"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." -- unknown

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results - Albert Einstein

The storm
August 18, 2007 - 8:27 am

The first rumble of thunder... was enough to make her pause batting the ball of paper. The initial downpour of rain was probably both thrilling and terrifying to her -- so much water and so many sounds.

She took to bolting back and forth, the length of the condo, from the balcony door to the second bedroom windows. I cracked some windows, might as get some fresh air in... and, I think, this further added to her growing...uhm, I won't say hysteria, but something like it.

Eyes wide. From one room to the next. A small bolt of white furry lightning. Scampering and sliding on the hardwood floors, unable to stop... using walls, doors and sliding glass as her only means of deceleration. Random hops for the floor to the couch cushion, back to the floor and back to the couch. Utterly no rhyme nor reason to where she went or why.

Imagine, if you will, the most ADD kid you've ever seen loaded to the gills with pure sugar and placed in the midsts of arcade with unlimited money.

She still has her cold.. sneezing a lot today. Makes me wonder if she has some sort of allergy... whatever it is, certainly doesn't affect her energy.

I need to decide this week.. what I'm going to do with her. Either take her with me to VA or board her here I guess are my options. I don't like the idea of boarding her... and the prospect of her in a car for 9 hours isn't thrilling either. The better choice is for a cat sitter to pop in, but that doesn't seem to be an option anymore.