Kitty Update, plus bonus weekend whining
First the good stuff:
Sure, they fight sometimes; and cleaning out a litterbox is no picnic. But they are getting to be very sweet kitties. Archer (grey one) will sit next to me on the downstairs couch and snooze while I pet him, for literally hours at a time. And Camo made great strides this weekend, allowing me several 10-15 minute pettings as well as sitting briefly on my legs on Friday. Today we even found them curled up together on the couch, so I couldn't resist taking a load of photos.
Now the weekend whining:
I hear bad things come in threes, so I can now say I completed the "flooding rooms with washing machine water" trio. (Recently, alpine_tunnel and my Aunt Edie have had tragic washing machine incidents.) This one I did to myself; totally my fault. In order to prevent flood water from ever getting into the washer, there's a big switch I have to turn to direct water into the washer, before turning it on. I did NOT turn this switch - now I know what happens when I don't - several inches of water accumulated in parts of the floor (it's a really slanty and crazy old floor so it didn't flow evenly) before I found it. I ended up mopping and scooping all the water into the sump pump hole (note to self - one mop per household is not enough - get more ASAP.) and now I'm worried that the water will not all drain out of there but will just sit there stagnant and nasty.
The good news is that, thanks to a dehumidifier, three hot water heaters, and a furnace, the puddles on the floor are already almost gone.
Sure, they fight sometimes; and cleaning out a litterbox is no picnic. But they are getting to be very sweet kitties. Archer (grey one) will sit next to me on the downstairs couch and snooze while I pet him, for literally hours at a time. And Camo made great strides this weekend, allowing me several 10-15 minute pettings as well as sitting briefly on my legs on Friday. Today we even found them curled up together on the couch, so I couldn't resist taking a load of photos.
Now the weekend whining:
I hear bad things come in threes, so I can now say I completed the "flooding rooms with washing machine water" trio. (Recently, alpine_tunnel and my Aunt Edie have had tragic washing machine incidents.) This one I did to myself; totally my fault. In order to prevent flood water from ever getting into the washer, there's a big switch I have to turn to direct water into the washer, before turning it on. I did NOT turn this switch - now I know what happens when I don't - several inches of water accumulated in parts of the floor (it's a really slanty and crazy old floor so it didn't flow evenly) before I found it. I ended up mopping and scooping all the water into the sump pump hole (note to self - one mop per household is not enough - get more ASAP.) and now I'm worried that the water will not all drain out of there but will just sit there stagnant and nasty.
The good news is that, thanks to a dehumidifier, three hot water heaters, and a furnace, the puddles on the floor are already almost gone.