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Pardon My Absence and Purrs to All (Mostly OT)
My oldest brother and his girlfriend arrived Sunday morning to pick up the
furniture from [my] house after my mother's death. Things haven't exactly gone smoothly. Let's just say I'd reserved a rental truck (think UHaul) but when circumstances required me to put it off for a day they'd already rented the truck I'd reserved. (No, I wasn't charged for it.) I was calling an alledgedly National toll-free number. They found a truck some 250 miles away for me to pick up (round trip)... you've got to be kidding me. Long story short, I did find a different rental company (NO THANKS, I don't need suggestions! It's Settled!). I can pick it up any time I want. They know what the meaning of RESERVED is, unlike the other place. But because the weather down here has been nuts (torrential rain) I don't know if that will be tomorrow (I sincerely hope so) or Friday. Poor Persia, of course, freaked out when they arrived on Sunday. She hid under the bed. She ventured out a couple of times, as far as the living room (which is right outside of my bedroom), only to dash back in. There has been a lot of packing of dishes and tchotchkes going on which is quite noisy. And my brother is taking the bedroom set Persia [I've] been sleeping on since she got here last May. This morning I moved the night stands out of the room, and a bench by the windows. (I moved the cedar chest over by the windows so she can still get up and look out.) The dressers are going. She was hunkered under the bed, WTF is going on? I keep apologizing to her and talking to her soothingly. This is soooo disrupting her life. Just wait until we break down the bed she hides under. I'll have to shut her in the bathroom. The bed from the other room and a night stand for a lamp will (temporarily) be moved into my room until I go and get my own furnishings. The poor kitty girl has a few more days of this to endure. Purrs for everyone. I don't know when I'll get back online again.... maybe next weekend. Jill |
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Pardon My Absence and Purrs to All (Mostly OT)
"jmcquown" wrote in message
... My oldest brother and his girlfriend arrived Sunday morning to pick up the furniture from [my] house after my mother's death. Things haven't exactly gone smoothly. Let's just say I'd reserved a rental truck (think UHaul) but when circumstances required me to put it off for a day they'd already rented the truck I'd reserved. (No, I wasn't charged for it.) I was calling an alledgedly National toll-free number. They found a truck some 250 miles away for me to pick up (round trip)... you've got to be kidding me. Long story short, I did find a different rental company (NO THANKS, I don't need suggestions! It's Settled!). I can pick it up any time I want. They know what the meaning of RESERVED is, unlike the other place. But because the weather down here has been nuts (torrential rain) I don't know if that will be tomorrow (I sincerely hope so) or Friday. Poor Persia, of course, freaked out when they arrived on Sunday. She hid under the bed. She ventured out a couple of times, as far as the living room (which is right outside of my bedroom), only to dash back in. There has been a lot of packing of dishes and tchotchkes going on which is quite noisy. And my brother is taking the bedroom set Persia [I've] been sleeping on since she got here last May. This morning I moved the night stands out of the room, and a bench by the windows. (I moved the cedar chest over by the windows so she can still get up and look out.) The dressers are going. She was hunkered under the bed, WTF is going on? I keep apologizing to her and talking to her soothingly. This is soooo disrupting her life. Just wait until we break down the bed she hides under. I'll have to shut her in the bathroom. The bed from the other room and a night stand for a lamp will (temporarily) be moved into my room until I go and get my own furnishings. The poor kitty girl has a few more days of this to endure. Purrs for everyone. I don't know when I'll get back online again.... maybe next weekend. Jill Purrs for Persia, and for you. I know this is even harder on you than it is on Persia. Your life has already been considerably disrupted, and it continues to be so. That means you have all your own stress, plus your concern about Persia. (((((((Jill)))))))) -- Joy No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. - Leo Dworken |
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Pardon My Absence and Purrs to All (Mostly OT)
You sure have had a lot to bear, Jill - we'll be thinking of you and Persia
and sending soothing purrs. Hope things go smoothly and quickly so you can get your lives back together again. Christine "jmcquown" wrote in message ... My oldest brother and his girlfriend arrived Sunday morning to pick up the furniture from [my] house after my mother's death. Things haven't exactly gone smoothly. Let's just say I'd reserved a rental truck (think UHaul) but when circumstances required me to put it off for a day they'd already rented the truck I'd reserved. (No, I wasn't charged for it.) I was calling an alledgedly National toll-free number. They found a truck some 250 miles away for me to pick up (round trip)... you've got to be kidding me. Long story short, I did find a different rental company (NO THANKS, I don't need suggestions! It's Settled!). I can pick it up any time I want. They know what the meaning of RESERVED is, unlike the other place. But because the weather down here has been nuts (torrential rain) I don't know if that will be tomorrow (I sincerely hope so) or Friday. Poor Persia, of course, freaked out when they arrived on Sunday. She hid under the bed. She ventured out a couple of times, as far as the living room (which is right outside of my bedroom), only to dash back in. There has been a lot of packing of dishes and tchotchkes going on which is quite noisy. And my brother is taking the bedroom set Persia [I've] been sleeping on since she got here last May. This morning I moved the night stands out of the room, and a bench by the windows. (I moved the cedar chest over by the windows so she can still get up and look out.) The dressers are going. She was hunkered under the bed, WTF is going on? I keep apologizing to her and talking to her soothingly. This is soooo disrupting her life. Just wait until we break down the bed she hides under. I'll have to shut her in the bathroom. The bed from the other room and a night stand for a lamp will (temporarily) be moved into my room until I go and get my own furnishings. The poor kitty girl has a few more days of this to endure. Purrs for everyone. I don't know when I'll get back online again.... maybe next weekend. Jill |
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Pardon My Absence and Purrs to All (Mostly OT)
Poor Persia. To her its just a major disruption of her domain with no
explanation. Not to mention I'm sure the whole procedure has made her mommy a bit tense and not as reassuring as usual. At least us humans have the advantage of knowing some things just have to be got through to get them over with. Won't Persia be amazed when some of your/her things arrive from Tennessee? Jo "jmcquown" wrote in message ... My oldest brother and his girlfriend arrived Sunday morning to pick up the furniture from [my] house after my mother's death. Things haven't exactly gone smoothly. Let's just say I'd reserved a rental truck (think UHaul) but when circumstances required me to put it off for a day they'd already rented the truck I'd reserved. (No, I wasn't charged for it.) I was calling an alledgedly National toll-free number. They found a truck some 250 miles away for me to pick up (round trip)... you've got to be kidding me. Long story short, I did find a different rental company (NO THANKS, I don't need suggestions! It's Settled!). I can pick it up any time I want. They know what the meaning of RESERVED is, unlike the other place. But because the weather down here has been nuts (torrential rain) I don't know if that will be tomorrow (I sincerely hope so) or Friday. Poor Persia, of course, freaked out when they arrived on Sunday. She hid under the bed. She ventured out a couple of times, as far as the living room (which is right outside of my bedroom), only to dash back in. There has been a lot of packing of dishes and tchotchkes going on which is quite noisy. And my brother is taking the bedroom set Persia [I've] been sleeping on since she got here last May. This morning I moved the night stands out of the room, and a bench by the windows. (I moved the cedar chest over by the windows so she can still get up and look out.) The dressers are going. She was hunkered under the bed, WTF is going on? I keep apologizing to her and talking to her soothingly. This is soooo disrupting her life. Just wait until we break down the bed she hides under. I'll have to shut her in the bathroom. The bed from the other room and a night stand for a lamp will (temporarily) be moved into my room until I go and get my own furnishings. The poor kitty girl has a few more days of this to endure. Purrs for everyone. I don't know when I'll get back online again.... maybe next weekend. Jill |
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"Jofirey" wrote in message
... Poor Persia. To her its just a major disruption of her domain with no explanation. Not to mention I'm sure the whole procedure has made her mommy a bit tense and not as reassuring as usual. At least us humans have the advantage of knowing some things just have to be got through to get them over with. Won't Persia be amazed when some of your/her things arrive from Tennessee? Jo She will indeed be surprised! She'll have her pyramid bed back (I was so stupid not to think to bring it with me.) At least she won't have to be boarded this time when I go away. My neighbor will be doing reciprocal cat sitting Jill "jmcquown" wrote in message ... My oldest brother and his girlfriend arrived Sunday morning to pick up the furniture from [my] house after my mother's death. Things haven't exactly gone smoothly. Let's just say I'd reserved a rental truck (think UHaul) but when circumstances required me to put it off for a day they'd already rented the truck I'd reserved. (No, I wasn't charged for it.) I was calling an alledgedly National toll-free number. They found a truck some 250 miles away for me to pick up (round trip)... you've got to be kidding me. Long story short, I did find a different rental company (NO THANKS, I don't need suggestions! It's Settled!). I can pick it up any time I want. They know what the meaning of RESERVED is, unlike the other place. But because the weather down here has been nuts (torrential rain) I don't know if that will be tomorrow (I sincerely hope so) or Friday. Poor Persia, of course, freaked out when they arrived on Sunday. She hid under the bed. She ventured out a couple of times, as far as the living room (which is right outside of my bedroom), only to dash back in. There has been a lot of packing of dishes and tchotchkes going on which is quite noisy. And my brother is taking the bedroom set Persia [I've] been sleeping on since she got here last May. This morning I moved the night stands out of the room, and a bench by the windows. (I moved the cedar chest over by the windows so she can still get up and look out.) The dressers are going. She was hunkered under the bed, WTF is going on? I keep apologizing to her and talking to her soothingly. This is soooo disrupting her life. Just wait until we break down the bed she hides under. I'll have to shut her in the bathroom. The bed from the other room and a night stand for a lamp will (temporarily) be moved into my room until I go and get my own furnishings. The poor kitty girl has a few more days of this to endure. Purrs for everyone. I don't know when I'll get back online again.... maybe next weekend. Jill |
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Pardon My Absence and Purrs to All (Mostly OT)
jmcquown wrote:
My oldest brother and his girlfriend arrived Sunday morning to pick up the furniture from [my] house after my mother's death. Things haven't exactly gone smoothly. Let's just say I'd reserved a rental truck (think UHaul) but when circumstances required me to put it off for a day they'd already rented the truck I'd reserved. (No, I wasn't charged for it.) I was calling an alledgedly National toll-free number. They found a truck some 250 miles away for me to pick up (round trip)... you've got to be kidding me. Long story short, I did find a different rental company (NO THANKS, I don't need suggestions! It's Settled!). I can pick it up any time I want. They know what the meaning of RESERVED is, unlike the other place. But because the weather down here has been nuts (torrential rain) I don't know if that will be tomorrow (I sincerely hope so) or Friday. Poor Persia, of course, freaked out when they arrived on Sunday. She hid under the bed. She ventured out a couple of times, as far as the living room (which is right outside of my bedroom), only to dash back in. There has been a lot of packing of dishes and tchotchkes going on which is quite noisy. And my brother is taking the bedroom set Persia [I've] been sleeping on since she got here last May. This morning I moved the night stands out of the room, and a bench by the windows. (I moved the cedar chest over by the windows so she can still get up and look out.) The dressers are going. She was hunkered under the bed, WTF is going on? I keep apologizing to her and talking to her soothingly. This is soooo disrupting her life. Just wait until we break down the bed she hides under. I'll have to shut her in the bathroom. The bed from the other room and a night stand for a lamp will (temporarily) be moved into my room until I go and get my own furnishings. The poor kitty girl has a few more days of this to endure. Purrs for everyone. I don't know when I'll get back online again.... maybe next weekend. Jill Mega purrs for you and Persia to have a quiet life again. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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Pardon My Absence and Purrs to All (Mostly OT)
"jmcquown" wrote in message
... "Jofirey" wrote in message ... Poor Persia. To her its just a major disruption of her domain with no explanation. Not to mention I'm sure the whole procedure has made her mommy a bit tense and not as reassuring as usual. At least us humans have the advantage of knowing some things just have to be got through to get them over with. Won't Persia be amazed when some of your/her things arrive from Tennessee? Jo She will indeed be surprised! She'll have her pyramid bed back (I was so stupid not to think to bring it with me.) At least she won't have to be boarded this time when I go away. My neighbor will be doing reciprocal cat sitting Jill That's sweet - but since her cats go outside, please stress to her that Persia is declawed (was that way when she chose to live with you), so therefore she does not go outside. Period. Exclamation Point. -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) comcast (dot) net http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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"Magic Mood Jeep" wrote in message
... "jmcquown" wrote in message ... "Jofirey" wrote in message ... Poor Persia. To her its just a major disruption of her domain with no explanation. Not to mention I'm sure the whole procedure has made her mommy a bit tense and not as reassuring as usual. At least us humans have the advantage of knowing some things just have to be got through to get them over with. Won't Persia be amazed when some of your/her things arrive from Tennessee? Jo She will indeed be surprised! She'll have her pyramid bed back (I was so stupid not to think to bring it with me.) At least she won't have to be boarded this time when I go away. My neighbor will be doing reciprocal cat sitting Jill That's sweet - but since her cats go outside, please stress to her that Persia is declawed (was that way when she chose to live with you), so therefore she does not go outside. Period. Exclamation Point. -- She knows! She also knows she'll never even see Persia. She'll see the food bowl, the Drinkwell fountain (which I'll clean well before I leave) and the litterbox. That's about the only evidence that I'm actually owned by Persia Jill |
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Pardon My Absence and Purrs to All (Mostly OT)
jmcquown wrote:
My oldest brother and his girlfriend arrived Sunday morning to pick up the furniture from [my] house after my mother's death. Things haven't exactly gone smoothly. Let's just say I'd reserved a rental truck (think UHaul) but when circumstances required me to put it off for a day they'd already rented the truck I'd reserved. (No, I wasn't charged for it.) I was calling an alledgedly National toll-free number. They found a truck some 250 miles away for me to pick up (round trip)... you've got to be kidding me. Long story short, I did find a different rental company (NO THANKS, I don't need suggestions! It's Settled!). I can pick it up any time I want. They know what the meaning of RESERVED is, unlike the other place. But because the weather down here has been nuts (torrential rain) I don't know if that will be tomorrow (I sincerely hope so) or Friday. Poor Persia, of course, freaked out when they arrived on Sunday. snip Jill Lots of purrs, Polonca and Soncek |
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