Heh.heh.heh.

Ok – So today! Woke up, sent the kids off to school, took some meds and went back to bed. I mean really – who wouldn’t when they could and they were all stuffy and headachy? The Asshole made it to Anchorage allright, and to the airport, and then to work. So all’s good. He got his bro safely married and everyone had a good time.

So this afternoon I ran to the post office and mailed of 4 more agent queries. It was the same guy who told me the last one I sent was the lucky one (it wasn’t) so I teased him and said “oh no -i want HER!” but then I let him touch him anyway, since the her I was talking about is the one that sent my stuff up to the ADN contest. Now should I win something in the ADN contest, then for CERTAIN I’ma use her as my post office worker of preference. *L* We’ll see.

The pup – oh she was very cute today – not anything out of the ordinary, just cuddly and giggly and… well, cute. *L* She is very very glad to be able to play outdoors again in the sunshine, digging and cavorting happily in piles of sand.

The boy had his Choir Festival today, where 6 area chiors get together and each sing 2 songs individually, then they sing 5 songs as a mass choir. The smallest had about 12 kids, and the largest was over 100 – both ours, and the homer chiors fit that catagory. There was a bit of irritation as while we were waiting for it to start, we were surprised by the high school chior teacher telling us we had to get up and get out and PAY for entrance. We were unaware there was any entrance fee, and the fact that THEY did not set up cash boxes before allowing us to enter the auditorium was simply poor planning on their part. There were a lot of disgruntled parents, and I know mom for one has already written her letter to the editor in complaint, and we’re hoping others do as well. At the very least we should have been told about the fee in advance – and to wait until 3 minutes before start time to try and empty the auditorium and get us to pay was absolutely rediculous.

But the kids – the kids sounded beautimous! Some better then others, some louder then others, some dancing in the back as if there were ants under her robes (oh, there is one in *every* crowd. *L*) and one boy who bounced and swayed with the music as if he were in a Southern Baptist Gospel Swing group too. Papa and I giggled a bit, had gramma threaten to seperate us, and then we all giggled some more. It was grand fun.

The pup though? She was *tres* unimpressed.

Here’s a snapshot of the boy’s mass chior (they sang one on their own, then the mass girls sang one from the audience, and then they sang three all togehter. I didn’t get a picture of the all together because my batteries died – but I *did* video tape the whole thing cuz the Asshole had to miss it. So Auntie let me borrow the cam.)

then! we got home, and well, it’d been so pretty, we’d left the back window open. The cat likes to go out and sun herself in the summer time, and as she *is* a 17 year old cat, so we let her get away with whatever she wants, pretty much. UNtil she came back inside. Now – there’s this pile of *something* outside that the dog occasionally rolls in, causing us to give her a bath because she REEKS afterwards. The cat normally does not do that – not so tonight. She came in and tried to sit in my lap and my EYES started watering. it was RANCID… like… 2 year old fish guts with a heaping helping of…. gross stuff. yeah. the smell is impossible to discribe, but my GOD did it STINK. and she wanted to sit in my LAP and on my COMPUTER and dear god NO!

So I did the unthinkable. I gave my very willful, very old, very cranky cat a bath. It took two of us – both me and the Girl with the pup giving helpful (HA!) advice throughouth the ordeal. DD is not happy with me. At all. in fact, she’s downright pathetic looking….

And then, to prove her discontent, she climbed into my cleavage and promptly shedded half her fur at will. I had enough fur in my boobage to create another cat. All I could do was snort, and yes say “Well, that’ll sure put hair on my chest…”

haha. so punny. I know.

She’s finally dry and warm, but there for a while wouldn’t even LOOK at me. She even went to bed with the Girl and slept up there on her pilly for a while. Then she resumed her seat on my monitor and glared at me. Now, she’s curled up on her favorite ass warmer (the back of the monitor) and ignoring the fact that I exist at all. *L* And all I can do is laugh, and tell her i’m SORRY… but really, if she wants to sleep inside where it’s warm, she *had* to smell nice. She’s lucky I didn’t just spritz her with fabreeze or something toxic to her like that. *L*

And that, my friends, is that. Aren’t ya glad ya asked? *g* Tomorrow night, Band concert! and thursday the pup has her dinosaur program. Then friday both girls have field trips – one of which I have to drag the girl to at 7am! AM! in order to catch her bus….

Oh it has begun – the last month of school, I swear there are more field trips then school days. And soon – Little league! Whoot!