I went to my parents house this afternoon... and before I ever got in the house Ryann met me at my car. She had obviously been crying and she said Bandit had been hit by a car. They were rushing him off to the vet, but he didn't make it. We held a funeral for him in the back yard. It was really sad. My poor sis... She was really upset.
She made me promise that if we need to find Rufus a new home he could come live with her, so of course I agreed. I just didn't think it would happen that way...
Monday, March 30, 2009
Rufus...
Anyone looking to adopt a cat?
Since we have discovered the last 2 months or so ago that I am allergic to Rufus, he has been locked out of our bedroom. I'm pretty sure everyone that reads this blog knows that we live in a err...."cozy" (that's what the nice word for tiny is right?) one bedroom apartment. So he's pretty limited on space right now. If you read my last post, you know that Rufus chewed up our laptop's power cord a little over a week ago. Well, he did us one better on Saturday.
We were both gone all day, Matt was at work, and I went to a baby shower during the day and at night we went to a wedding reception. I checked in on him and fed him and played with him before I had to go, but...! When Matt went home to shower and change for the reception, he discovered the little hellion chewed through those A/V chords that connected our DVD player to our TV, and also the Hi Def chords to the XBOX. On top of that... he climbed into one of our lower cupboards and chewed up the chord to my griddle. DANG CAT!
On one hand I am so fed up replacing everything and trying new ways to lock him out of things, but on the other I feel so bad that he's so unhappy! He has no place to play, and didn't do this until we started locking him out. We're trying a few last resorts, like moth balls, (thanks for that suggestion Steve! Rufus HATES the smell so far.) but if he chews up anything else, we've decided we need to find him a new home. He's getting pretty dang expensive!! We're looking to upgrade our apartment or possibly buy a small house when our lease comes due, but that's not for 5 more months. So we're thinking maybe we could find him a temporary home... we'll see what happens.
Matt still hasn't heard anything about the job on Hill, but Captain Snee told him it would take a while anyway. And with our experience with the government, we know that's true... So hopefully we'll be hearing some good news here in the next few weeks.
Since we have discovered the last 2 months or so ago that I am allergic to Rufus, he has been locked out of our bedroom. I'm pretty sure everyone that reads this blog knows that we live in a err...."cozy" (that's what the nice word for tiny is right?) one bedroom apartment. So he's pretty limited on space right now. If you read my last post, you know that Rufus chewed up our laptop's power cord a little over a week ago. Well, he did us one better on Saturday.
We were both gone all day, Matt was at work, and I went to a baby shower during the day and at night we went to a wedding reception. I checked in on him and fed him and played with him before I had to go, but...! When Matt went home to shower and change for the reception, he discovered the little hellion chewed through those A/V chords that connected our DVD player to our TV, and also the Hi Def chords to the XBOX. On top of that... he climbed into one of our lower cupboards and chewed up the chord to my griddle. DANG CAT!
On one hand I am so fed up replacing everything and trying new ways to lock him out of things, but on the other I feel so bad that he's so unhappy! He has no place to play, and didn't do this until we started locking him out. We're trying a few last resorts, like moth balls, (thanks for that suggestion Steve! Rufus HATES the smell so far.) but if he chews up anything else, we've decided we need to find him a new home. He's getting pretty dang expensive!! We're looking to upgrade our apartment or possibly buy a small house when our lease comes due, but that's not for 5 more months. So we're thinking maybe we could find him a temporary home... we'll see what happens.
Matt still hasn't heard anything about the job on Hill, but Captain Snee told him it would take a while anyway. And with our experience with the government, we know that's true... So hopefully we'll be hearing some good news here in the next few weeks.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Updates
Well, I got a job offer yesterday and I took it -yay! My months (that felt like years) Of job hunting are over. It's such a big relief to know I'll have a job tomorrow. Which is something I haven't felt for a while now. The best part of my new job is probably the people I'm going to be working with. In my interview I told them I'd had an interview with an attorney, and if he offered me a job, it would be my dream job but I didn't want to accept the job and leave this company in a bind. So, my future boss turned to me and said -my first time meeting him- "I want you to go home, talk it over with your husband, pray about it, and do what's best for your family." How great is that? I was so impressed and still am. I know I will be taken care of there, I already feel like I fit in. I called the attorney, but didn't get a call back so I guess that means there's no job opening. Which is fine, hopefully he'll remember me for the future. And honestly I'm glad it worked out this way. I will be part time in the fall and winter season, so that would be the perfect time to get my butt back into school. And I'll be working with some great people. I'm so excited for what the next few months will hold for Matt and I. Matt is trying to get a job on base with Captain Snee, who recruited him into the Corps. We are both really hoping for that to work out. It would be a great job and something that would work around his school in the fall. I really think it would make a huge difference for Matt to be close to a familiar environment. And he's finally starting to feel ready to be back in school. I'm very proud of him.
Sorry guys, I guess this is a little corny now that I see it on here. But I still like it, so it's staying :)
I have been very blessed to have such a patient and understanding husband. He is the source of all my strength and without him I would be an absolute mess. Thank you for your support , Matt! You are the best and I love you like crazy. 
Colleen and Little Ethan (who is wearing my sister Ryann's shoes. hahaha.)
Colleen and Little Ethan (who is wearing my sister Ryann's shoes. hahaha.)Sorry guys, I guess this is a little corny now that I see it on here. But I still like it, so it's staying :)
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