This and that
So yeah. I haven't been doing very well lately. The less said about that the better.
But things got better on the weekend. I was volunteering at the Engineers Without Borders fundraising garage sale. I'd forgotten how nice the world can be when you get up and get out early. I got up at 6 in order to be downtown at 8am. The sun wasn't too high, the day hadn't gotten hot yet, the air felt fresh, and there was hardly anyone around.
People showed up early, surprisingly, and we were selling stuff before we even had it all unpacked! We had a lot more stuff than I thought we'd have, which was good, because we had enough stuff to sell throughout the day. Brian was moving the same day, so a lot of it was stuff he didn't want to move to the new place, and a lot of that was stuff that PJ didn't take with her when she moved home. There were two of PJ's works of art there, one of which sold. I bought the other, and it's hanging in my dining room now. All told, we moved almost all of the stuff, and we raised nearly $400, and drew attention to EWB and the Make Poverty History campaign. A productive day, all told.
In other news...
Now that I've sealed off every single crack in Jasmine's covered litterbox, there's only one place for urine to escape. Unfortunately, she's taken to pointing her butt out the entrance door and letting fly a disproportionately large percentage of the time. I was at Zellers today picking up cat food, and I took a look at the Rubbermaid-style tote boxes they're selling for back-to-school. I ended up buying a 40L bin that's about a foot high and as big as her old litterbox, and filling it with her litter. I'd love to see her pee over the edge of that! ... actually, I'd love to see her use it first; she has to jump in and out of it, which I'm praying isn't enough to deter her from using it. I think she's used it once already (and I gave her a treat right afterwards to encourage her) so things are looking up.
Here's hoping it stays that way; I'm getting tired of having to wash the bathroom floor every day.
In other other news... Is my prior bad mood rubbing off on people? Or is there a full moon or something that's thrown us all into a blue funk?
But things got better on the weekend. I was volunteering at the Engineers Without Borders fundraising garage sale. I'd forgotten how nice the world can be when you get up and get out early. I got up at 6 in order to be downtown at 8am. The sun wasn't too high, the day hadn't gotten hot yet, the air felt fresh, and there was hardly anyone around.
People showed up early, surprisingly, and we were selling stuff before we even had it all unpacked! We had a lot more stuff than I thought we'd have, which was good, because we had enough stuff to sell throughout the day. Brian was moving the same day, so a lot of it was stuff he didn't want to move to the new place, and a lot of that was stuff that PJ didn't take with her when she moved home. There were two of PJ's works of art there, one of which sold. I bought the other, and it's hanging in my dining room now. All told, we moved almost all of the stuff, and we raised nearly $400, and drew attention to EWB and the Make Poverty History campaign. A productive day, all told.
In other news...
Now that I've sealed off every single crack in Jasmine's covered litterbox, there's only one place for urine to escape. Unfortunately, she's taken to pointing her butt out the entrance door and letting fly a disproportionately large percentage of the time. I was at Zellers today picking up cat food, and I took a look at the Rubbermaid-style tote boxes they're selling for back-to-school. I ended up buying a 40L bin that's about a foot high and as big as her old litterbox, and filling it with her litter. I'd love to see her pee over the edge of that! ... actually, I'd love to see her use it first; she has to jump in and out of it, which I'm praying isn't enough to deter her from using it. I think she's used it once already (and I gave her a treat right afterwards to encourage her) so things are looking up.
Here's hoping it stays that way; I'm getting tired of having to wash the bathroom floor every day.
In other other news... Is my prior bad mood rubbing off on people? Or is there a full moon or something that's thrown us all into a blue funk?