Ghost cat?

The oddest thing happen to us today. First it happen to me as I was walking down the hall to the bedroom. I could have sworn one of the cats was right behind me. As I turned the corner I saw that all three were laying on the bed. I shook it off and didn't really think much more of it. Later in the evening Jack said he was coming out of the bathroom and could have sworn Layla was right behind him, he even said something to her and almost tripped trying to avoid stepping on her. Then he realized nothing was there and I was busy feeding all three of them in the kitchen.

So Im wondering now if we have a ghost cat.

If your an avid reader you already know where this is going....don't you...lol!

The girls and I sat around the coffee table. I lit some candles and we put our hands together...errr...paws. Gert was really scared at first but then after I promised she could have extra tuna she agreed to stay. Nothing happen and they all three fell asleep 5 min into it. Lazy felines! I spent the better part of the evening making our own weegie board. I thought we'd try again once they all stopped napping and licking themselves.

Once we got focused we tried again. I began to ask questions as we had our fingers/pads on the empty tuna can. "are you a good cat spirit?"......nothing....."what is your name?".........again nothing. The girls were beginning to loose interest. Suddenly the candle flickered and we felt a presence. The tuna can began to move slowly around the board. "are you a good cat?" I asked again.....the can now zooming around the board. It stopped on the letter W. "what is your name"...zoom zoom H. Jack grabbed a note pad and started to write down the letters. "why are you here?" ......O....zoooooom O....I started to get scared and Gert looked as though she was seeing something. The tuna can whizzed around the board again stopping on F. I asked Jack to read it back to us...."what does it say"?? He paused for a moment, looked up at me and said with a puzzled voice "Whoof?"

Ya well Im sick today so that's all the better it gets! *grin*

Susan
~peace~

I now believe in stooperstition

If you read my blog yesterday you will remember the race we had with a black cat. Last night about 10pm there was a knock at the door. I hesitated to even answer it but figured I better. A frantic tenant was standing at my door telling me water was leaking from an upstairs unit and flooding the hallway.

Some new people I had just moved in last friday had taken the lid off the back of thier toilet and the tube that carries the water to the tank had come loose, flipped up and was spraying a steady stream of water into the hallway. It flooded thier hallway, the hallway in the apartment below them and the laundry room next to the downstairs unit. Thank God Jack was with me, I was in a panic running around trying to find our shopvac. It didn't matter though because it was way to much water for us to handle. I ended up calling the carpet cleaners to come suck up the water. The maintenance man will work today even though it's our day off. He has to help get some light fixtures dried out so we don't have electrical problems.

Jack woke thismorning, got ready for work and came to kiss me goodbye. He leaned down and whispered in my ear "baby, next time Im gonna run the cat over". I giggled in my sleepiness and he marched off to work. We're both sleepy from being up late taking care of this problem and hoping the wrath of the black cat is over.

Susan
~peace~

The Black Cat

Im about to tell you a story that you are not going to believe. Jack and I can hardly believe it ourselves and have not stopped laughing about it since.

First let me tell you how my day went as it leads up to this very funny ending. The perfect ending for a good day, in the life of Jack and Susan that is.

Today was my Friday, tomorrow is a holiday and Jack's birthday is Saturday the 12th. I have been thinking and preparing for Jack's Birthday for weeks. I was able to purchase Jack a gift that I ordered online. I was happy about that, and that it was arriving today, just in time!

So Today I had a fairly quiet day and I have been anxiously awaiting a parcel from a friend in the U.K.. I had a funny feeling it would arrive today. Call it intuition or like Jack, call me a witch, either way I had a feeling it was coming today. I got the knock at my door from the postman and sure enough, it was here! I started dancing around with it like a little kid who's never been sent a present. I felt extremely excited and wanted to open right away. I didn't know if I should wait so Jack could see or just open it. I set it down on the coffee table and ran to get a knife. Before I took the knife to it I examined the stickers and writing on it. "OOH, it says 'Royal Mail'! WOW, I've never had anything sent to me from anywhere but the U.S.. This was so neat to me. I ran my fingers around the box and even smelled it. I really don't know why other then I was trying to soak up every bit of it. I removed the string from around the box, which by the way was totally neat to me. I've never gotten a parcel with string around it. Why this fascinated me I don't know. I finally opened it and slowly started pulling out all the goodies. I read the card enclosed and felt choked up, but had promised I wouldn't cry! It was like Christmas or my Birthday! I loved everything! I could not email this person fast enough to thank her. I was so excited and happy that I typed the wrong password to my email three times. I thought I'd never get it right. I called Jack and he was tickled pink and was so glad and excited also. I finally felt like someone on this earth gave a damn. It was the pick me up I really needed and I love this lady with all my heart! They don't get any better then her!

Later in the day Jack's present I ordered came and that was great too. I was happy it arrived on time for his birthday. Jack picked me up so we could run to the grocery store. I wanted to order him a cake and he wanted some blueberry tea. On the way home we were about 4 blocks away and we had to slow down to let a car in front of us turn. As we were slowing up I noticed an all black cat in a parking lot about 20ft away. I jokingly said "oh no, don't cross our path black cat". Jack looked over and chuckled a bit. I kept my eye on the cat as we started to move again. Suddenly the cat began to walk faster and came closer and closer to us. Just as we are picking up speed the cat was at a dead run next to us trying to cross in front of us. Jack said "oh my god what is that cat doing!, it's RACING US!". I said "Oh crap it's trying to cross in front of us!!". Jack HAD to slow up a bit to avoid hitting the cat! As he did it darted out in front of us and crossed the street. We both started laughing and saying Oh MAN!! It was completely unbelievable! Jack started calling me a witch and telling me It was all my fault that I was the weird one. I was freaking out and laughing so hard I nearly wet myself. We continued to talk about it during dinner and I told Jack that no one would ever believe us. It was just to crazy of a story. I can still see that cat at a dead run next to our van determined to cross in front of us. Amazing is all I can think to say.

So that was my day...the perfect ending!
Susan
~peace~

I feel like Im disappointing my readers by writing about how tired I am. I have nothing new to talk about except that Im tired. No sleep last night, Jack was up and down again. I woke up feeling pissed off but I can't be pissed at him, it's not his fault. So today I'll stuff more feelings of selfishness, I can only be angry at myself for knowing better. How can I get upset with a man living with chronic pain? Im a horrible person for even thinking it. I feel myself sinking into a black hole, everything around me is caving in. I want to scream at the top of my lungs "I just want my old Jack!" I just want to laugh and snuggle again! I can't help but to think this is some sort of punishment from God and poor Jack is stuck in the middle of it all.

While driving threw town yesterday Jack and I see this family who we sort of know and they are driving around in a nice car and recently moved into a nice rental house. We keep scratching our heads because we can't figure out how they afford it. Our only conclusion is that they must be in debt over their heads. Why is it those who do not have always seem to find or get and those who struggle to get ahead never get anywhere. I feel like we are spinning our tires in mud. Now with Christmas upon us we are sure to slide right back down and suffer a financial set back for the purchase of a vehicle once again. I am wondering if being in debt over your head is the way to be. I don't know if I can live like that or not. The stress of owing people money would throw me over the edge. How do people wake up every morning and feel worthy of even the smallest of pleasures when you know you owe someone thousands of dollars? I will never understand that.

Jack's birthday is Saturday the 12th. Im debating on whether I should get him something or just make a nice meal and bake a cake. I know Jack would not care either way. I hate not being able to do both and not even think twice about it.

well, it is Monday again....I wish I could sleep through till Friday, but I can't so I need to go.
Susan
~peace~