What A Week
Tuesday morning I was just about to get into the shower when Brian came back inside saying that Koko and the three babies were gone. Christy and I both quickly put on shoes and went outside with Brian to look around for the cats. Brian finally saw Koko coming around the side of the house in back but the kittens were no where to be found. Brian finally gave up and got back in his car and took off for work. Christy continued to look for the kittens and I went back inside to get ready for Bible study.
On my way to bed on Monday night I had heard a dog barking near our house but thought nothing of it since there is always a dog barking somewhere near. I did not hear any other noise such as Koko fighting with the dog but I went on back to my bedroom at the back of the house so would not have heard if there had been a cat/dog fight. When Brian went out Tuesday morning the carrier the kittens were in was turned around and the blanket had been pulled out and was in a heap. Brian had seen a large gray cat in the yard when he came home Monday night so it could have been that cat that got the kittens. Since the kittens had been right there in the carport since birth, I just don’t think that Koko would have decided to move them.
Tuesday night Brian gave Koko food and he said that after she ate she went back across the road to the house where she was originally found. I guess it is possible that she took them across the road to the other house but if she had why would she have pulled the blanket out of the carrier and left it in a heap. I would think that she would have picked up a kitten and taken it across to the other house and then made two more trips for the other two. I am just afraid that a dog or another cat killed them. I could not keep the three kittens but I certainly did not want something to happen to them. As I told Christy, “I did not even get to hold them.” This past weekend they had finally opened their eyes. I just hope that they show up again but am afraid that they are gone. Koko seems so sad and I ended up crying when I was petting her.
As usual Bible study was very good and when it was over I headed for Ruston to meet Brian to get money and then I ran more errands. Since my car inspection sticker was expired I went to have that renewed and the place was out of stickers and the inspector was gone again. Since it was still early in the afternoon I called to see if my hairdresser possibly had an opening. Fortunately for me she did so I took off for Ruston for the second time. I was beginning to look very much like a sheep dog with my hair in my eyes. To say the least, Tuesday as a whole was not a good day except I did get a haircut.
Wednesday morning I was awakened by the ringing of my cell phone. When I answered a lady told me she was from such and such collection agency in Shreveport and she had just received my bill from Green Clinic and I needed to pay in full, yada yada yada. I kept telling her it was a mistake for I had been faithfully making a payment every month for years. By the time the call was over I was wide awake so I got up, dressed, and took off for Green Clinic. When I got there and told the receptionist that I wanted to speak to someone in billing I was told that their computers were down until the afternoon and I would have to come back. I left the clinic and went to Taco Bell for lunch and then ran a couple more errands to kill time while I waited. In that time I finally located the recycle bins for plastic bottles that Christy and I had been trying to locate for weeks. With that chore completed, I called Green Clinic to find out if the computers were working. They were so I went back to the clinic and this time I asked to speak to the Supervisor of Billing. She did some calling to other offices and finally told me that the report had been sent to the collection agency in error. She then told me that another lady would call the agency and clear up the matter. I left and then called the lady at the agency and told her what I had been told. I then asked her if I should call back in a day or two to see if the matter was closed. She told me that when the lady from Green Clinic called her that she would call me back. Here it is Friday and still no phone call. Not surprised. Will give her until Monday and then I am calling her again.
I went to Green Clinic rather upset but before I left I had a great moment. I had gotten the letter from the agency and they said it would go on my credit report if I did not do thus and such. I was telling the lady this and made the comment that I was seventy years old and was not planning to buy a house or a car so what did I care if they put in on my credit record. She said, “How old are you?” I told her again and she said, “You certainly do not look seventy.” I am not vain about my looks but I must say that made me feel rather good.
Before leaving Ruston I called the car inspection place and was told the stickers were in and the inspector was there. Finally I was able to get my car inspected and get a new sticker. To say it was inspected was a joke for there was no inspection; the lady took my license, insurance card, and car registration, and then she did a little paperwork, removed the old sticker, and put on the new one.
Wednesday night was our monthly supper at church and I was planning to take a dish of just plain old corn seasoned with lots of butter. I dumped in one package and saw that it was not enough so I dumped in another package. Big mistake. The second bag of corn had severe freezer burn and there was no way I could get it out so just dumped it all in the trash and took off for church. One of my good friends was there and I asked if I could come as her big sister. Of course no one cared that I did not have a dish of food. There is always a ton of food left over.
Thursday I just could not seem to get going or get anything done. About the only thing I accomplished was to take Brian and Christy out to dinner at my favorite Mexican restaurant. I spent part of the day trying to decide if I want to fill out the application for a job at the Jonesboro library. I really do not want a job but I could use the extra money. When I started selling all my craft books on my website I had the unrealistic idea that they would all sell in a short time. I did start out great but now I am lucky if I sell one a month. I have been seriously thinking of putting some of them on eBay. I also have some things other than books that I have been planning to put on eBay. I should get myself in gear and get that done.
At dinner I was telling Brian and Christy about the lady saying that I did not look seventy. Christy then said that her mother had asked how old I was and when she told her, her mother said, “She has held up well.” For some reason that struck me as very funny and I sat there and laughed for several minutes.
Here it is Friday and another week has gone by and I have not worked on the quilt that I hoped to have finished by next weekend. I just have no energy or inclination to do anything these days that requires effort. I told a friend that I think I have the worst case of laziness known to man or woman. The other day I was telling a friend that when my mother was my age and even ten years older, she was caring for two sisters who were in their late eighties. And here I am having trouble taking care of myself.