Rescued.... Sorta

It's Friday. Ordinarily this shouldn't matter, given my lack of a proper schedule. But I keep it special by treating myself to my french bread pizzas and Merlin. :-)

That said. The happy specialness of the day has been kinda deflated. Cuz it's kinda cold out for the furry customers, I've been trying to catch Spumoni and Snickers. Both cats have been leery of my attempts. Spumoni probably saw all five of her kittens caught in similar tricks and she escaped an almost capture. Snickers was a shelter rescue, so I'm sure she's no stranger to being put in a carrier. Anywho. Tonight, I caught Snickers. This should be good news.

After waking Mom, we drove to the shelter to drop Snickers off. Her owner or maybe the shelter chipped her before adopting her out. Well because of the chip, they now have info to call her loser owner. The b**** who "rescued" two cats and expected her CHILDREN to be completely responsible for their well-being without making sure they're doing what they should. HOPEFULLY, we don't see Snickers back on our doorstep again. HOPEFULLY, they don't give her back to that crappy family. >.<

And now....before my sense of happy Friday is completely ruined. I'm going to let it go and leave it in God's hands and go watch Merlin to cheer me up.

Not With a Bang But a Fizzle

I've been trying to write this for weeks. And maybe I shouldn't write it as the reason I didn't was because it was a downer. But in holding back, I didn't bother to write anything else either. Well, until today.

Christmas came and went without much fuss. I never got around to doing any baking. Don't even know if we had enough supplies. Though Nana had offered to pay for some and pay me to bake her some. Cards weren't sent en masse, nor did I receive very many. Nana was sick on Christmas so she didn't stop by. We did go to her house one of those days to pick up something. She got me a used computer chair from a closing  factory or something. It's actually just like the chair I had before. It's nice not to have to share a chair anymore. But, anywho, cuz she was sick it was a short trip. Mom's cousin Debbie never dropped by either....a visit I looked forward to each holiday. Sometimes she came with lil gifts (she sells Avon) or some of her fresh baked cookies or sometimes nothing but her fun stories and good times.... No matter what, it was always fun to have her over.

The only signs of Christmas were in the decorations I put up, which I know Mom always mentally ignored when she was out here....and the Christmas movies I half heartedly watched. I still didn't watch the favorites I reserved for closer to the day.

Even New Years' came and went without any fuss. Not that we ever really did anything. But due to the whole sick thing, Nana never made her menudo. We had can stuff later that week. Meh.

If I could leave Mom, maybe I'd just plan to be away for the holidays. If....

January Birthdays

Mom, Nana, and Uncle David all have birthdays this month. Nana on the 7th. Mom on the 17th even though she kept trying to forget. And Uncle David on the 21st.

Nana wanted the three birthdays to be celebrated all together out to eat someplace. We hadn't really hung out as a family for years. David wasn't super supportive or comforting when Mom needed it most and she's held a grudge ever since. Not that we were ever overjoyed to visit him with his bratty brood. Anywho. Nana REALLY wanted everyone together. So for her, Mom agreed to play nice. So we all went to Sizzlers this last Saturday after Mom got off work. It actually turned out to be kinda nice with some pretty good grub considering the restaurant. The kids while older were still on the bratty and noisy side. Poor David made a question/comment as we were all leaving. "Maybe we'll do this more often?" I dunno if he meant for Mom to get out more or for the whole family getting together thing. I hope he meant the former and not the latter, cuz I think Mom still has a ways to go before she's there. I pray she gets there soon. It kills me that she voluntarily has lost a brother.

While out and about playing with Dad on the Sunday before Nana's birthday, I picked up a card and some balloons for Nana. Mom drove me after work and I'm so glad we did cuz she was surprised and so happy. :-) It wasn't a lot, but it was still nice to be able to make her smile.

For Mom's birthday.... :-) I was gonna either make a card on the computer or by hand.... Time sorta ran out on me cuz I thought it was a day earlier than it was (crappy sleep schedule will do that to ya). Luckily, I had bought her a funny/mean card earlier in the year and forgot. Well, I kinda thought I might of but I lose track of who I buy cards for in advance and who I plan to buy. Anywho, I wrote her a note, cuz I hate just signing a name to a card and leaving it at that, and I sticker-pated the envelope with some cute frog stickers I knew she'd love. She called me a brat when she read it but hugged me anyway. :-D I planned to go to bed early (for me) so I could wake before Mom got off work. I woke a lil late, but not too late. After a shower, Mom and I got ready to watch some movies. :-) I can't give her much but it was nice to give her my time and some silliness. We watched both Expendables movies. Great fun with lots of cool action and some funny lines to boot. :-) Also, Mom had to go into the office on Tuesday to take a test in order to get a promotion and she found out on her birthday that she had passed. :-D All in all, Mom had a good day. :-)

I intend to buy a card to mail Uncle David when I go with Dad on Sunday. Though maybe it's a little too late for that. I guess I could make a card and mail  it out tomorrow, but even that won't make it in time. Le whoops. E-card it is, I guess.