Am Cranky. Will Kill.

[pen_grunt]

On the way to work this morning, I saw the same cat that I saw on the way home last night. Last night it was alive and running in the streets, this morning it was...well, still in the street.

It's not like it was a wild cat--it had a collar and looked well fed. I've said it before, but if people are already okay with the premise of keeping an animal as a pet, then they have to be okay with keeping the animal (particularly if said animal is small and prone to wandering outside a fence) in the house 24/7 in the city. It's too densely populated to let your cat out in urban Saint Paul. Sorry.

I don't care if you feel it's unfair to the cat. It's pretty unfair that in cat vs. car, the car will most always win. I don't care if your cat really, really wants to go outside, or you feel it should hunt. It's your PET now, not a barn cat. UGH. The whole thing just made me sad--and reinforced my convictions that my two babies won't ever feel the (outdoor) grass beneath their paws.

Additionally: Someone took the last piece of chocolate from my candy jar. Yeah, it's there for everyone to eat, but seriously...the last piece. That's just cruel. When I left last night there were 3 pieces...now there are none, and I really needed a bit of chocolate this morning.

Also: I'm too old to stay up until 2 consistently, get up for work, and expect to be functioning at normal levels. It seems to me that I used to be able to do this, and do this quite well. Now, not so much.

Comments

Grass under the paws.

[luno.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking of taking an old cookie sheet and putting some sod on it, then putting in in a windowsill for the cats to play on. I don't see that as being too terribly different from taking care of a potted plant, and it's a lot more fun for the furballs to play with.

Re: Grass under the paws.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

At one point I bought some "cat grass" seed at PetSmart and planted it in a largish, shallow dish. The cats really seemed to enjoy it (both playing/laying on it and chewing on it). It only lasted 1-2 months or so even with the best of care--but it wasn't that expensive.

Re: the sod idea--as a former Franks plant girl--put down a layer of topsoil or potting soil before the sod--it tends to need more dirt to grow in than is provided in the sod roll.

Re: Grass under the paws.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

Oh! And be careful what sod you buy--many of them contain fertilizers. It shouldn't be that big a deal either way, but it's something to be aware of if cats are going to be coming into continual contact with it.

re: your final paragraph

[liquid-siftings.livejournal.com]

It sucks when suddenly you go from only needing 4-5 hours a night to 6 (of course, I know many people, including my wife, who need 7-8).

But who knows, maybe you'll catch a generational second wind. I seem to be doing ok on 14 hours of sleep over the past 3 nights.

Re: your final paragraph

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

I certainly hope that this need/inadequacy is temporary. It seems like I CAN make do on very little sleep for short periods of time (like 2 hours a night for a week), but I notice definite deficits--in particular in verbal aptitude.

Me talk ugly sometimes when tired.

Re: your final paragraph

[liquid-siftings.livejournal.com]

2 hours a night for a week??

I bow before you. You're like a sleep camel.

Re: your final paragraph

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

Oh, that was only out of extreme necessity. I'm not proud of it, nor of most of the sentences that came out of my mouth during that time. It was a jumble--and I had to still try to assemble complete thoughts in front of the client...and try not to nod off backstage.

UGH, now I'm remembering how much I hated that show.