Pounce de Lion

That's the official name. Whether it will stick or not I'm not sure. Mostly she goes by Pounce. She's 8 1/2 weeks old. She has become quite proficient at climbing legs. So I'm trying to dissuade her from that. Also, she's fascinated by the ceiling fan. She tried to climb up the bed post so that she could attack it. Several times she's fallen asleep on my lap, which is pretty much all I want from my animals. To cuddle. She's also getting quite vocal. If I'm not paying attention to her she wails. And meows. Endlessly until she's picked up. Soon after being picked up she wants to get down and play. Then she starts crying again because I'm not paying attention to her. She's already very good at using the litter box. We seem to have had one accident in the four days we've had her. Much better than Shelby as a puppy. Accidents all over the place.

Speaking of Shelby, she got sprayed by a skunk last night. I want to go back and check my posts from last year, but I think it's almost exactly the same time as when she was sprayed before. This time she didn't get as close and hence was not sprayed nearly as bad. We slathered her in tomato juice, dish soap, doggy shampoo and bubble bath. So far it seems to have worked. But last time, when we came home after letting her in the house we were nearly bowled over by the stench. It's the leaving then coming back that's the real test, so we'll see when we come home for lunch today whether our house seems habitable.

I wore a coat and scarf today. Probably if I weren't walking to work it wouldn't have been totally necessary, but I was and it was pretty cold and windy, of course. I think the weather has probably turned for worse. It's this time of year that I wonder whether I'll make it until April or May. Last April wasn't much good because it still snowed. And May was just OK. So here's to June. When I'll be happy again (I hope). Actually, I'm waiting to get in to see a doctor so that I can get on antidepressants, so it might not take that long to be happy again. We'll have to wait and see.

P.S. I did go back and check old posts and it was a year ago last Saturday night. So next November, remind me not to let Shelby outside at night.

Eww.

So on Saturday night Shelby got sprayed by a skunk. It was not pretty. And she hasn't been back into the house since. So not only is she stinky, she's also covered in burs. She doesn't look very happy. But we did try to call her away from the skunk and she wouldn't obey, so you know, I feel a little bad for her, but not too bad.

She did get about two feet into the house. And so the entire house got stunk up. I febreezed everything ten times. And lit about 15 candles. And made some popcorn. And sprayed perfume. Yep. Still stinks at the front and back doors. I don't understand that because she wasn't anywhere near the front door.

Other than that, life is busy. We had senior recognition this weekend and I had to get up and give a welcome. I don't like speaking in front of large groups of people, so that was a little nerve wracking, but not too bad. Someone pulled a fire alarm during the sermon on Sabbath. I helped decorate for the senior dinner with parents extravaganza. Sunday was the staff recognition dinner.

I'm thinking about getting a master's in school counseling. Because my favorite part of my job is when kids come into my office and just talk to me about what's going on in their lives.

There's other news, but I don't really want to post it publicly, so if you want to know, you'll have to call or email.