One of my long time readers, Helen, gave me a lil nudge the other day. She politely pointed out that its been over a month (cringe) since my last post and her cats (pictured below) were desperately waiting for another post. Okay, maybe I added the desperately part, but nonetheless the picture worked and we can all thank Helen for this post.
This time I have a pretty valid excuse for not posting in over a month (cringe, again). We're moving! By October. So for the past several weeks my house has been in total disarray with boxes everywhere. I can not be creative in such cluttered conditions! Not buying it? Ok, well, there are still boxes everywhere and if I'm going to do anything after I get home from a long day at work, I'm going to sit on the couch and watch tv - err...pack. Packing leaves little time for blogging about my favorite orange fur ball.
Manny is taking the move in stride. I keep reminding him that he will be moving and needs to start packing his things. He stares blankly at me when I tell him that. Actually, so does The Husband now that I think about it. Since we started putting our possessions in cardboard boxes and shoving everything into the dinning room Manny has turned into the Move Inspector. Every morning I find him sniffing things and walking around the room just checking things out (how he found space to walk around in is beyond me). In fact he's sitting under the table as I write this under the same chair we find him every morning. The Husband thinks that Manny is watching over our stuff. I think Manny, not literate in calendar, is just making sure he is not going to be left behind come move day. As if that would happen. If I could put him in a box marked fragile now I would, but I'm pretty sure he would hate that.
So now besides packing (I hate packing) The Husband and I are in discussions over the best way to move Manny. The vet suggested valium. For Manny, that is. We also need to figure out a way to move that Godforsaken fish tank. The vet suggested valium. For me, not the fish. With all that to think about, I'm surprised I just don't sit on the couch and watch the Family Guy after work -- oh wait, I do.
With that said, I'm excited to be moving. My faster commute to work will be a dream; and I'm ready for a new adventure of sorts. Now if only I could snap my fingers and everything would be done for me, I'd be golden.
P.S. I leave for Ireland today. Yup, I'm a glutton. Good bye disarray, hellooo Emerald Isle.
Eddie, Esme and Simone, left to right in the photo. Helen writes, "Eddie gets called Eddie Spaghetti, and Simone is Simonee Spumoni - we haven't come up with an Italian connection for Esme". Mannicotti Biscotti loves the Italian nicknames, btw.
