I was moving some things around in the kitchen, and left this cupboard standing open just for a couple of minutes while I was busy at the counter. While I wasn’t looking, Bob decided it looked very cozy.
Photo by Rosemary West
Labels: cats
Lately it seems that packages of cat food, catnip, cat toys, and cat accessories all have the text translated into French. Here in South California we are used to seeing a lot of things in Spanish, an assortment of Asian languages, as well as languages of the Middle East. And I often get technology products that have the instructions in several languages, usually including French and German. (Why, oh why is Italian ignored? But that’s another topic for another day.) But these cat-related items are described solely in English and French, no Spanish, Korean, Farsi or Tagalog. Do cats speak French? I tried saying “Bonjour” to Bob, but if it meant anything to him, he did a good job of concealing it.
Photo by Rosemary West
Labels: cats
We are fostering this little cat until he gets adopted.
Yesterday was the first day of the new semester, and a difficult day it was.
I called my doctor’s office for an appointment and was told he couldn’t see me until 5pm, Feb 13 (an impossible time for me, since I have class on Wednesday nights). I explained to the receptionist, twice, that I’m in pain and can’t use my arm normally. I told her that I would be willing to see one of the other doctors (there are several of them in the same practice). She said she’d check with them and call me back. She never called back.
Boomer the cat was sick and turned out to be in critical condition, experiencing hypothermia and with blood filling his lungs. The cause of the bleeding is still unknown. It was uncertain whether he’d live through the night. (He did, but at this point he is still in very serious condition.)
A water main on our street broke, sending water bubbling up through the pavement. Picturesque but dangerous. So there was no running water in the house. (It had been fixed by the time I got home after school.)
The pool man never showed up, probably because he saw the street was blocked and couldn’t figure out another route (there are actually two, but it helps to know the layout of the neighborhood).
Class itself was fine. We had a full house of about 20 people. All but three were people I know from previous classes. Once again, il professore has launched his strategy of assigning too much homework on Monday. Adults with day jobs find it very difficult to prepare presentations (especially if they have to get together with someone else) or do large quantities of paperwork with only one free evening (Tuesday) .
I made a little video about my cat, Bob. Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiJNdsqu6ZE.
