Blarg...

So, last week was awesome. I finished everything I needed to do and then some, but this week has been an entirely different animal. Let me say at the outset that I am a bit of a procrastinator. If I have some time to take off, I will - mainly because I most of my time is spent working or thinking about this project, attempting to end my unemployment woes, spending some quality time with my wife, helping my mother and mother-in-law with lawnwork and computer problems, listening to my sister rant about my nephew while fixing her virus riddled computer, and dealing with housework and general maintenance of my old, old house.

Oh, and then there are the cats.

Orindarily, the cats are wonderful little things. They don't generally get into trouble, they respect my space, they're only noisey when they want food or if I've spend too much time at the computer. But not this week. This week it was time for yearly checkups with the vet, and my wife had the brilliant idea to make the whole vet visit easier on us, and less stressful on the cats by putting their carriers out for the week leading up to the visit.

This was NOT a well thought out plan.

Presenting the cats with objects that have bad memories for them - the last time they had been in the carriers was when they had been spayed and neutered - drove them into hyper-anxiety mode. They were into everything this week, and not in a happy, friendly, playful way. No, aside from running around and breaking stuff, their favorite thing to do became chewing on wires. ALL THE WIRES. We lost the Roku, my wife's computer's internet connection and speakers, my beard trimmer, a clock radio, and worst of all my scanner. The discovery of this last item sent me into a bit of a fit, spewing obscenities at the top of my lungs.

I calmed down after that though.

After all, you get done what you get done. That's all you can do. Hopefully next week will be better. Stay tuned...