Couch 203: The Spam and Cool Whip Couch!

That's how they do it here, too. It isn't all staff; it depends which union they belong to. But even though classes are in session, tons of students don't attend. When they took away the holiday, a lot of faculty used to cancel anyway, but the Univ took a dim view of it. So now many schedule some sort of research activity for the students, while they make themselves visible for awhile and then slip away.

Me too. rr, if you're out there lurking, here's a

Ok I seem to be someone who suddenly can't drive a car and can't stop giggling

Hi Couchies! I am so excited that we're still on the Spam and Cool Whip couch, even if it's almost ready to be hauled off and replaced.

I started grad school, figured out how to pay for it and switched programs kind of at the last minute. FYI, for all of our professors and teachers, I am actually doing all of the reading. SO MUCH READING! That part hasn't changed since last time I was in grad school.

The kids' dad still hasn't moved out. We haven't even talked about that because I don't want to upset him while we're mediating everything else. So. That's fun. Everything feels stuck, suspended, even with my therapist. I go and say whiny stuff and she says therapist stuff and I pay and go home.

I'm going to try to catch up, a few pages back anyway.

Couch, my car broke today. I managed to get home with no incidents with barely functioning brakes. Sigh. I finally have more than a pittance in savings and the car must have heard about it. I can't wait to get a new one! I don't care that I'll be in debt up to my elbows, I won't have to worry every time I sit in it.

Hopefully you all have a good evening!

We don’t have the old Couches hauled off. We put them on the porch so it looks like we live in a frat house in a student ghetto.

All the advice here is not to leave pets behind. If it is not safe for you, it is not safe for your pet. And since I have no confidence this cat is housetrained, nor do I know how long I will be away (last time it was literally weeks before they would even allow people to re-enter), and even longer before power was back on, I don't think I can leave him at my place. Even if he is housetrained, from what I read, cats don't like to go in litter boxes that haven't been scooped in days - and I won't be there to do it. If he isn't housetrained, that would be a nightmare. My house is a wreck since I have not finished unpacking things and there are half unpacked boxes and bags scattered all around. The last thing I need is to come back and have cat urine and feces as an overlay to the existing squalor. Plus when the power most likely goes out, the smell from waste products will become even worse due to the heat and humidity. Even a litterbox would probably smell pretty awful, but if the cat just went somewhere else and it was left to marinate for who knows how long... well, the smell on my return is too much to contemplate.

Also, the therapist refused to take the cat even though her dog wants one.

I had an old school friend I was hoping might volunteer if I posted to Facebook, but I looked and she just acquired her fourth cat. At least my instincts were right about how much she loves cats.

The cat is in the house at the moment. Might keep inside all night and see if the litterbox gets used... or not - so I can at least advise anybody willing to house.

Trying to imagine what Spam and Cool Whip will smell like after a week on the porch in the sun....

Almost certainly better than beer, puke, and bodily fluids.

The cat seems content. I created a little habitat so s/he would be able to stay above the floor for the night (and thus at a comfortable remove from the dogs). I set up my ironing board by two bookshelves in my room. I haven't unpacked stuff to put on one of them, so I put my soft robe on the top shelf in case that would be appealing. There are also two other shelves, and the top, of course, if s/he feels my chihuahua is too close when he is on the end of the bed. On the other bookshelf is a water bowl and a food bowl. On one side of the ironing board is the box of kitty litter. I went outside and got some dirt and rocks from just outside the hole to underneath the house where the cat goes. I read that putting dirt and stuff can guide a non-housetrained outdoors cat to use the box. I figured maybe the cat would have marked his/her territory at the entrance to its sad little home, and debris from this area would make the box more appealing. We shall see.

ETA: The cat just unexpectedly leapt onto the bed, which is great. I'm just not really sure what I should do with the litterbox now to insure accessibility... maybe I will put it on the floor at the end of my bed...

Now THERE'S a candle for Bed, Bath, and Beyond!

Beautiful kitty!

He/she is beautiful. I had that python programming book.

Hugs if wanted