I have been sitting here for about an hour and a half and still can't seem to wake up. I've gone through one cup of coffee and am ready to get my next cup but it doesn't seem to be doing any good. I don't know why coffee doesn't have the "wake up" effect on me that it does on most people but it's been that way for as long as I can remember. I can drink a whole pot of coffee before I go to bed and sleep like a baby. (or a rock as the case may be) Just once I'd like to drink a cup of coffee and have it wake me up.
Middy is in an especially lovey mood today. She had been all over me and I love it. She doesn't often want to sit with me or be all over me so when she does want to lay on me or give me some love I drink it in. Of course first she had to attack my bag that I have yarn in and I've been chasing skeins of yarn this morning. I don't like to do that but Middy looks so darn cute that I'm not stopping her from doing it.
I'm making an afghan for my friend Rich. Today I have to lay out the squares and see how many more I need to make to finish it. I must have at least 100 already made and I have to make sure that I have enough for a king size bed. I want it to hang over each side and also at the bottom when it's pulled all the way at the top. My hands actually hurt from doing all the crocheting but I'm bound and determined to finish this before the month is out. That's my goal for this month. I hope that I can meet it. If not I'll be working on it during some of the hottest part of the summer and I don't want to have a heavy afghan sitting on my lap while it real hot out. So wish me luck.
My HHA is here now. I love her and her work ethic. She does everything I need to have done the way I want it done. Her name is Monica. It's not her real name but it's the name she goes by. I guess it's because her real name is hard to pronounce. She is not originally from the US and has a real strong Latino accent. No matter where she's from I love her and am so happy that now that I'm home from Ohio I have her back. It worried me that maybe when I got back I wouldn't be able to get her to work for me again. There is a high demand for Home Health Aides and sometimes there aren't enough to go around in an agency. I got lucky she didn't fill my slot on the days that I had before. She is here Monday for 3 hours, Wednesday for 3 hours and Friday she's supposed to be here for 4 hours. It works out that she doesn't spend the 4 hours on Friday and now I want to see if I can switch the 4 hours on Friday to Monday when I do need her longer. There is usually a lot more to do on Monday's than there is on Friday. On Monday there is stuff to clean up after the boys have been here over the weekend plus at least 2 if not 3 loads of laundry to do and if the washers and dryers are on the fritz (like this past Monday) then it takes longer to get laundry done.
Dumkupf scared me this morning. When I got up he was laying on the bottom corner (on the other side of the bed) of the bed. He wasn't moving and after I had gotten the alarm shut off that's when I saw him yawn. Up to that point he hadn't even opened his eyes or moved. He's getting slower moving in the morning. Maybe he's decided that he's not a morning person either. Lord knows I'm not anymore. About the only time you can get him to move fast is when you put food in his dishes to feed him. I still have to find a dish to feed him the reduced amount of food for his diet. I also have to find a dish to feed Middy in. And remember to fill it every day. I have to feed her up where Dumkupf won't be able to get to the food for her. That means anywhere off the floor. Now I'm not saying Dumkupf is fat but the fact that he can only get up on the couch, bed and a chair when it's pulled out means a lot. (actually he is fat and that's why I'm putting him on a diet) I have to make sure I don't let him lose weight to fast because that wouldn't be good for him. About 1/2 a pound a month should be good. If he lost a pound a month that would be fine as well. No more than that though. He has about 15 pounds to lost. The last time I was able to hold him and get on a scale he was over 30 lbs so he defiantly needs to lost weight. I'd like to get him to play with a toy or the laser light but he wants it to come to him so he doesn't have to move. I can't get him to chase it like I can get Middy to do. I guess I'm lucky because a friend of a friend has a cat that can't move at all. In fact I've been told that they just fill the food dish and put it in front of the cat because the cat is so fat it can't walk to the dish. At least I don't have to worry about that with Dumkupf.
Dumkupf is sacked out in front of the back door right now. He's actually sleeping on the charger for the computer. The transformer gets warm and that's what he's sleeping on. He likes things that are warm. He likes to get back into bed on my side when it's still warm. Of course that is after he checks out the fresh food in his dish.
Well I have things to do (like starting putting together) so I have to go.
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