Driving Me Crazy!

Ever since I got the new cat, I have found cat piss in inappropriate locations on four occasions. The first time was in my purse, the second was in an empty shoe box, the third was on my old bath mat, and the fourth was on my new bath mat.

This time, they did it on a Sunday when I was out of quarters to do laundry....and I can't go to a bank on a Sunday.

I don't know who is doing it, so I cannot punish the behavior. Every time I've had to suck it up and just clean the mess. I'm already scooping the box every other day, to make sure that their box is clean. Maybe I need to start doing it every single day? Wow, as if I'm not busy enough already...

I did some online researching and found that it can be due to stress. My cats don't get along particularly well, so I can imagine this would be causing some stress. I also changed the litter box recently to a larger, enclosed box, which could also be stressing them out I suppose.

I read that ideally, you should have 1.5 litter boxes per cat in the home. This seems crazy to me...If I don't need 1.5 toilets (I'm not sure what .5 of a toilet would look like...) then I'm not sure why my cat's would. That's THREE litter boxes for a tiny one bedroom apartment. Just seems a bit excessive. It's hard enough as it is to hide ONE litter box and fight the odor in a place as small as this.

Fortunately, I saved the old smaller box, so I'll start using that one too. I don't know where I'm going to put it that is out of general view, but I'm sure I'll figure it out.

Sorry kitties, it' s only 1 litter box per cat, but this will just have to do. Spoiled little shits.

I'll keep you all posted on the results.

Saint Patrick's Day Bust

I didn't get to do ANYTHING for Saint Patty's this year. I studied for a midterm all day and then was in class until 9pm. After that, I had to come right home to finish up papers that are due at 9am tomorrow. It's nearly 1 am now and I have to get to bed to be up by 7 for a full day of classes.

At the very least, it would have been nice to drink some green beer and eat some green food :(

Well, Happy Saint Patricks Day to you all anyway...even though it is technically tomorrow by now.

Saint Patty's Pedis!

My cousin Holly took me out and treated me to a pedicure. I LOVE to get regular pedis, but I lost a lot of income when I had to drop the classes I teach from 4 down to 3 to stay afloat in my own classes. Since then I've been painting my own toes...sometimes....when I'm not lazy lol. Most of the time the paint is chipped and fugly.



Thanks Holly!

Weight Rundown 3

I have now lost the 1 lb I was up from the wedding weekend plus an additional .6 lbs. It has been going slower since I ate half a pizza on Wednesday night and caused my friend to cheat on her poor husband, but a 1.6 lb loss for one week is still really good.

It feels great because even though I'm not back to my normal weight, this is the lowest I've been since before the holidays.

Halfway there!

No More Interviews!

My MS clinical psychology program is all in efforts to become a marriage and family therapist (MFT). Even though I will have my masters degree in clinical psychology in a little over a year, that will only make me a marriage and family therapist intern (MFTI). In order to become a full blown MFT, I have to get 3,000 intern hours. Well, the board of behaviorial sciences requires that 150 of those hours are obtained before we graduate, so we have all been looking for MFT trainee placement positions for the last couple of months.

I applied to two different places. One was with the YWCA and would involve working with a lot of women and families. I was really interested in this position because they work with a lot of battered women, and I since I work with batterers, I've always been interested in getting experience with the other side of the coin.

The other position was with Fair Oaks Mental Health Center. They work with a lot of the...well..."crazy, crazies" lol. A lot of schizophrenic, bipolar, PTSD, depression...things like that. This population intimidates me a bit, BUT, it is a paid position so this made it a pretty attractive option.

Well, Fair Oaks left a message on my machine today offering me a position. I think that while the population is a bit intimidating, it is for the best because I could potentially quit my work with batterers and focus on just school and my placement. School, placement AND work would probably be WAY too much.

I haven't heard anything from the YWCA but I think that is ok. It seems to make the most sense to accept this offer and just move on with my life. I've been on FIVE interviews for these two different position. All while balancing school, studying for the big exam in April that determines if we move on to 2nd year, and work.

I am so done with the stress of job searching!

Turtle Sex

I had to post this...who's day couldn't use a little turtle sex with a shoe? Thanks Jesse!

Meet My Little Shithead

Here she is...Miss Shithead.



Last night, she decided to run out the front door and take off. It was roughly 11pm and dark as hell. I had to crawl around outside on my hands and knees looking under all the bushes around the front of my apartment complex. I finally found her in a planter box around the other side of my unit.

I grabbed the little snot before she could run and threw her butt back in the apartment. She was scared for about 15 seconds and then proceeded to come lay at my feet and take a nap like nothing had happened. Glad to know this adventure didn't wake HER up or anything.

Until this one becomes less of a handful, I have affectionately named her Shithead.