Bah-Humbugs

Ugh. I was going to write a long blog about euthanasia since it becomes such a big part of my work but now I'm thoughly pissed off.

I committed a serious laundry foul and played dearly for it. I didn't place the cap fully on the bleach and left it sitting too close to the edge of the washing machine. If you have a high efficiency machine, you know how violent those spin cycles on. Needless to say, the bleach fell off of the machine, opening upon impact and splashing everything in the vicinity. Namely my clothes. Namely my dress clothes. Namely the one remaining shirt I don't hate. So I had to clean up all that mess but first I had to clean the laundry basket meaning I had to also seek out another to use since Joe has the monopoly on them. I also had to fill up the mop bucket which means that I had to clean the cat mess in the bathroom (more on that later too.) Joe wasn't helpful. Joe actually got in my way and thus made me throughly pissed off. That and the fact that I'm just finishing my laundry at 10:14 and didn't do anything else productive today except maybe make dinner.

Other things that make me furious is that I've put everything into Christmas shopping with very little return from Joe. Joe finally decided on what he wanted to get his kid only for me to find out that it was $70! We still got it for a little less from Amazon. What makes me mad about the whole situation is that 1) originally, the kid asked for something Joe sought out with much difficulty about two years ago and he already had and subsuquently destroyed and 2) Joe told me that everything this kid gets gets destroyed on the floor of his room. Maybe we should have got him clothes. Also we found out after making plans that you can't legally ship wine across the US. Suck. So out went one present. Then we couldn't locate the other present...I'm bidding on ebay right now with several days left to go. So Joe needs to find something to get for his mom and stepdad. AND finally, I drove all over the state of Pennsylvania to get part of Joe's present only for him to come home and guess what it was. Granted, I begged him to look at what I had wrapped (it was two big boxes) and he had seen an open tab on my laptop too. But he ruins every Christmas present I get him. I'm such a good present giver.

So about cleaning up the cat mess...yesterday, Joe had me come outside where there was a dumb looking cat hanging out. He was super friendly so I fed him and brought him inside. I started looking for his owner half-heartedly today. I put up two ads online and called a nearby vet clinic. Tomorrow, I will try to put up signs. (But its so cold!) We started thinking about it and we think he might be the cat that the neighbors lost when they moved. My fingers are crossed that it is so I can still get a kitten. Of course, that might take talking to them and they might not want the cat. I just can't in good conscience throw him back outside.

Have I mentioned that BJR went out on sudden maternity leave? I think I did. Anyway, I now have Mondays off. Today, I spent too much time at work and didn't have much time at home. I really needed to do some things here.