5 minutes of blissful solitary relaxation, 1 minute of sheer terror

[katekat]

For the first time since Saturday I've got 5 minutes alone.  A house without people, a cat without a watcher, the beauty of sounds only made by me and the cat. 

Not that I haven't been having a great time, because I have.  Neil's dad is fabulous, Neil's grandfather is sweet and adorable and more open than my grandfather and I adore him as much as if he was my own blood.  We've had dinner out every night.  We've sampled doughnuts, mexican, bbq, Whole Foods and hot dogs.  And I think tomorrow we're doing fancy Italian.  We went on a three hour drive to picnic in a city called Salado (that we still don't know how to pronounce, becuase are the 'a's long or not?).  We went to a base-ball game last night to watch our team try to win (note, operative word = try).  The boys bought a new garbage disposal, a new handle for a door, a new battery for Neil's car, and then installed them. 

The activity, even when we're just sitting around, has been 1000 percent more than I'm used to recently.  Add that to me working for the first time in a year and a half, and even though it's reduced hours it's still making my head spin.

That's why I was so pleased when I got home this afternoon and realized the boys are still out doing their jaunt to Fredericksburg.  Because I could sit and breathe and process for a second.  Sighed.  Had a little lunch. 

And then I had to go and take the cat outside with me when I had my celebratory smoke.  She managed to crawl under the deck.  This is a new trick.  A new and exciting and EVIL trick.  A trick that made me turn around, freak, squeek, and then wonder how the hell I was going to get her out of there.  Luckily, stomping on the porch making incredibly loud noises actually scared her enough she crawled out on her own.

Crisis averted.

Comments

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

Hee. Are you sure it was Salado? Cuz it wouldn't take three hours to get there, it's just up the road from you about 30 miles.

It is Sa - lay - do in Texas, although you're right, the Spanish would be sa - lah - do.

So glad you are having fun, AND that you got a tiny bit of downtime today :)

[katekat]

Yeah, we were actually heading for Waco, and then we turned around. It was a kind of a weird drive tying. And thank you for the pronounciation guide! YAY for Pat!Texas!translations. I told the crowd, and they are glad to know how to say it the texas way ;)

And thanks... i think i'll probably end up sleeping for a week after this, just in rcovery! i'm so pathetic i can't even keep up with grandparents!

[mishloran.livejournal.com]

Do you think when they were naming the city someone was asking what was for lunch and another person was asking what they should call the place? "Salad-oh!" and they just named it exactly that!?!

Your kitty is a housebound one, then? Not allowed outside on its own? (I like to use the 'you got there, you get out' logic!!)

I am glad you're having a good, if exhausting, time. I entirely know the feeling. So great to do things and see peeps, but PHEW if it isn't knackering!

[katekat]

They *so* might have! Anything is possible in texas!

And yes, Felix is only allowed outside under parental supervision. Bad kitty!

Thanks darling - I miss you though! How did the exams go? And yes it is knackering - and I'm not even doing anything terribly active! It scares me that i'm having trouble keeping up with grandparent type people!

[mishloran.livejournal.com]

I miss you back! The exam went "eeeeh" which is not as good as I had hoped. Although I am hoping that my natural exam aptitude will shine through? And that what I wrote was better than what I thought I wrote? Urm. Sense making?

[elizabuffy.livejournal.com]

KATE!! *snuggles* Kate!posts are of the best! Glad to see one.

Glad you're having a good time. Altho', I totally understand company stress *hugs you*

Also? Sassy does the same thing with the porch. Dumping water over the cracks under where she's hiding is also an effective way of getting kitties out from where they shouldn't be (altho', you do end up with a nasty, muddy kitten).

*more snuggles, because there can never be enough kate!cuddles*

~e!

[katekat]

EB!!!! EB!!!! EB!!!!

I'm sorry I've been missing all of your stuff lately! Darn these people and their people-like tendenciess. Also? Neil's grandpa is a knee toucher ... it's very sweet, but almost on the edge of creepy.

And seriously, our kittens are *totally* twins! Bad kittens!

*snuggles you to pieces, because I love my EB and her eb!cuddles!!*

[lillianmorgan.livejournal.com]

Cats are incredibly cunning animals ;) Men not so much :D
Yay for those blessed five minutes - and nice to 'see' you ::hugs::

[katekat]

They are indeed! On both counts! hee. And thanks lady, it's nice to be seen. *hugs you back*

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

My life has been pretty uneventful for the past couple weeks and me and my mom have gotten along better than we have in years but, still, I'm used to being alone after living by myself, off and on, for the past year and a half and now I absolutely need those couple hours to myself each night while she is at work.

Or, in other words, I know what you mean. :p

[katekat]

Yeah, it's one of those funny things that you kind of get used to on your own! Sigh. But I guess the important point is to remember we both deserve to take time for ourselves! *hugs*

[dara-starscream.livejournal.com]

(giggle) I actually tried this on a friend of mine a few years back. It's an old joke that one of the ways one tells someone born in or around Michigan is the ability to correctly pronounce 'Ypsilanti.' So one night at work, I scrawled it on the back of a receipt and showed it to one of the late second shift guys. He took a look and said, "Why-pss-land-tai? Why-yip-land-tee?"

That and keeping your winter coat out and handy until sometime in July.

Minutes to process are good. That way your brain doesn't get tired and overloaded. A moment to reflect. Ahhh . . .
-BJ