It’s Monday again. Didn’t do much over the weekend except spend some time with a couple of friends I don’t get to see very often. I also got some curtains from Mom for my living room windows. She wasn’t going to use them anymore & I was needing something to block out some of the heat in the room. The windows face the east so it gets extremely hot in the summer from sunrise until about 1pm. Then the air conditioners (window units) spend the rest of the afternoon trying to cool it back down.  I hung the curtains yesterday after church & I think they are going to work great. They are just a tad bit short, but my couch sits in front of the window, so you can’t tell except on the ends. It’s sufficient for me.

I enjoyed the time I spent with my friends. I go to church with them, but we don’t get much one on one time, so it was fun. Friday night, I saw Wall-E with one friend who works all the time. Saturday, I spent the day with another friend who is going through a hard time, and another friend came by Sunday when he got off work and spent a few hours with me.  It was nice.  I have spent so many weekends lately doing absolutely nothing that this was a great change. I need to spend more time doing things instead of sitting around the house. I have a tendancy to find myself battling depression if I get too idle for too long.  But I don’t want to get so busy that I don’t know if I’m coming or going. I’ve been there before.

I meet with a counselor at the college on Wednesday to discuss my degree plan. I’m really excited about going back. Although I’m really going to have to focus, because I got my transcript from when I was in college in 1993, and I didn’t realize how badly I did. I wasn’t focused at all. I remembered not doing well in my government class but I didn’t remember getting a “D”! But I guess I did. So I’ll just have to get some A’s to bring that up.  There’s no excuse for making a bad grade in history or government classes. It’s just memorization. Not theories or formulas; just data. But that’s ok. You live and learn.

The little kitty is getting closer, but I still haven’t touched it. I almost got it last night. It had come up on the porch and was “talking” through the door to my kitty who was inside. I had it cornered & tried to throw a towel on it so I could pick it up, but alas, not enough towel. Only the corner covered the kitty & it ran back to my shed where it likes to hang out. Apparantly lawn mowers are soothing to little kitties. Who knew? It came back to the porch a little bit later. I may have to settle for an outside kitty, but I think my kitty needs a little friend since I’m gone so long during the day. I’ll keep working with the baby to try to tame it. 

I am also looking to move back to Texarkana in the next few months. Gas is getting too expensive, and most of my family is in Texarkana. I had originally moved to New Boston because of my church. I was at some sort of class, group, or service most nights of the week, and although I worked in Texarkana, I was in New Boston just as often.  But since our church has drastically changed over the last couple of years, we are now only meeting once a week. I’m sure all my nieces and nephews will enjoy having Aunt Amy so close. My lease isn’t up until February 2009, so I have time to look. I will also be reviewing my lease and talking to my landlord to see what the penalty (if any) would be for moving out early.  My landlord is really nice, and has been very accommodating for me, so I’m praying for favor if I need to move out early.  Since I’m not in a hurry (like I have been in the past) I may be able to find a really great place for a really great price. At least that’s my prayer.  

I think the effects of last week’s full moon have carried over to this week. I’m dealing with lots of stupidity today! Sometimes I wonder how certain people function from day to day after hearing some of the ridiculous things that they say. Oh well, at least it provides some comic relief.

I am still trying to get the new little kitty to come close enough to pet. I’ve come close, but it is still very skittish. It was eating the other night when another adult cat came up & the baby was hissing and arching it’s back to ward off the offending adult. The big cat wasn’t too threatened by the little one, despite the numerous “Back off or I’ll get you!” warnings. Eventually the baby decided to befriend the big kitty. It was quite humorous to watch this interaction.

My friend’s wife passed away yesterday morning. She fought a hard battle, and now rests in the arms of Jesus. Although she will be missed by her family and friends, I just don’t think a healing could get any better than that. The family still needs prayer to get through this time of grief.

It appears that there may be another opportunity for kitty rescue. There is another little black feline around my house. It cries very loudly, but seems to be healthier than the previous visitor. It runs off everytime I go outside, but it will eat the food that I place on the porch for it.  The first time I saw the little guy was a bit creepy, as it was found around the area where I buried the other one. And they look a lot alike. Anyway, we’ll see what happens.

I am definately looking forward to the weekend. Not that I have a lot planned, but it’s payday! And that is always a good thing. I will probably do some yard work and laundry. But not much of anything else.

Quick update on my friend’s wife…She is at the point where only a miracle will get her through. The doctors have done everything, and medically there is nothing else that can be done. Prayers are more valuable now than ever.

I didn’t blog yesterday because there really wasn’t much to say. I was correct in my guess on my niece’s “best thing ever”. Her room is painted hot pink with black & white accents. It’s very chic and fits her well. I really liked it. Her excitement was hilarious. When I got there, she grabbed my hand to lead me into her room, and I acted like I wasn’t going to follow. This got her quite stirred up, which was more fun for me. Her mom thought it was funny also. I love giving the kids a hard time.

Tonight a group from my church will start meeting to write praise & worship songs. I am really looking forward to this. I love writing (especially lyrics), although I don’t put as much time into it as I used to.  I used to get little blurbs here and there all the time. I’m ready for that to be awakened in me again.

That seems to happen on a much too regular basis. I had a pretty uneventful weekend. I didn’t do much on Saturday except plant some flowers at my house & sleep. Yesterday I went to church and then to a friend’s house to hang out. I did make sure to wish my dad a happy father’s day. I have ordered him a book for his arrowhead hobby, so he’s excited.

My 12 year old niece called me a little while ago telling me that I just have to stop by her house tonight when I get off work so she can show me something. She was at church camp last week and while she was gone her parents did something for her that she is very excited about. I’m figuring that they redecorated her room. She told me that it’s the best thing her parents have ever done for her! I heard her mom in the background saying that it’s the last best thing that they’ll probably ever do her also. Somehow I kinda doubt that. I know my sister, and my niece can rest assured that there will be plenty of “best things ever” for the rest of her growing up years.

The little kitty didn’t make it. I came home last night & found it near it’s water and soaking wet. It was still alive at that time but just barely. It died just a couple of hours later, gasping. It was sad, but the kitty wasn’t well when I found it.

On a lighter note, I’m really looking forward to this weekend. I have absolutely no plans, other than a movie Saturday with a friend. I have been so tired this week, I’m hoping to get some rest. I think I might need to start taking vitamins again. I’ve been tired a lot lately. We shall see.  

I am amazed at the goodness of God. I really shouldn’t be, as I’ve been saved for about 20 years now, and He has yet to bore me. When I checked my mail last night after I got home from work, I found a check for almost $200! It was from BCBS for a procedure I had done on my foot last July. I had no idea that this was coming. I haven’t had BCBS insurance since I started this new job on December 31st. So today, I will be using that $$ to have my eyes checked and get new contacts. My eyes will be very grateful. I have disposable lenses in that are supposed to be changed after about 4-6 weeks, and I’ve worn this pair for over a year. But when I did have insurance, I didn’t have vision coverage & just couldn’t afford it. I haven’t had a new pair of glasses in years. So I’m excited to be able to take care of this. I’m trying to make wiser choices with my $$. I figure at 35, it’s time to grow up. When I got the check I first thought, “Woohoo! I can get cable now!” But I think that my vision is a little more important, and cable can wait. I’ll probably be able to get it turned on in the next few weeks anyway, with the raise and all. Afterall, what good would cable be if I can’t see!

Quick update on the baby kitty….This morning it pottied! Ordinarily this would not be a good thing, especially since it went on my white rug. But considering how dehydrated and malnourished it has been, this is very exciting. I still have to force feed it formula, but this is progress. It was following my cat around a little last night, trying to nurse. Sadly my cat is a boy which would not have helped the little thing. It was quite humorous though watching my cat dodge the baby.

Last night I picked up my cat from the vet after work. He had been declawed and neutered. He is doing well, and looks kinda funny with his front paws shaved. He wasn’t very playful yet, but was very loving. He was also very hungry, so I’m wondering if they feed him at all while he was there. He wasn’t allowed to have any food or water after midnight Sunday night, so I put it up before I went to bed at 10pm. I dropped him off Monday morning and he had surgery at some point that day. So if they did not feed him, then he went over 32 hours without food.

Anyway, when I arrived home last night I noticed a little black kitten next door. Something didn’t look right about it so I called it over. The little kitty stumbled over and I saw that it was barely alive. I got a towel out of the house and wrapped the kitten in and carried it inside. I gave it a bath and the fleas were awful! I think I bathed it about 3-4 times to try to get all the fleas & some white egg looking things off of it. I got most of it, but we’ll probably have another bath tonight. It was so weak and frail it didn’t fight much about the bath. It probably felt good to the poor thing. I went to WalMart and picked up some milk replacement for kittens & fed it a little with a syringe. Hopefully it will make it through. And then I’ll have another kitty to drive me crazy.

Very busy weekend, and not nearly long enough. I went to a birthday party & a wedding, and also had to clean house, do laundry, and mow the yard. It may not sound like much, but the way everything was spaced out it really kept me going. Today has been very busy also. I’ve spent most of the day chasing down affidavits from various medical providers who can’t seem to find anything. I’ve made little progress. My kitty had surgery today to get neutered & declawed. He will come home tomorrow night.