A Bit Thorny in Everyday Ramblings
- March 18, 2015, 1:14 p.m.
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It was only after I took this picture midday yesterday that I noticed that the iris plant is wedged between some very thorny roses. Somehow that fit my mood. It was warm and sunny then but today we return to our regular weather pattern and it is wet, windy and cold. The damp is bone chilling.
I have discovered that under Carlo’s suave and laconic gentlemanly demeanor there is at heart a bit of a brat cat. But his brother who is much more than just a bit of a brat, and has sussed out all my weak points, (if you want my attention start bapping my very expensive UV sensitive trifocals around on the floor and then find a way to hide them) is a very happy bundle of love. And a brat, did I mention that?
As a matter of fact I should be playing with them right now instead of typing this.
And I need to get ready to go teach up at the hospital.
I’ve been irritable for a few days and I wonder if I might not be coming down with something. I hope not. I hope it is a stage of grief mixed in with a big dose of seasonal allergies. The air was laden with fragrance at 6 this morning when I went out to do my stair walking.
The crescent moon was huge yellow and bright then hanging just south of where one would glimpse Mt. Hood if clouds didn’t obscure it.
Kes and Most Honorable both just pinged me to tell me that the gym, the replacement gym I had been going to since the gym across the big street closed has also closed. Sigh. I still have a 24 Hour Fitness membership that I can use but at this point I am wondering if I shouldn’t just buy an elliptical machine. I like cross training darn it! Treadmill, bike, rowing machine, weight training now and again.
Oh and there was the not totally unexpected rent increase yesterday too.
Nothing stays the same does it? Only in our imaginations.
The caregivers tonight will help give the princess in me a much needed sense of perspective.
Last updated March 19, 2015
gypsy spirit ⋅ March 18, 2015
instead of the old saying "a rose between two thorns" its a iris.... smiles.
hugs p
Zipster ⋅ March 18, 2015
Change is the only sure thing. I think it's time for more Carlo and Diego photos! Little beasties! I'm glad you have their company and perspective. Grief is irritable-as my poor husband can attest.
edna million ⋅ March 20, 2015
Oh, what a gorgeous iris!!! Thorny rose friends and all. The boys sound like so much fun. We've been keeping my dad's other cat for several weeks - Maddy, Simon's sister, until he got home from the rehabilitation place after getting a UTI again (another thing I've not written about!! I need to get to work). I'm taking her home tonight, and BOY am I glad. She's very sweet but she gets into the most horrible fights with Eddie and Cayce. I'm sick of the brawls and screeching. They love Simon, luckily. Maddy is kind of a princess.
noko edna million ⋅ March 20, 2015
I bet your dad and Maddy will be so pleased to see each other again. Sounds like a happy situation for all. Poor Simon though. I am amazed at how well Diego does with one eye. He has to work a little harder at things but he doesn't mind and is such a happy little fellow.
edna million ⋅ March 20, 2015
Oh, meant to say I have had several days lately where I was in the Mood From Hell. Baker B's mom was sick again (more elderly parent drama) and he had to stay several days with her so I was worried about her and then the trip postponement hit and etc etc etc. It's dealing with loss, or potential loss (the MIL is 94 and every crisis seems like it will be her last) I think. I would like total control of my world now.
Deleted user ⋅ March 24, 2015
Spring has come to your part of the world already. It still looks and feels like Winter here :-(
All my cats are brats !
Deleted user ⋅ March 24, 2015
I was crabby for two days then suddenly my flu hit and it made sense !