The week in review 2/28-3/5

It has been a long week. The kids were supposed to go back to school on Monday. They didn't.
                                                                       This is why.

Snow is a 4 letter word.

It snowed. I don't don't how much snow we got, but I don't think it was as much as they said. But we did get some ice on top of it. The snow pile on the right? That's from all the snow we've gotten. My landlord has shoved most of it into the backyard, but there is that pile. We got more snow during the week, and it is currently 2x that size in width and about half again as tall.

Tuesday came and went, and the boy didn't go to school. Joy. Now, he ended up home 11 days in a row. That's a long time. It's not that I don't love having my son home, because I really do. But, the past 2 months have been long, long, long. I just haven't gotten a break. I was looking forward to Josh going back to school so I could have a break for just a little while, just to breathe.

I freelance write. The website that I use primarily hadn't had a lot of work, but there is a regular customer who comes in. He came in Wednesday. I was going to sit down and spend as many hours writing for him as I could. Except, first thing in the morning we got a phone call. I'm not a great house cleaner. On any given day there is stuff on the floor, my house is cluttered and my dishes probably need washed. Early Wednesday morning, I say early meaning about 8, I had just gotten the boy off to school, the call comes in,a place to evaluate DH for physical therapy is coming in 45-60 minutes. WTF? Seriously? Now DH had made an appointment the day before for them to come, but he later called and canceled it.

So, he tells me they are going to be here, then just turns on the TV and gets comfy in bed. I went ballistic. Telling me someone is going to be here in less than an hour when the house is a mess? There isn't anything that could have made me madder at that point. Luckily he realized that and came out to help me.

Thursday and Friday were their own fun days. The boy was supposed to serve a detention on Thursday, he didn't, so he got suspended. Right now he's getting suspended at least once a week because of that. It's so not a good thing. But, since I didn't know, because I usually get a warning, I sent him to school Friday. He got to school, they turned around and sent him home. The VP sent me a letter telling me she tried to call us and tell us he was suspended, but we were home. I never got a phone call let alone a message. She left it on the very rarely turned on cell phone. This isn't working, so we have a meeting coming up with the school at the end of the month.

Friday I also had to take one of our cats to the vet. He had to get shots, and in 2 weeks he's going to get the unkindest cut of all.

 

 

 

When you give a cat some catnip.

Our cats don't leave the house. they are strictly indoor cats. I had to buy a new cat carrier to take kitteh to the vet. To get them to like it, I got some catnip spray and sprayed the crate all over, and a towel that I stuck in the carrier. Too bad I didn't get pix or movies of the cats when they were being goofy, but they stopped as soon as I pulled out the camera. Only 2 of the felines we are owned by indulged. Our middle kitteh stayed aloof. It was funny to see our big cat in the crate.

I have my towel, do you have yours?

He's a full grown Maine Coon Cat. He's big. But, he really wanted that towel. REALLY wanted it. He actually pulled it out of the crate at one point, with the little kitteh on it.

It's a long recap, but I haven't written enough lately.