March 6, 2008
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You Just Gotta Know The Language
I have vertical blinds over the windows. Unfortunately, when the blinds are down, Katy (one of my cats) likes to pry her body through the blinds so she can see out the window. I try to leave them up during the day, but at night I like them down so people can’t see in! Katy was just pawing at the blinds and starting to wiggle her way between them. (She has broken a couple of them doing this and I don’t have the finances for new ones at this time.) I yelled and was ignored. I then tried calling to her and patting the bed to get her to come over. No luck. I dug in my purse for scratch paper and threw a wad of paper — anything but get up.
I don’t know what possessed me. I had enough (but still not enough to want to get up), so I whole heatedly HISSED in my best imitation of an angry cat. I’ve never tried that before, but it definitely got her attention. I don’t know what I said in “cat,” but Katy scampered under the dresser! I guess you just gotta know the language — even if it is “cat.”
It’s been a day. That is, honestly, all I can say for it. It’s been a day.
I haven’t slept well since Saturday. Amy on no sleep is no good! I’m not totally sure what that is about but, I’ve averaged 3-4 hours a night. That is not enough to function on coherently. I drag myself through the day but at night my eyes pop open.
At the moment is 6:30PM. I’m exhausted and would like to go to sleep right now. But research would say that wouldn’t be wise. So, I’m sharing my tiredness with all of you!
But hopefully tonight I will sleep and tomorrow we’ll have more happy, hope-ish, type thoughts!Speaking of hope, check out the post below if you are interested in winning a book about hope.
Comments (4)
Hi Amy
my cats did the same thing to the blinds in my livingroom & my daughters room…i ended up replacing the blinds in the livingroom with vertical blinds instead of mini blinds and it worked perfectly and for my daughters room i put up curtains and it worked well as well…but the 2 who were destroying many things in my home are now gone…hubby took them to the aspca yesterday…so i’m still greiving over them being gone and the thought of them being in a cage…anyways…lemme not dwell on that….
as for the sleep…i don’t sleep that well at night either…i sleep on average of 4 to 5 hours a night with many wake ups in between….
Have a great weekend Amy
HUGS
Jeanette
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I’m so sorry to hear you’re having trouble sleeping. I am NO good without sleep, so I can sympathize. Have you ever tried just taking one 25 mg Benadryl at night? That’s the same thing that’s in Tylenol PM to make you sleepy – just plain ol’ Benadryl.
I have a friend at work who just discovered an over-the-counter pill called “Midnight” that has melatonin and some herbs in it, and he’s been sleeping better than he has in his life.
God bless you with some good, restful sleep this weekend, my friend.
LOL, hissing is good, at times I have used a water pistol or spray bottle to get attention of said critter.
Heather