June 25, 2008

• Wednesday, Worms, & Work

  Skip the first paragraph if you haven’t had breakfast . . .

  From the title, I guess it’s obvious, Chirper has worms.  The vet didn’t see it in his exam (microscopic sample) on Saturday.  I’ve suspected it because of Chirper’s small size and upset stomach.  He FINALLY went #2 again for the first time and I seized the litter box before he could cover things up.  There it was!  I called the vet and they said I could come in and get a liquid that would immediately cure him.  I’m so glad he’s been quarantined and hasn’t easily made friends with Stormy.  Sampson and he have sniffed noses.  I’ll get online and do some research.  I know it’s contagious but don’t know how it’s spread.  I might treat Sampson and Stormy at the same time – just to be sure.  I think it’s only $3.00 per pet.

  So, my stay at home Wednesday has turned into a go someplace I hadn’t planned Wednesday.  I need to dust, vacuum, sweep the kitchen, and clean bathrooms when I return and my housework should be done except for mopping the tile.

  It’s been so hot, it’s hard to be motivated in the afternoons.  We try to keep the air conditioner set at 73 (72 at the lowest) degrees, but our house is poorly insulated, the windows aren’t the best, and I’m always hot these days, anyway. 

  I DID go to my 3 errand places yesterday.  I was so glad I got everything done.  We left at 11:45am and went to PetSmart first and got the name tags for Sampson & Chirper and an itty bitty blue collar for Chirper.  They greeted us like we worked there.  Sad when you go someplace so often,  they KNOW you!  (even Wal-Mart greeters *know* us!!!)

  Next we went to Wal-Mart since that was going to take the longest and I didn’t want hamburger meat sitting in the car for an hour!  And it did (take the longest).  I got snacks at the deli.  Chicken strips and a “handful” of large cut fries.  That made the girls happy and the drinking fountain was their “drink!”  I assured them, we’d eat a real lunch later.  Well, as always, there’s just no such thing as a quick grocery trip through Wal-Mart and, AGAIN, as always, we needed to make a bathroom stop at the back of the store.  $188.00 later . . . we left to go to Sam’s.

  I tried to be quick, but Sam’s took longer than I had wanted it to.  I think the square footage of Wal-Mart and Sam’s might have something to do with the length of those trips!  How can you walk 10 miles within a store and it NOT take a while?!!!  I got 2 chubs of ground beef and some sirloin steaks and the girls got a free cookie from the bakery, which is next door to the meat department.  Actually, the bakery lady came seeking us out in the meat department and said she had prepared 3 cookies for my girls, but we never came to the bakery area.  That killed my plans for a healthier lunch choice.  FRIED chicken and FRIED potatoes with a sugary cookie!  I couldn’t find Jesse’s water ANYWHERE (yes, I walked 10 miles through Sam’s looking for it) and asked UP FRONT where it was kept.  They directed me to THE BACK where I hiked AGAIN and found the bottled water next to the meat department and bakery (sigh!!!).  I picked up 4 cases.  That’s all I figured I could hold in the back with my Wal-Mart purchases.  Oddly enough, that bill was $88.00.  Remember? $188.00 at Wal-Mart?  I know, weird, huh?  The girls needed ANOTHER drink and we hiked over to the fountains before hiking back to the front door.  It was 2:00.

  The girls were starving (I’m not sure why???) and the idea of getting home at 2:30, unloading the car, THEN making lunch didn’t sound appealing.  We stopped at McDonald’s, across the street from Wal-Mart/Sam’s (do you think they have those stores strategically placed to extract more money from people?), and *I* decided four 99cent cheeseburgers with NO drink or fries was sufficient and the cheapest.  We ate it on the ride home.

  I was exhausted for the rest of the afternoon and we had leftovers for dinner.  I’m just glad there were enough leftovers on a Tuesday to make a meal.  Normally, we have that on Fridays (my long day) and everything is tossed by the beginning of the week.

  Oh!  Oh!  I just realized a mistake I made yesterday . . . I bought Chirper a small PINK (!!!!) heart tag.  *HE’S* a MALE cat!  Oh wellllllllll, I bought the smallest size and I’m just going to believe he will grow bigger and need a larger size.  THEN, I’ll buy blue that matches the *BLUE* (!!!!) collar I bought since I remembered on the collar aisle *HE* is a *MALE* cat! 

  WHERE WAS MY HEAD YESTERDAY????  (same place it always is, these days, I guess!!!)

  So there you have my yesterday and today.  Perhaps tomorrow will be about 13 things that didn’t go as planned this week!!!!!

  Have a blessed day!  Be happy!

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