Wednesday Post - Cat Pics!

Cat sitting continues apace. Here are two more photos of Melody. The first one is rather blurry. Sorry about that!

Cat Sitting, Week One

Adrian and I are cat sitting for friends of ours. This is my first time cat sitting, so the last week has been a learning experience. The cat's name is Melody, and she is a very friendly cat.

Here are some photos of her to prove it!

We are pet sitting Melody for five weeks because her humans are visiting the States from overseas. I guess I find that this week has been a rather long one, mostly because having a cat around, and being responsible for one, has taken some getting used to.

Week in NJ Post Wrap Up

I spent the last eight days down in New Jersey, visiting my Mom and brother. My brother was in a car accident last month. His truck was a total loss, and B. himself suffered some injuries - cracked ribs, a fractured wrist, and a broken bone in his right leg that required surgery and pins/screws to be inserted to hold the bones together. He spent two weeks in the hospital, and one week at a rehab facility. He's been home for two weeks now, and he's been going to physical therapy for his leg for the last two weeks too. Today he starts week three of PT at a facility the next town over from where he and my Mom live. B. is looking forward to getting the cast off of his arm a week from tomorrow.

I spent last week making B. cups of tea, fetching things for him, helping him into and out of his truck, and going with him and our Mom to his Monday and Wednesday PT appointments. B. had a friend take him to PT on Friday. On Friday, Mom and I went to a garage sale in my hometown, and an estate sale in the town where B. has PT, and then we went to Costco to pick up some things for the weekend. 

A. rented a car and drove down to my Mom's on Saturday, and then he and I drove home yesterday, using the car to go grocery shopping for the week.

Tired

People often ask me how I am doing or how I am feeling. I usually respond by saying that I am doing/feeling OK or fine. If I am being honest, however, I would say that I have mostly been feeling tired. It's been a struggle to do things, and to get things done. I oftentimes feel overwhelmed and depressed by current events.

On the one hand, I am looking forward to this summer because Adrian and I do have some things planned. We're planning a trip up to Portland, Maine for our third wedding anniversary in August. I am looking forward to (hopefully) checking out Sail Boston, and there are some movies coming out this summer that I hope to catch in theaters, such as Cars 3, Despicable Me 3, Spider Man: Homecoming, War for the Planet of the Apes, Dunkirk, Atomic Blonde, and The Dark Tower. I want to see the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's free summer production of Romeo and Juliet.

On the other hand, I am looking forward to this summer being over. I say this mostly because there is going to be a lot of construction going on in and around the South Shore during the months of June, July, and August, and I am not looking forward to dealing with any of it. 

I wish that I felt more optimistic about the future of the Human species, and, if I am being honest, there have been many times when I've found myself wishing that I could unplug my brain, and/or go back to a point in time when I was innocent, naive, and/or idealistic.

In any event, I need to wrap this up and get going. I have some laundry that I need to put away.