It's safe to say that I'm a bit overwhelmed today! Well, it actually started yesterday when we woke up and found our family cat (Charlie) on the floor completely lethargic. We picked him up and he was honestly like a stuffed animal. I woke the kids up and we all jumped in the car still wearing our pj's and rushed to the vet. On the way there, my oldest child is in the back of the van crying hysterically, my middle child was "reminding" me that he hadn't had breakfast yet, my youngest was excitedly talking about getting a new kitty, and I'm just trying to hold myself together. I love my cat! I picked him out about a year ago when he was six weeks old. He is still at the vet today and they have no idea what is wrong with him. I won't go into all of the details of that now.
So, back to today. I'm blissfully sleeping in my comfy bed and suddenly (at 6:45am) a little person jumps on my bed ready to go outside and get in the pool. I can't say I was happy at that moment. I climbed out of bed to get the day started, although it's way too early, and NO we did not get in the pool that early!! We are leaving on a short 3 night vacation on Friday and no one has any clean clothes to pack. I mean, I do atleast 2 loads of laundry a day, and still I can't keep up. After doing 3 loads I selflessly took the kids to the park and sat in the heat for 2 hours so they could burn off some energy. I know, super mom, right! Anyway, I arrived at the park with 5 kids and 1 bike, and left with 6 kids and 2 bikes. It was an interesting ride to say the least, and I'm still not sure what I was thinking.
We get home and I decide to be the dutiful SAHM and string and snap fresh green beans for dinner. This took me about 30 minutes of "hard" work while I caught up on my soap operas! I wash the beans, put them in the pot and pour just the right amount of olive oil in them (while I'm on the phone with the veterinarian who calls to ask me if I could come in and try to get my cat to eat something) and then realized that it didn't smell like olive oil. Oh, come on! How does some one mistake olive oil for vinegar? So I have to rinse the beans and start over, all the while, two of the kids are screaming and the third enters the kitchen with the bag of cat food, and drops and spills the whole bag in the kitchen floor and under all of the appliances. At this point I just want to quit. I just want the day to be OVER! But, I pull myself together, leave the beans on the stove, and head to the vets office to snuggle my kitty and try to get him to eat. And, just to keep with the flow of the entire day, he did not eat. He was so pitiful. He would try to open up his eyes to look at me but he was just too weak. I wrapped him in his Mickey Mouse blanket and rocked him like a baby and cried like one myself. I'm so wrapped up in the cat that I don't realize that the boys are no longer in the room with me and have taken over the rest of the office. Visiting hours over for now I guess! We finally get home and I finish cooking dinner and everyone eats without any negative comments or nasty faces! Kuddos for me!
Now that hubby is home, things have calmed down and I'm starting to relax. Ahhhhh! Oh, wait a minute the phone is ringing.......
It was the veterinarian, and she says that our cat has now spiked a temp, and he needs to be upgraded to ICU status and that he needs IV fluids. I agreed to all of this and nicely asked her what our bill is so far. She took a few minutes and came back on the line and said $615.00. Gulp!
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