Cat tired August 28, 2006 ~ 10:29 am
Posted by Julie in : Da Cats, Daily Grind , trackbackI am exhausted. I am cat tired (that’s dog tired, except caused by cats). I spent the weekend pouring copious amounts of Nature’s Miracle on my mattress where Jesse peed, arranging fans to dry the mattress, waiting for it to dry, finding another spot that smelled like piss, and starting the whole process again. I was harassed by the humidity, which made it practically impossible for anything to dry in a reasonable amount of time, and eventually had to turn on the airconditioner, even though it was only 70* outside. I spent a lot of time watching the cat to make sure he wasn’t pulling a repeat performance as a ground squirrel. And to top it all off, I spent the weekend sleeping on the couch, because you can’t sleep on a wet mattress. So from Thursday night until 1:30 AM this morning, when the bed was finally dry (and non-smelly enough) for me to make and sleep in, I was tossing and turning on the couch. Last night I was tossing and turning on my bed, hoping that Jesse wouldn’t detect any pee smell that I had missed and piss on the bed while I was sleeping. I am in serious need of caffeine right now.
Oh, and I was sick Friday night/Saturday. And had to do much laundry yesterday to get the piss smell out of all my bedding.
The long and short of it is that Jesse has reached the end of his time at Julie’s house. When Rick and I head to Pittsburgh the first week of November, Jesse is coming with us. He will be deposited at my mom’s house, from whence he came. At first, I felt really bad about this, but after everything that I dealt with this weekend? Not feeling so bad. Looking forward to November, actually. At that point, Joe will be an only child, Julie will be able to get theater gigs not dependent on a cat’s shot schedule, and Jesse will be taken care of by another diabetic: my mom. They even use the same kind of insulin, and Jesse has a better glucometer than mom, so everyone’s a winner.
Comments
ugh. sorry you have to give up a kitty, but you’re right: it’s probably for the best. glad my wedding reception comes in handy for ya
I’m sure you’ll be much happier with a lower maintanence pet. And it’s not like you’re giving him away to a stranger.
Hope you get some rest now. You sound exhausted just through the computer monitor. I can’t imagine how you really feel. Not much sleep don’t make for a very cheerful Julz I bet.
I hear ya Julie–it’s time for him to be somewhere else, since neither of you is happy right now.
ESC~I know I’ll miss him, but I think this will be better for all involved.
Vince~That’s the only reason I’m doing this - Mom is the one who brought Jesse home from the Humane Society, and he lived with her for 6 months before he came to my house with Joe. Jesse knows Mom, he knows her house, and since she’s diabetic, too, she knows how to manage his diabetes as well as I do.
Serra~He is lucky I didn’t chuck him out a damned window this weekend - seriously. This is not good for either of us.
Jesse is a darn lucky cat that he’s got humans willing to take care of him. So now that you have an opening, I have two very low maintenance kitties… brothers born on April Fool’s day. Felix is small enough to not count as a whole cat. Interested? ( :
Cooter~Um, no. Joe and I are going forward on our own. But thanks anyway.
So … did the Nature’s Miracle work?
I know that was a tough decision, but good for you for making it. You will still get to visit AND you know he’s in good hands. It’s a win/win situation. I hope you get some sleep now.
Anulla~Welcome! Yes, it did. I love that stuff - I should buy stock in it.
Geewitz~I’m gonna miss the little sucker, and I will probably cry over it numerous times before and after I give him back, but I think this will be better because I won’t be tempted to chuck him out a window and he will be in good hands.
How’s your mom feel about taking Jesse back? Hopefully she’s cool with it. I’m sure she’ll take good care of him, and maybe him having more space to run around in at your mom’s house, and other playmates besides Joe will make for a happier Jesse and that’ll be the end of his piss crusading days. I can only imagine your frustration with the cats. I know I’ve had days where I’ve been fed up with things that cats have done and such, but I’m so thankful that none of mine have done the “piss on the furniture” stuff. *knock on wood*. But then again, I have no life outside of work and the few friends I have, so I’m home a good deal of the time and never sleep anywhere but home (except when I go on vacations, and we know how seldom that is), so they love it. And when I am home, I do spend a lot of time petting them and such, and they all 3 sleep with me, so I guess that’s enough for them to say “we can’t pee in her bed, she spends lots of time with us, feeds us the expensive cat food, has practically every toy that Petsmart makes for us, and gives us treats all the time.” Yes, they are spoiled, and they know it