Crazy Cat Lady Chapter 4 - The Aftermath

foxgloves

Sorry about the demise of your courgette, CCL, but I laughed out loud on hearing that it met its death being scoffed by a cat. I have both grown courgettes & owned cats for years & I have never known any of them show the slightest interest in courgette plant chewing. Only in the CCL household, lol.
F x

PurpleFairy26

What health conscious cats you own 🤣🤣

crazy_cat_lady

Seriously - foxgloves told me that courgettes are easy and you get loads of fruit from them, so I had to have a go. I figured if I was going to be successful then I would most likely be successful with something easy to grow. Alas not. I know that plant stem cells can grow into a whole new plant so kept the bit I had left in a feeble, and ultimately futile hope. It's just dying/dead. I still have six cucumbers, six peppers, eight onions, a tray of lettuce and two tomatoes. The plan is that at some point today I go and transfer them to bigger pots or growbags. We shall see - I've only just gotten home from work and seen that the kids have done most of the jobs I left so I have no excuse really (apart from hating gardening). Might keep some plastic bottles to make cloches with for the smaller plants and keep the kitties away from. I wonder if my cats are fully aware that they're obligate carnivores. Was just telling dd and she was like 'Oh yes - NT2 is always chomping on the plants - she really loved that one'. Hmmm.
It's warm and I'm hot and can't be bothered - but I need to do something - I have a friend coming round tomorrow afternoon for an all afternoon and evening gin session in the garden. Need to get partly presentable and look like a house and garden goddess while I'm drinking gin. Not that I think my friend will judge me - she's too interested in my gin collection  

f0xh0les

It could have been a Darwin move by Cat-face, as cats are supposed to be terrified of cukes/ courgettes as they look enough like snakes for their 'Waaaaaaaaaah'  reaction to kick in.  It was a pre-emptive strike on behalf of the feline race.

Darwin is a much loved friend in our house. 

-Have you done your homework yet? 

- Erm, No? 

-What would Darwin say about your chances of survival?

(or) Darwin had a theory about you.

Wednesday Gin-Day sounds lovely.   CCL's Gin Sessions.    Don't forget the sunblock, tomorrow is supposed to be positively tropical.   Herr Ron has FeverTree mixers in as well.  If you are not planning on doing shots.  Ridiculously cheap. 

Oooh!  Is the holiday on then?  Meant to ask after hearing B0z0 this afternoon

crazy_cat_lady

Hello!
Bathroom is officially finished! I had a joiner come round this morning and fit a new door, which means that for the first time in 16 years we have a bathroom door that closes without being forced and isn't locked with a little hook and eye. It makes me feel so incredibly posh and I now have delusions of having all of my internal doors replaced. May not be too wild of an idea - I only have 3 internal doors downstairs and the 3 bedroom doors needing done upstairs. However, there are bills to pay and loans hanging over my head so I need some breathing space on that first.
It is a glorious day outside - I've spent all morning being a good mother and teacher, getting the house cleaned (one door = lots of mess through the house), educating ds about Darwin (he couldn't care less) and ticking the box for my school's virtual sports day so that I can have the afternoon off getting drunk and sunburnt. Garden is as tidy as it gets - grass was done on Monday and I diligently repotted my surviving plants yesterday - to make it look like I'm a gardening goddess but I actually had a face like this all the way through, and dd had a face like this I am convinced I can see a new shoot on my decimated courgette so have refused to throw it away much to dd's amusement whenever she sees it on the windowsill. NT2 is still eyeing it up but has spent the day sunbathing so far do destruction of the courgette plant isn't high on her priority list. F0xh0les I had completely forgotten those cat and cucumber videos, which I've watched this morning for a giggle. Thanks for the advice about Herr Ronn - I've never seen Fevertree in there but I expect it's easily missed when I'm just looking for golden breaded items. I'll have a look when I go and meet my friend later. I have loads of gin but rather fewer mixers which is just no good.

PurpleFairy26

Hope you enjoyed the gin afternoon with your friend. 

Start a list of things you want to get done when the time is right. Start with new internal doors. When we moved the house had £20 cheap interns doors and none of them shut. We got a joiner to replace them over time. They look so much better and so much more substantial. It’ll be worth it when the time is right. 

crazy_cat_lady

I went to university in 1995. I did quite a busy course - 27 hours of lectures even in my final year. While I did my 27 hours in class, X hours of independent study and 25 hours a week working in the Union bar I still also managed to find time for all nighters and lots of drinking. I could finish drinking at 3am, grab breakfast in the library restaurant at 8am, attend lectures all day and still be at work by 7pm the next day. When I got to weekends I could start drinking at noon and easily go for 15 hours if I wasn't at work... those were the days. 
I had an amazing day yesterday - the weather was lovely, I got sunburnt through my factor 30 and we drank. I drank parma violet gin, sherbet lemon gin, orange gin, sloe gin, hibiscus and strawberry gin, strawberry and peppercorn gin and also squeezed in a couple of cans of alcoholic pink lemonade. I walked my friend back to catch the last bus at 11pm - I got home, washed dishes, put recycling out, drank a pint of water and took 2 paracetamol, had a shower and went to bed. Today I feel as though I'm about to begin a 3 day recovery period. I can barely be bothered to lift my head (which thankfully doesn't hurt) - it's SO hot and I feel so tired. I didn't have any little jobs to do other than feed the cats and start the washing machine when I got up but I did that then lay down on the sofa for 5 minutes, which turned into an hour only disturbed by the sound of one of the cats having a fight with a seagull. Checked my work emails and then laid down again. Think this is how today will continue and I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself that I spent half of my twenties and all of my thirties working on a doomed relationship when I could have been out enjoying myself - but that is part of the hangover (nostalgia and regret). I think I only got miserable once yesterday - dd took great pleasure in telling my friend that I never get drunk without asking if I'm as bad as her dad when I'm drinking (obviously as he's alcohol dependent I worry every time I drink I think I might look like an alcoholic) and I then got on moaning about my own self esteem and being doomed to spend the rest of my life on my own and die alone and be eaten by the cats when the kids have left home to have families of their own etc. Nothing like a drink to remind me that I'm not my own biggest fan.
Anyway - I think that today is going to be a complete non starter. The kids are both still in bed and I can't seem to get going with my work at all - my brain is still very much 'off'. It's too warm to crochet blankets (and my brain is off), so I will just lie on the sofa and watch BBC1 until the kids get up. Then I will make them run round after me for the rest of the day as I'm now officially old and need caring for.
I'm actually exhausted again now so may just put my head down for five minutes  

beanielou

I think it is the missing of the different types of alcohol. 

I just so cannot do that now. 

Hope you feel better soon 😻

crazy_cat_lady

Morning all
Still too blimming warm here - I've struggled the past couple of days. A combination of hangover, heat, poor diet, lack of sleep etc. Another rotten night last night but I am hoping that the rain due later will clear the air a bit and I'll be better soon. 
Not enjoying the effect it has on my mood either as it's left me feeling quite flat the past couple of days - I blame myself (as always). Anyway... I start every day feeling hopeful even if I feel rough and have made a start with washing dishes and getting the washing on before sitting down and feeling like I could nap.
It is Saturday and for the first time in weeks I'm up to date with school stuff which means I don't have to do any work this weekend at all. It's also been too hot to crochet blankets unfortunately so I'm working on a blanket made of smaller pieces that I can do then join together once it's all finished and probably cooler. I've written my annoying jobs list and will be back into the habit of 40 mins of fun stuff followed by a job (dd has gotten me into watching Prison Break now) - that will probably make me feel better as it feels like days since I did anything properly productive. Plus, we have a trip to the tip booked on Tuesday and I don't feel as though we have much rubbish to take which is a little disappointing. Best get some cupboards decluttered. This weekend needs to be a sort-stuff-out weekend if I can ever manage to get going again. It's not looking good at the moment but if I stop giving myself a hard time and take it in small, manageable chunks then I may be surprised with what I can manage.
Other than that - grocery collection from Mr S this afternoon - no subs again (result!) and I must find time for a walk of at least an hour because I haven't had a good walk for a while. Might even be worth doing in the rain.

f0xh0les

Have a lovely day.  As you are up to date with the work, just chill, do whatever makes you happy, take a CCL day.

There is no law that says your car has to be full to go to the tip.