Today’s Thursday 13 is going to be all over the place.
1. Mortimer
had an emergency visit (fortunately to our regular vet’s office) on Friday due
to eating plastic. Fortunately, after
x-rays to confirm there wasn’t an obstruction, fluids and an anti-nausea shot
did the trick.
2. Unfortunately,
I doubt this did anything to curb his obsession with eating plastic.
3. We
mailed out a total of 152 protest postcards on Saturday.
4. We had
severe storms and a moderate risk of tornadoes late Saturday night into the
early hours of Sunday morning. Pre-Helene,
we wouldn’t have been very concerned, but almost everyone here gets nervous
about storms now.
5. Because
our house doesn’t have any rooms without exterior walls, we deemed our bedroom
closet the best place to shelter in case of a tornado. We didn’t want to have to round up five cats in the middle
of the night with a tornado imminent, so we opted to lock all five cats in the
bedroom with us.
6. Catching
and containing five cats is a big job!
7. Fortunately,
there were no tornados, and we didn’t have to shelter in the closet. We had a lot of rain, but no flooding or damage. Unfortunately, we didn’t sleep well at
all. Caroline’s facial expression sums
up the night well.
8. Other than
that storm, we’ve still been enjoying mostly sunny weather.
9. The
daffodils along the back fence have bloomed.
10. The
daffodils next to the carport are at their peak.
11. The
forsythia is just starting to get a few blooms.
12. There
are a lot more flowers on the bush in the front yard.
13. And
the hyacinth is still blooming,
How was your week?
I'm not surprised that you have PTSD from Helene and didn't sleep well. All five cats in the bedroom probably didn't help, either. The spring flowers are so pretty. We're getting blooms around her, too.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you didn’t have any damage. What we see of the forecast out of your area has been scary. I can only imagine how everyone feels after the hurricane losses and destruction. Caroline expresses it so well. Take care, Danielle.
ReplyDeleteSo much in bloom! I’m sorry you had to deal with tornado warnings again. Talk about Too Soon! Ugh. I’m glad you have a plan in place with your kitties.
ReplyDeleteSo glad the tornadoes passed you by. Your cat doesn't look happy with ears back! But I would have done the same thing!
ReplyDeleteI only mailed out five postcards, but I did mail them out. Have we heard anything about their arrival? I wonder if they all made it.
ReplyDeleteSorry about the tornado scare. I'm sure you won't be comfortable with storms for a while now.
I think that cat-wrangling should be an Olympic sport. It takes real athleticism to capture and contain just one, much less five!!
ReplyDeleteI am glad the cat is ok. We don't have a basement or anything, either. When we built our house in 1987, the idea that there would be tornadoes here was a joke. But we have since had two. Small ones, but still. So I have pegged our bathroom as the safest place. In the middle of the house, no windows, no exterior wall.
ReplyDeleteYour daffodils are just lovely! Did you guys do all those postcards yourself? I used to host postcard parties and my goal was to have people complete 25. I had to do a lot of finishing!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure dealing with tornado warnings down there is frightening, and my word- wrangling 5 cats under such stressful situations- I can't even imagine. Even though Helene surely changed the "it'll never happen here" that many people have probably lived with, I would jump at the opportunity to move back down there. We miss the western NC mountains something fierce.
ReplyDeleteWe're glad Mortimer is okay. That must have been scary! Our angel Gracie used to lick plastic bags, but thankfully did not eat them.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness those storms passed you by! We can only imagine trying to wrangle five kitties.
We did some protest postcards, too, and also some ones of encouragement to our elected officials who are standing up to the craziness going on.