Room to Breathe

For the poor people that search google for help with their, “cat dry heaving” and wind up here, I never meant to scare you.

Just because mine died, doesn’t mean yours will. I believe my cat died of congestive heart failure, and the 2 weeks preceding her death where she would dry heave after having her nightly poop, I’m sure doesn’t happen to all cats.

My cat was only 7. Never ate a scrap of human food, but was the fattest cat you ever saw. I took her to the vet to see what the problem might be. The vet asked me how much I was feeding her. I made a gesture where I scooped my hand and said, “4 handfuls” (I have average sized hands). The vet said she shouldn’t eat more than 1 cup, and told me that I should actually be measuring what I am feeding her. So I did. 1 handful equalled 1/4 cup 4 times a day. Turns out she wasn’t eating any more than 1 cup, she was just fat.

And it killed her.

So, with the impending New Year approaching, and resolutions that some will be making, I advise a weight loss be highly considered. America is fat people, and I don’t want to be one that dies dry heaving after I poop one day.

I recently found a piece of paper (nicely preserved pressed in-between the pages of a book), that I had written the name of a boy that I once liked (well I used to say love - even though he didn’t know I existed). I had written out his full name in different directions covering the whole page. Each instance of his name was created in a different colour, using my nifty clicky pen that offered 10 different colours. And of course all the “i’s” were drawn with little hearts.

What was I thinking? This is embarrassing finding this 15 years later! What I would like to know, is this normal for girls to do? To doodle the name of “the one you love” over and over?

I’ve heard of girls writing their name in full, but then using the last name of “the one they love and want to marry”. I guess just to see how it looks in writing, but when you are 12, does it really matter?

Is this only a juvenile girl thing? Do guys secretly do this as well?

Now I just doodle my own name with the help of technology.

I know there is no such thing as Santa. In fact there was never a time that I did believe there was. My dad told us right-off-the-bat that Santa simple did not exist, and we were celebrating the birth of Jesus. That’s the reason for Christmas. My mom on the other hand, felt we were deprived of our childhood. No Easter Bunny, and definitely NO SANTA.

But last night I started to feel that there might really be a Santa. Silly, but just thinking about him gives me shivers of delight and happiness. It’s a feeling I can’t describe, but it gives me comfort and a sense of unity with the rest of the world as we share this experience.

I tracked Santa’s night via noradsanta.org, and I felt relieved to know that even my brother in Ecuador was visited at some point.

I’m so lame that I kept refreshing the map to know where Santa was going next, and even printed off the schedule!

I think I’m ready for kids.

Meme via: Anomalous Noodge

With the impending storm on the horizon, it appears that it’s “beginning
to look a lot like Christmas.”

Why is it that it never truly feels like Christmas without snow?

We’re supposed to get 15-20cm between tonight and tomorrow night; but the rain will just wash it away . Or make it a living hell with the ice!

I can’t really get in to the spirit of the Holidays. I try playing Christmas Carols and singing, but it’s not doing it. I must dig out my santa hat….

However the saying goes. You just have to learn how to be creative sometimes with your bill paying methods. I have “x” amount of money, and I need to pay “y” + “w”. The most logical thing to do would be to get more “x”; but that isn’t the current option.

So what this means is, take all my “x” which is cash, and pay the credit cards first. And with the credit cards, I can pay the other bills. This way they all get paid, and I maintain a good credit rating.

Then you get into balance transfers. The banks seem to just love money movement! Suddenly they start giving you more to play with, and then the games begin!

But again, more “x” would make things a hell-of-a-lot easier.

What a way to start a weekend. I came home from work, and tried to call my brother. They’re making their way down to visit tomorrow for my family Christmas. (I’m so excited to see them! My niece is turning 2 on Tuesday!) I picked up the phone and was told:

We’re sorry, but due to the changes in your services, your call cannot be completed as dialled. Please dial “0″ for operator assistance.

Pressing “0″ did nothing. The phone just rang and rang, and after 1 minute, I hung up. Tried again 3 more times. On the 4th try, I get this rapid speaking woman:

Lady: You’re call cannot be completed as dialled. Please hold.

Me: Um…hello?

Lady: Please hold.

So I held. For 2 minutes. What the f*ck is going on? Has my phone service been hacked? Paranoia sets in. The woman comes back and hangs up. WTF!?!?

I call back. Now this makes sense! My phone carrier directs me to the AR dept.

We’re sorry ma’am, but your service has been disrupted because your account is past due. I cannot reactivate your service until I have payment in my office, and then it will take up to 24 hours for your account to be active. The easiest way to do this is by credit card…..

Great. Merry f-ing Christmas. With no cash for even gifts, now I have no phone service to at least call my friends on Christmas day to send my best.

Ok, so I am being a little dramatic about the whole thing, but I’m still angry. They never even called me to let me know. It’s only 2 months past due. I guess everyone is hard up for cash this time of year.

I was really looking forward to tonight. The Season Finale of The Apprentice Season II. However, I just couldn’t stay interested. The last hour just dragged, and they seemed to draw it out, trying to keep the audience. If they had announced the winner @ 9:30, who would have watched the rest? It appeared to be clear in the minds of the audience and Donald’s who he was going to, or should choose.

Then again, you never know. He’s been known to turn things around the very last second and take everyone by surprise. I mean, who would have guessed that Bradford, who was a great contender, would have been fired like he was? Yet you sit there afterwards nodding and thinking, “Ya, he’s right.”

But sitting here now recapping in my mind the past season, it wasn’t really that good. Kelly stood out from the others, and it almost seemed pointless to drag the whole thing on, since it had become predicable. But was it really necessary for Regis Philbin to host the 3 hour finale?

I’ve always felt uncomfortable, even at the age of eight, being around him. There’s just something that doesn’t make sense or seem right. I know I am not alone, because I see how other women react. It’s creepy.

He’s about the same age as my parents, because my dad is the youngest of eight, and when my dad was born, his older sisters were having kids; one which married my cousin.

I know that he’s just being polite, and it’s probably completely innocent, but to make advances like even mentioning taking me on vacation to Florida just doesn’t seem right.

I’ve made the effort to never be alone and to avoid any possible uncomfortable situation. But with the recent project on the go, it’s become inevitable.

Not that I think anything could ever happen, I just don’t want to create an opportunity. And I definitively don’t care to hear about an unhappy married life. That’s when I change the subject.

You had to sneak into my room
’just’ to read my diary
Oh, it was just to see, just to see
all the things you knew I’d written about you…
And oh so many illustrations
Oh, but
I’m so very sickened
Oh, I am so sickened now

Morrissey - Suedehead