??? |
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(29.10.05 09:20) Princess - I'm off in a couple of hours to meet two kittens. Chippy - Phoned Cats Protection yesterday evening and they have two kittens. I did think about an older cat but I wanted two and also I they would have had to be happy around young children. Hopefully kittens will get used to the Grandchildren easier. More than - It would have been brilliant to just say 'I'll pop over and adopt them'. Its the quarantine though! |
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(29.10.05 14:32) Don't forget a photo of the kittens then, we'd all like to see them... And don't forget to move fragile items 'out of range'... lol |
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(30.10.05 03:53) Chippy - Photo when they stop sitting on top of each other. Too late with the 'fragile stuff', just got woken up by a noise, table lamp and candle holder on the floor! |
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(30.10.05 11:27) Nice entry, not sure about the time of night that you did it, or your comment, though. I envy you getting two kittens as I really miss having cats around at home. Good on Jack liking tea as it's my favourite as well, especially with a nice biscuit, or three, to go with it. |
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(30.10.05 13:45) A house without cats never feels quite right. Hope your new bundles of fluff settle well. We went for an older cat ourselves because we wanted to make sure he had enough sense to stay out of the way of our then toddler - we feared a kitten wouldn't have kept his sanity very long as it would have lacked the tactics to avoid being picked up and warmly cuddled by the throat. |
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(30.10.05 15:39) Stroppy - Mmmmm. Have decided to keep them in a bedroom whilst Jack is here, initially. Will let them meet, but only for very short periods of time (like 30 seconds). |