...are no match for your pets.
Yesterday, most of my team ended up in the same all-day culture training that I went through on the 12th. As a result, I had only three meetings, all in the morning, and after lunch I was wide open. I thought I would take advantage of not having to actually be present in the office, and work from home. "It will be perfect," I thought to myself. "I can cuddle the pets, work on some presentations in my sweatpants...brilliant."
Well. I got home, set up my computer and was all set to get down to business when I smelled a foul odor. The odor seemed to be coming specifically from the cat. It didn't take me long to figure out that Mini had somehow manged to poop herself and then step in it. Lovely
Natrually, I immediately tried to clean it up with numerous paper towels and soap. After about five minutes of epic cat-bathing faliure I gave up and decided to lock Mini in the back hallway until Ben got home, because honestly, you try to wash dried poop off of your cat's leg while simultaneously holding them still and also trying to avoid multiple puncture wounds.
Once Mini was safely in solitary confinement away from all furniture, rugs and humans, I took Sid for a nice long walk around the neighborhood. About five minutes into our stroll, I heard his tummy make a distinct gurgling sound. This is never a good sign. Usually it happens after he decides to have a little snack from Mini's litter box, which can happen if I'm not paying attention...which I definitely was not while wrestling with Mini and her soiled foot/leg.
Sometimes he has a horrible reaction afterwards...and sometimes nothing happens at all. I decided to just wait it out, get some work done, and try to keep him off the furniture. Of course, while I was answering emails he managed to scoot past me and puke all over the living room carpet.
And on that appetizing note...happy Friday!
Yesterday, most of my team ended up in the same all-day culture training that I went through on the 12th. As a result, I had only three meetings, all in the morning, and after lunch I was wide open. I thought I would take advantage of not having to actually be present in the office, and work from home. "It will be perfect," I thought to myself. "I can cuddle the pets, work on some presentations in my sweatpants...brilliant."
Well. I got home, set up my computer and was all set to get down to business when I smelled a foul odor. The odor seemed to be coming specifically from the cat. It didn't take me long to figure out that Mini had somehow manged to poop herself and then step in it. Lovely
Natrually, I immediately tried to clean it up with numerous paper towels and soap. After about five minutes of epic cat-bathing faliure I gave up and decided to lock Mini in the back hallway until Ben got home, because honestly, you try to wash dried poop off of your cat's leg while simultaneously holding them still and also trying to avoid multiple puncture wounds.
Once Mini was safely in solitary confinement away from all furniture, rugs and humans, I took Sid for a nice long walk around the neighborhood. About five minutes into our stroll, I heard his tummy make a distinct gurgling sound. This is never a good sign. Usually it happens after he decides to have a little snack from Mini's litter box, which can happen if I'm not paying attention...which I definitely was not while wrestling with Mini and her soiled foot/leg.
Sometimes he has a horrible reaction afterwards...and sometimes nothing happens at all. I decided to just wait it out, get some work done, and try to keep him off the furniture. Of course, while I was answering emails he managed to scoot past me and puke all over the living room carpet.
Instead of getting more work done at home, I ended up getting less done...and spending most of my time cleaning. If those two weren't so damn adorable...we would have problems.
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ReplyDeleteThat pretty much sums up pet ownership - happily!
ReplyDeleteoh no! you hear about when peoples kids get sick and there is stuff coming out both ends and you have to just put them in the bath haha... this is kind of like that! Hope you get it all cleaned up soon so you can relax!
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