Now, just as I was starting to feel better from the stomach virus and dizziness, I caught DH's cold/flu/whatever it is. D1 has it too. DS and D2 don't have it yet but I'm sure they will get it.
I had to write to all the teachers and tell them why I did not go to the "meet the teacher" night Thursday - I could barely stand by that time. Today I woke up and now it is in my chest, heaven help us.
Asthma + chest cold = BAD thing
I had to write to all the teachers and tell them why I did not go to the "meet the teacher" night Thursday - I could barely stand by that time. Today I woke up and now it is in my chest, heaven help us.
Asthma + chest cold = BAD thing
I HAVE TO GO TO MY MOTHER'S HOUSE ON SUNDAY AND HELP MOVE ON MONDAY!
I HAVE to be better tomorrow. The kids all have to be better by then.
We MUST be able to say goodbye to the house (my "HOME", the only refuge I had as a kid, the only safe place I had that I wasn't torn apart by brutal verbal abuse while growing up, the only place I could be safe to cry about how nasty the kids were to me, the only place love and kindness existed for all those years) and help my mother pack up her last minute stuff and move!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DH has to take apart her computer and TV stuff and put it all back together again in the new place.
I HAVE to be better tomorrow. The kids all have to be better by then.
We MUST be able to say goodbye to the house (my "HOME", the only refuge I had as a kid, the only safe place I had that I wasn't torn apart by brutal verbal abuse while growing up, the only place I could be safe to cry about how nasty the kids were to me, the only place love and kindness existed for all those years) and help my mother pack up her last minute stuff and move!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DH has to take apart her computer and TV stuff and put it all back together again in the new place.
I cannot be sick. The kids cannot be sick. I have to help her. I promised. She has nobody else to help.
Why couldn't the viruses wait till October?????? Why did it all have to start the instant school started?
And, at the same time, I'm having problems with a neighborhood, outdoor cat... and it is driving me completely insane.
I know nothing about cats... Do you know how to get rid of a cat that is hanging around the outside of my house, scratching at the doors and yowling constantly (all day, all night) to come in? It sounds like a baby crying, if what it sounds like makes a difference.
My front storm door is all scratched up now - at least the back one is metal and she does not seem to like to scratch that one lol. It follows us from room to room and sits at the window yowling at the top of it's lungs, even keeping us awake at night. I am just about ready to go insane!!!
I don't understand this cat at all. She has never been inside my house, why does she want to come in?
It is an outdoor cat (which should not expect to come in, right?) that the kids pet a few times, unfortunately. It must have followed their scent home. I told them they are no longer allowed to pet the cat - and it's been 3 days since they did (they have not even been outdoors in the past 36 hours), but this cat won't go away! I've tried scaring it, but that only makes it back up, not go away. I'm afraid it might not be eating or drinking anything at this point since it never leaves.
Is this normal behavior or should I be worrying this cat has rabies?
I'm sorry, my time is short, so this won't be a long comment.
ReplyDeleteFirstly, I am sorry about all the things that have been happening with you over the last week or so, it seems you have been quite unlucky with too many things happening at once.
Secondly, cats: There is plant, apparently called "rue", which they don't like - you could go buy lots of that and stick it around your house. Alternatively, try a fire axe. Er, or one of those little metal, "fake cat" things you can stand in your garden or outside your house - cats don't like those either. Repeated use of a hose is also a good way to discourage interloping felines. Or you could always excercise your second amendment rights.