Vet office

I took Frodo to get his shots thinking this is the last time. They don’t have Frodo's records from the animal shelter I gave them last time. I know the lady marked a sheet while checking Frodo's folder. Well whatever she wrote down was not there, just the shots they gave that day. They didn’t reaize Frodo had been neutered until they grabbed his privates or knew he was from a shelter. They need those records because the nurse needs to figure out if he needs another distemper shot.

So I go home to get the folder and call the vet office to read off the unprouncable medical terms. I'm on hold for 5 minutes. Get a person and she has no idea what I'm talking about and gives the phone to someone else. I read off the shots and when they were given. She is confused at the series of shots they gave, "Why did they do that" she says. I asked if she would like the phone number of the shelter's vet and she says yes so she can call them for Frodo's records. As I start reciting the first 3 numbers, she interupts saying it would be easier if I just came down with the folder and they can xerox it for the file.

Get to the office, get a person who knows why I'm there, I hand over the folder, and the lady is given the phone. She doesn’t write anything down, just talks on the phone about a little girl 8 years old who was sent home with a 102 temperature and throwing up. She thinks is inexcusable to send this girl home when she is so sick. I assuming it was a doctor who sent the girl home, not a school. We are interupted by the nurse who gave Frodo his shots asking if I forgotten something. I explain I brought over his records and the lady on the phone pats the folder sitting on the counter. No xeroxing was done and only a couple of boxes were written in on the paper saying Animal Record on top. The lady hands back the folder and says Thank you, then continues her conversation. You know, it really pisses me off when customers are neglected so people can take personal phone calls. Especially when they make me come all the way back because somebody didn’t do their job last time we were there. I have no idea if Frodo needs anymore shots, lady on the phone didn’t say one way or the other. I'm done griping. Post later. Bye!

First bird

Precious caught his first bird. I saw him pawing at the bushes and then his head got bigger, then I realized he had something in his mouth. He hid under the bush and I saw him pawing at a bird, it didn’t move. I don't know what he did with it, it was all under the bush.

Then Precious climbed a good 10 feet up a tree trunk, then looked at me like "What do I do now?" He made himself comfortable on a branch, then started down. He came down a little backwards, then turned around to jump down. As he was squirming before the jump (maybe 8 feet), I walked over and spread my arms. I caught him and set him down. We had an adventurous walk.

I got in the mail my first birthday card today from my aunt. She was pleased at the cat photos I sent her. Apparently she feeds a stray cat in the neighborhood. She cooks chicken for her dog and feeds whatever is left to the cats. Pampered pooch. She included $20 with her letter. Mom keeps reminding me that my dining room table is my birthday present so don't expect anything else from her. I don't have any plans for my birthday. Mom said she wanted to take me out to dinner. I can't expect my barhopping friend to recall my birthday every year.

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Party!!!

My sister sells Tupperware so she is itchy to get me to host a Tupperware party. She said she will bring all the food and drink, and the Tupperware lady respresenting the company. I have been sharing the news at work to see if there is interest. I have a few excited to come and a few maybes. I never hosted a party before so I am relying on my sister for help. I do feel guilty making my sister bring all the food so I told her I can make cupcakes. I think this will be fun.

My sister often rags on me about getting better friends and working with higher class of people. She can't understand why I want to hang around poor trashy people. Easy: They accept me the way I am, fun to talk to, eagerly look at photos of my cats, and encourage my dreams. Why would I want someone else to be my friend?

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Good-bye Nina

I received notice of the no-kill shelter cat I had been sponsoring for about
a year has died. Nina died from complications of feline leukemia and the
staff made her as comfortable as possible in her last hours. The noticed
called it passing over the rainbow bridge. I wonder where that come from. I
have heard of passing away, going cat heaven, or even kicking the bucket,
but never heard of a rainbow bridge to describe dying. Oh well. Post later.
Bye!

Tupperware party

My sister has been itchy for me to host a Tupperware party since she sells it. She said she would provide the finger food and drinks. I get 25 party invitations and catalogs for those who can't attend but wish to purchase. I got a few yeses and maybes so we shall see what happens. I plan to invite everyone I know at work. My relatives live too far away. Post later. Bye!

Spider-cat

I caught my kitty Frodo climbing the window screen in the bedroom in the middle of the night. Then I spied Precious climb up and paw at Frodo until he came down. Ahhh, I didn't have to get up and grab him as usual. When I do that it means I close the window for a day to keep spider-cat from climbing up again. He is learning. Later when Frodo climbed up again and stuck his head through the blinds, I yelled at him to get down and he climbed down. I didn't shut the window. I petted him and said he was a good boy. I also petted Precious since he was there next to my feet. Post later. Bye!

Cat walk

I took my cats outside and left off the leashes. They did have harnesses on if they wandered in no-no territory. I did hook up the leash when they got interested in the pool fence. They jumped around like prancing gazelles and climbed trees while chasing each other. They stirred up people walking their dogs, but sniffed about ignoring them. The dog owners guided their dogs away from the cats. When Precious once could not see Frodo in the bushes, he let out this strange yowl and Frodo answered. Cats do speak to each other, thye just don't speak English. Since we had not gone outside for almost a week, I let them have extra time out. Cats do talk to each other, they just don't speak English. After an hour and 15 minutes, the cats were meowing at the door to go back inside. They meowed at the wrong door (they all look alike) so I had to carry them to the right door. It is aninteresting experience carrying 2 cats in my tiny arms. I met one of my nieghbors coming home with groceries. He petted Precious and talked about a neighbor on the 2nd floor whose cat was allowed out on the balcony. It jumped over the railing, landed on the roof over the front door and jumped door to the ground. There is not much chance of that happening from the 3rd floor balcony where I am. I wore them out so much that they took a nap right away. Post later. Bye!

Ad for purses

I saw an advertisement today for Paris Hilton's purse collection. Is there anything this girl doesn't do? I mean modeling, reality show, book, perfume, horror film acting, commericals, record label, singing on her own album, and now purses. I have to wonder what exactly is her passion. I can tell she gets her feet wet in everything and masters nothing. Post later. Bye!

Funny people

The other night, I guess some flights to Cedar Rapids were diverted to us. I had a guy (not joking) asked me to bill United Airlines or the FCC (I think he meant FAA) for his rental car because they messed up his flight plans. I said I couldn’t do that. What a weirdo. Post later. Bye!

Hurricane Annika

My sister and niece came to visit me and the cats today. My niece Annika entertained herself in my bedroom while my sister and I talked in the living room. We heard her talking so we felt asured she was alright playing with the cats. I checked on her once and she was looking at my photo albums and got excited when she saw people she knew.

Then I had to go to work and my sister tried to put my niece down for a nap while she played on my computer. I come home to a bedroom that looked like it was hit by a hurricane. My cats' water bowls were empty and their food soaking wet. Plus my bedroom was a mess with stuff thrown everywhere. Then I am missing 3 pictures out of my photo albums after putting them back in the slots. At least my niece had fun. Post later. Bye!

Maggots

I got a moist cat food from the animal shelter when I picked up my cat Frodo, along with dry cat food they use. Today I check the cats' food dishes to see the moist cat food is moving. Odd. A closer look revealed maggots crawling all over the food. I tossed it in the garbage disposal and rinsed out the container. I hope Frodo doesn't have maggots in his tummy from this. He takes forever to eat his food. I wish he would eat the mosit stuff I little quicker, but he takes his time about it. Post later. Bye!

Met Superman

Well I met Superman as he walked by and said hi to my coworker who lives next door to Superman's parents, but I didn't realize it was him until my coworker said "You just missed Superman." "You mean that kid that just walked by," I answered. Sorry I didn't get his autograph. Posty later. Bye!

Warning at the desk

I heard today of an airplane bombing plot in Britain where 15 to 20 people
were arrested planning on using a new explosive that is a liquid so the TSA
banned on liquids from carry on baggage and beverages held in passengers'
hands. They even printed a warning for the car rentals to tape to their counters to inform the public of this new rule. I think the TSA should simply ban all carry on luggage, coats, and any clothing with pockets. Perhaps that will make the security line shorter with fewer false alarms from innocent passengers not thinking like
terrorists.

I was also thinking that there is actually an explosive substance invented by the terrorists that the US Army has yet to get their hands on. That seems a little strange to me. Post later. Bye!

Fleas

My sister told me yesterday that her cat has fleas around its head. She is convinced my cat gave them to hers. But they haven't seen each other in weeks since my cat has been banished from her house. Plus, I took one cat to the vet the day before and he said nothing about fleas. He said I have a healthy cat. I am sure if one cat had fleas the other would too. Who knows where they came from? Post later. Bye!

Figured it out

I figured out why my Precious keeps chewing on my ears, he's teething. My other cat Frodo has started doing that chewing thing to my pajama top. I looked up in my cat book when they start getting their adult teeth, 4-6 months. Then thye sexually mature at 7 months for males (6 months for females), and are fully grown at 1 year. I guess Frodo would be like a 7-year-old human, while Precious would be about 8 or 9. Post later. Bye!

Cute kitties

Here are photos of my kitties playing today. The larger is Precious and the smaller with white paws is Frodo. Post later. Bye!

Adventure

Today I got visitors today. My sister and 3 nieces from another state went to church with Grandma to pick up one niece who was visiting Grandma this past week. My sister came yesterday with 2 nieces and stayed overnight at my other sister's house in town. We met up at IHOP, but they were a little crowded and I have to get to work in an hour or so. I gave directions to Perkins nearby, but gave wrong directions so they found their own way there. I had the Belgian wafle, sister had strawberry waffle, one niece had shrimp feast, another had omelette and pancakes, and the third had soup and something I forgot. I think it was some kind of sandwich. Two nieces ate off of the shrimp feast plate because my niece got full drinking her chocolate shake waiting for the food and had a tummy ache. Then the omelette and pancake niece was full the the third ate most of her pancakes. So I would have time to visit with my visitors, I called work from my sister's cell phone to say I would be in an hour after my shift began. No problem.

Then they followed me to my place. Once niece made my sister move so she could sit on the couch next to me, then ran all over the room playing with the cats. The shrimp feast niece wanted ice cream she had last time she visited, but my sister said no since she didn't eat her dinner. One niece told my cat Frodo, as they petted them good-bye, to go find the ring. My cat Precious is named after the Ring in Lord of the Rings. The nieces loved the cats so much that my sister had to order them to put the cats down. Then I walked them out to get dance recital pictures off my sister. They are back to school shopping. One niece said she wished she could go swimming again as we walked to the car. No swimming today, gotta go shopping. I had a long day at work before driving across town to feed my sister's cats. She returns from vacation tomorrow. Post later. Bye!

Water bowl

My 2 cats drank from the same water bowl at the same time, and no catfight. I was so happy they are getting along so well.

My new cat is less of a scaredy cat now. Post later. Bye!

Back cover

Just when I'm trying to figure out how to send back my story version with all corrections present, this will be my 3rd attempt of sending this back. Then the book publisher sends an email telling me to cough up a back cover paragraph describing the book and me. No wonder I'm so bitching lately when people ask for favors. But I can't tell anyone what is bothering me because no one knows I'm doing this. If I do, I know it will be: So is it done yet?

I read the back of a few books to see what they say. So far , I came up with:

Written for a beloved teenage niece, The Hermit tells a story of a hero who fell from grace reciting his autobiography to three boys demanding to know why he can't erase all the evil in the world. The Hermit stages of life in a world when mermaids and fairies were real. Back when people worhipped gods and goddesses of nature and commerce. A time when kings creating empires respected sorcerers and witches while their soldiers discovered iron weapons. This is a story of a foretold hero rising to fame in his homeland, falling in love, and losing everything he ever cared about. Will he rise from the ashes of sorrow and fight another day?

And for the author's paragraph:

Jordan Harvey loved reading stories to her nieces and made up a few of her own. Her debut novel chronicles much of her own life from a childhood full of hope to a twenty-something struggling to make ends meet. Now living in Des Moines, IA with two cats named Precious and Frodo, Jordan Harvey writes stories in her spare time for a wider audience.