Friday, September 7, 2007

Galahad took apart the bathroom cabinet last night after the rat failed to get stuck in the trap we set the night before.  Turns out it was still very much alive and hiding back in a corner that we couldn't get to.  He set the trap again last night, and it fell for it.  Yick!  But at least we won't have the smell of a dead animal in the wall.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Kitten was tricksy today.  She meowed to come back inside, and I thought she was missing me again, so I let her in without first checking to see what she had.  Turns out she had an almost dead baby rat.  Ewwwww.  I spent 20 minutes yelling at her and chasing that fkn thing around until she finally lost it in the bathroom inside a cabinet that somehow had a baby-rat-sized hole in it.  Oh yeah, and she lost her new red collar today, too.  They seem to have a two week limit.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Kitten was sooooo happy to see us last night -- although I think I missed her as much as she missed us.  She hasn't let me out of her sight for more than 3 seconds since we came home.  After that, she starts pitifully mewing.  Even though she hadn't been outside while we were gone, she didn't want to stay out today either.  She came back every 5 minutes, and finally gave up after the 6th time or so.

Monday, September 3, 2007

Time to fly home and see Kitten!!  =)

One of my brothers missed his early morning flight because they said he got there too close to the flight time, even though the airport was deserted and he could see the stairs still attached to his plane.  I blame Cheney again.  Fortunately, Galahad stayed to drop him off and was there to bring him back to our condo until the later flight.

Most of us left today and were sharing the same connecting flights.  My niece's plane to Dallas got diverted to Denver for not enough fuel before they even boarded!  Again, I blame Cheney.  His transport plane took off right before us.  Besides that, the flight home was uneventful, although I ended up going through the rest of my Imitrex supply -- 9 total for this reunion trip (which is a month's supply according to my insurance).

Sunday, September 2, 2007

Somehow, I let my family dysfunction (and the 3 day migraine) get to me.  I succumbed to my horrible Inner Child.  I lost my temper with my brother today and fkn kicked him.  Like I was a 6 year old.  I was so ashamed immediately after I did that.  I went off on my own for a bit to try to cool down, and popped another Imitrex (number 7 I think for this trip).  I came back after a mile or so hike and apologized to him.  Fortunately, he still loves me and forgave me. 

Later on, we took the chair lift up the mountain to ride the Alpine Slide back down.  My sister and I were all proud of ourselves for conquering our fears (& migraines) to ride this down.  Of course two of my brothers decide to race.  I bet that the younger one would win.  Everyone else said the other would since he's bigger, and his weight would give him the advantage.  But I know that crazy always wins!  And, sure enough, he won by a comfortable lead even after wiping out on the way down.  =)

Saturday, September 1, 2007

I've been dealing with a migraine and can't seem to shake it.  Other than that, I'm having a wonderful time.  Today, we went to town and then saw the rodeo at night.  One of my sisters tells me I've been to a rodeo before at age 14, but somehow I don't remember it.  This one was fun.