Because I am not in paid employment, and because people keep asking, "What DO" you do all day, I find myself thinking this to myself constantly, and asking myself, exactly WHY I am tired! SO.......... here is a run down of today,
My bedroom door, is opposite the bathroom door, and my bed head, is next to the bedroom door, opposite the bathroom door. Just inside the bathroom door, there is a litter tray.........................
at 03:30 , I am woken, as Gollum (our neutered boy) leapt over me on the bed, and made a bee line for the litter tray...........now I wont be too graffic here, but it became obvious, even to my tired ears, that his tummy was not the best. It became obvious to my sense of smell, also, that his tummy was NOT the best...........
Nothing for it, but to get out of bed. Sleepily go down stairs, to the downstairs toilet, where litter tray cleaning things are. Go back upstairs, grumbling ( I may love them, but that does not mean, that at that time in the morning, I am going to be happy about doing this!), and clean out said litter tray. As I have just done this, Gollum goes onto the landing, and promply throws up all over the carpet. I take an inward sigh, go downstairs, and get vomit cleaning materials, and deal with said offering on the carpet. As I have done this, Gollum flies downstairs, through the cat flap, and needs the toilet again. Knowing that I do not want to have to deal with this when I get up later ( although, as things are going, it is not going to be much later), I follow Gollum, and see to said litter tray.
I make a decision, that although I have to be up at 06:00, I would like to get a couple of hours rest more, if I can. SO I decide to shut out of my room, the 4 now wide awake cats, and leave Lily in with me. So I ruch down stairs, hastily fill up the spare litter tray, and a bowl with biscuits and water, and shut her in the room with me.
I doze on and off for a couple of hours, then get up, to clear up 2 more piles of vomit that Gollum has left me. He is still running around like a crazy cat, so he is obviously feeling ok.
Morning chores done ( trays,food, Percy's medecine, bunny in shed needs heat pad re heated, kids sorted for school and me dressed and showered). This is all completed by 08:00. I am very pleased with myself for achieving this.
An hour round trip to drop the boys off to school, and I return, for a quick bite of breakfast, tidy up, check of litter trays, etc, and then rush back to Richard's school, for his parent/tutor interview time. Fortunately as he is doing fine, this is not too long.
Then I have to drive to Reading for a brief hospital appointment, and back home, to check litter trays etc. Relief as all seems to be ok here, and the cats are all asleep. So I go and check on bunny.
A brief half hour time on the pc, mug of green tea, and then back off out. A visit to Tesco's and then on to collect Richard from school.
Back here, re do bunnies heat pad, clean out her straw, feed her, and snuggle her in the shed, as the temperature is dropping.
Then I have to go off, to watch Timothy in a 5 a side football tournament, returning home, at around 18:00
Fortunately there is some bolognese sauce heating in the slow cooker, so I am able to muster together a quick supper, while trying to feed the cats at the same time. I put food out for them, as they come and ask for it. Gollum seems to be making up for this morning, as he is eating like a horse!
By 21:00 I put the boys to their bed, to read, and go outside to re heat bunnies pad one more time. It is very cold out tonight, and she is an old girl.
I have fed all of the cats, and washed out all of their water bowls. Washed both bathroom floors. And now, if I am lucky, all that needs be done, is a final clean of the litter trays before I can finally retire.
I am hoping that all is fine on the tummy front now, especiallt with Lily so heavily pregnant. I am feared for her this close to delivering kittens,
Rich is sleeping downstairs again, as the room is empty, and I am seriously thinking about sneaking into his room again tonight????? Tonight is my last chance for a few nights now. If all cats seem happy and healthy, I may just do that, and leave them my bed!!!!
I am only being this soft re my bedroom at the mo, because of Lily's advanced pregnancy. I really want to make her as comfy and as happy as possible.
Soooo, I am tired tonight, the question is, have I deserved the right, to claim tiredness?????
I have attatched a photo tonight, of some little monkies playing in the bathroom.
The little monkies are wide awake at the mo, and running around the place like wild things, every now and then, I flinch as one comes flying past me!!!!
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