a story of a cat

the weather is starting to warm up here in CO. our cat is shedding that winter coat. i've already taken him outside in april to give him a good brushing. i was pretty successful at that. i just stayed on the back porch. last weekend, my husband decides to give him a much needed brushing. so he takes him outside, into the grass (the cat hates grass), and starts to brush him. i go out with them. it was going to be a very entertaining day.
he starts to brush the cat. the cat is so stunned that he is outside that my husband was successful at getting one, yes, just one good chunk of hair out. after that, the cat decided to go into the house. he kept trying to run towards the door. he would run really low, and stop at the flowers, as if it was a barriar wall that he could not climb. yeah, they maybe went to his chest, and he just climbed through them 2 minutes beforehand. so i would get up, get the cat, and bring him back to my husband. this went on for about 15 minutes. he even tried to hold the cat by the skin by the neck. it was a losing battle.
"that's it, you're going in the shower!"
we pick up the cat and venture up to our master bathroom where our shower is a standup, with a glass door. my husband locks the cat in the bathroom (toilet) and gets ready to go in the shower. (how i wish i remembered to get my camera before all this) he then gets the cat out and they step into the shower. don't worry, our cat is totally declawed. instantly the cat is meowing, no screaming at the top of his lungs. he's stretching halfway up the door (yes our cat is that big) hoping to reach the top of the shower. he's pulling at the bottom of the door, hoping it will open. he would get quiet, then start crying again. it was so funny! those who have cats, i'm sure you know what sounds i am talking about. it never dawned on him that after 10 minutes of crying, no one was going to let him out. he was NOT a happy kitty, but my husband and i sure got a good laugh!
the water finally shuts off. the cat gets dried off and wrapped up in a towel. my husband passes him on to me and i get the luxury of making sure he gets good and dry. so i sit in our sunken tub and dry him off. he's like a little baby. we thought for sure he was going to run off as soon as we let him go, go hide under a bed or something. he's finally dry enough and i let him go. he jumps out of the tub and stops in the middle of the bathroom floor and starts to lick his tail. the first time we get to see him after a bath!! he was so skinny! he hung out there for a little bit, licking himself dry. he became very cuddily afterwards! and he was so soft! i'm sure he felt better too. oh was it a sight to see!!!

lunch break

the disadvantage of living 30 minutes away is i'm stuck here for lunch. my job in ohio i could go home every lunch! i only lived 10 minutes at the most away! so now i am stuck here. and no one is going to lunch, so i am eating at my desk. i was going to go shopping, but that get's pretty scary. especially when i'm by myself. so i am sitting here, not wanting to do work after lunch, ready to go home. i'm just so bored anymore here. it's a busy job, which i like, but it's not what i want to do, and the more i do this, the less i want to do it. but i have to stay here for a little bit so i can still live. everything i want to do pretty much requires a degree, so i would have to go back for that. so many decisions. and i'm getting older, and i just want to start over. go back to age 18 when i started college, and convince my mother i need to go to a far away school to study marine biology. i would only take my friends and my husband back with me. there's a woman here who is a temp. she will be doing my coworker's job while she is out on maturnity leave. this woman smokes. no one else in the dept does. i have a headache from the smell. she trys to cover it with perfume. that just makes it worse. i am reminded of this smell every time i go through the door. not very inviting. it makes me wonder if i smell like it when i go home. it really makes me not want to come in. i have to put up with it for at least 2 months. it all depends on when the baby comes. i just hope she comes back from leave, cause i don't think i will be able to work with this every day. it's kinda rude to ask her not to smoke. she's older, and some people are just set in thier ways and won't stop. she has that raspy voice, and wrinkily skin. and such a stench! ok, done venting about that. i'm just reminded every day of it as i take a breath and my nose burns!!! i'm still hungry. my lunch was not satisfying. i was trying not to have to get anything from the cafe, but i think i'm going to have to break down and get something. i did better this pay than last at spending money there. still more than i wanted to. oh well. . .

it's been a while

yeah, i know. haven't written in a long while. the show kinda took over my life (as they tend to do) and i never really got up to the computer. i don't have the luxury of some with a laptop to write wherever i want. that is something i am hoping to get soon though. so here's what i've been up to. my show was a good success! had two different versions of reviews. one was in the Denver Post, including my pic! they recommended the show. the other was in the Daily Camera (Boulder's paper) and they did not recommend the show. we had another article, but it turned out more about the director and the assistant director hooking up and getting married during rehearsals. there's always drama within a show! =) but they did mention the play inbetween talking about them, and put two pics in, including me! which is very wierd because i had a small role. but man was she a fun roll! according to my husband, i was the only one that had full character to my character (and he wasn't just saying that), and he wasn't a fan of the play.
during the play, i turned the big 30. yeah, that really depressed me. took off work and sulked all day. my husband was good to me though and got me a journey emerald/diamond necklace and took me to gordon biersch for dinner. yum! still not happy that i am no longer a young adult. even though i don't look it. they kept reminding me in the show that i'm playing a 17 year old, so i shouldn't be so down. i just don't think they understand. yeah, i can still look it, but it doesn't change the #. and everyone takes birthdays and ages a little different. i didn't want to celebrate, and people knew that, yet they still felt they should. so i got a cookie with a candle and sung to by the cast. and people at work got me stuff. i just wish people would respect my decisions sometimes. oh well. it came, it went, i guess i'll get over it.
i saw Wicked! OH MY GOSH!!!!! go see! it was fabulously marvulous! i would've gone every night if i could! the girl playing elphaba went to northern colorado. my husband flattered me and said he wants to see me play her someday. i told him i wanted to play glinda, cause she's fun, but he said i would make elphaba more real. i totally recommend seeing it! it's not a show to overlook. it must be seen by everyone! my husband even stood at the end for the chorus! he never does that! we were on our feet before the curtain went up for the call! fabulous!
so now that i've seen that, have the taste of theatre back in my mouth, i'm thinking of going back to school for theatre. yeah, i know, i'm crazy. i've been arguing with myself on it however. am i really good enough to get accepted into the program? will my age be discouraging (yes, it bothers me)? even though i would look the same age as all the other girls, how would i do? if i do go through the program within this year, and then graduate in 4 yrs, that puts a lot of roles out of the question. would i have to move to NY? i don't want to. (yea, i'm crazy) could i just audition in CA? would anyone even cast me? so many questions.i just don't know what to do...
on a last note, as this has gotten long, we finally got our new bed!!! we got it from pottery barn. it is so nice! it's huge! seeing as it's a king size and a canapy. i just love it. and of course we had to get new mattresses as well. i have the hardest time getting out in the mornings. which i knew would happen. we still need one more dresser, but we will be getting that soon. it's on backorder. the bed is so solid and heavy, it's really going to suck when we go to paint the room! ok, i have talked enough. my husband has finished making lunch, and i must go before it get's cold. GO SEE WICKED! miss my ohio friends terribly!!