Waiting for the phone to ring

[susandennis]

I got a phone call yesterday that I sent to voice mail. Turns out it was a robot call to remind me that I have a call today with Humana Pharmacy. OMG. It's part of the free inhaler situation. The pharmacist will call me and go through her script to make sure I'm using the thing correctly. It was relatively painless last time. Here's hoping for the same. In 30 mins.

Biggie is getting bitier and bitier. Today he went for my shin while I was on the toilet! I love him and I miss snuggly him but geesh. He hasn't slept with me for the past couple of nights (the cams show he spent most of last night in the hallway outside the bedroom where he could keep an eye on me). This morning, after the toilet attack, he climbed up onto my lap and took some head scratches and then left. He's not hard to live with and he's sure not hard to love but man, I wish he'd get a new habit and drop the biting so I wouldn't have to be so skiddish around him.

He's really such an outstanding cat. And if he's always like this, then we'll be ok. At least in winter I can wear long sleeves. And the bathroom is the only room in the house with a door. I can learn to use it.

I did order him a window hammock. It will be here tomorrow. I know he's going to love it. I've resisted because I didn't want to give up the window real estate but what the heck.



Many things on the agenda today. I'm out of cookies again. I still have pockets to make. The trash needs to go down to the dumpsters.

Humana just called. 15 mins of useless q's and a's. No biggie. I have one more call in April. For this, I get about 6 months* of free inhalers and a $100 Walmart gift card. Not a bad deal at all. (*Depends on how much money I spend on other drugs and how often I use this one inhaler.)

Ok, time now to get on with my day.

Reading: Dark So Deadly by Stuart MacBride - but, if the plot doesn't get moving on this, it's going to be a reject.

Watched: The Fall (also discovered that all three seasons are on BritBox), FBI Most Wanted (I was hoping to see new guy, but not yet)

Comments

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

Yup, I know you've had cats before so if you think I'm overstepping my boundaries you can ignore this:

Common reasons cat bite:
Overstimulation (petting aggression)
Play aggression / Frustration
Fear, pain, and stress
Communication

I know Biggie isn't declawed - I had a cat that was declawed and she bit. And this goofball I've got now allows herself to be pet until she's had enough then she bites. Not hard. After Biggie's fall, didn't your vet give him prozac? Maybe that's an idea. Or not. And I am just trying to help. I know you care very much for him.

[christalin80.livejournal.com]

Oh Biggie, keep those teeth in your mouth, please.

[legalmoose]

We have three of these around the house (one on the front side, main floor, to let them watch the street, and one in each of the windows in my office that get afternoon sun). I always have to readjust them after the cleaner cleans the windows around them, but the suction cups stick nicely, and move nicely.

[susandennis]

Ohhh such good info BUT. I realized the whole project was a fail because of my blinds which have to be able to go up and down across all windows. phuque. Plan B.

[legalmoose]

Yeah, the windows we have them on are ones where we never bring the blinds down. The ones in the office are covered with curtains so they can get afternoon sun without blinding me, but the shades stay up.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

FBI Most Wanted (I was hoping to see new guy, but not yet)

I notice they're not on next week or the week after (I think) – maybe they decided not to go up against the Olympics – so perhaps they'll make the transition after this hiatus.

That was a pretty dark episode.

[susandennis]

Plus I kept waiting for Jess to get offed. It was exhausting.