Cor, what a change stress can make! With the stress
temporarily removed from my life, I woke up around five this morning! Not quite
ready to get up, though. I got up at six.
Mippies got quite restless, so I played with them for
a bit – all three got involved in chasing the stick under a sheet of newspaper!
Mewthos flopped himself smack in the center of the paper and clawed and chewed
through it to get at the stick, whereas Ziva an Lady Jane sat around the edges,
swatting and snapping at the stick, whenever it poked out in their direction!
Romeo is still besotted with Lady Jane and follows her
everywhere! She came to relax on her window sill and he was right by her side,
caterwauling his heart out! She doesn’t seem scared of him, exactly, more like exasperated.
And yet, on occasions, I’ve seen her go to him, sniff his nose.
I’ve just received the strangest phone call! A lady
called me from Kimberly. She found my number in a book, listed as ‘people to
notify in the event of my death’ – yet I did not recognize the name of the
person whose book it was! This lady somehow (I’m afraid I forgot) came into
possession of a box of someone’s things; including his passport, several
exercise books in which he’d written poems and odd scribbles, notes and all
sorts; as well as his CV. Snapshots of his life emerged, of a lonely man, who
worked around the country, even in Botswana – all during the 80s and 90s. I recognized
none of the names mentioned were familiar to me. The box had been in her garage
for years, and she only dug it out again, recently and decided to go through
it. From his CV and other notes, she mentioned names and places, businesses
where he worked – I don’t know how or where we could have crossed paths, since
he was clearly at least a decade older than I am (he was working in 1980, when
I had just started High School, in Germany). A lot of the writing sounded
rather morbid, this man was evidently depressed and the lady suggested it he
probably committed suicide. Various numbers he had written down were from all
over the country, all Provinces! In my case, he wrote only my first name,
though, and my cell phone number – which hasn’t changed since I first got a
cell phone in 1996.
I’m still thinking, and I’m sorry to say that his name
still does not ring a bell.
I’m feeling somewhat listless and deflated today –
probably the sudden removal of pressure! It’s quite a bit cooler today, so at
least the weather is nice. I’m just sitting back, watching Doctor Who for a
while, and doing the odd bit of housework.
I’m now having trouble with the keyboard! It doesn’t
react to my typing! Sometimes I’m missing letters, then the spacebar … this
keyboard definitely is not the same quality as the one I had! I have to type
letter by letter – 5WPM instead of my normal 75WPM! Frustrating! If I type my
normal speed, I then have to go back and fill in all the missed letters. Grrrr.
I tried eating the rest of the Litchi’s, but I’m
afraid most of them were beyond consumable … another grrrr! Since I’m feeling
tired and listless, I decided to take a nap … which extended. I really need to
wash dishes, but I just don’t feel like it.
Romeo is STILL tailing Lady Jane! He won’t let her out
of his sight! She is getting rather exasperated, hiding in boxes and such.
Right, I’ve done the dishes – with Mewthos, Romeo and
Lady Jane under foot! I nearly stepped on Lady Jane! She got her paws under my
toes – then ran off, not listening to any apology!
And then I played a nasty trick on the minis! Both had
come inside, so I shut the door! They came rushing to see and were very upset
that the door is now closed! No going out! And it’s not quite twenty past
seven, yet! I’m sorry, but today I just do not have the energy to go running up
and down the stairs! I’ve given each a dose of CalmEze – they just licked it
off the palm of my hand.
I just hope Ziva comes in without any trouble … Right
now, Romeo is crying to be let in! I’ve opened to check for Ziva and told him ‘No!’.
He will miss my mippies, when we’re all gone! Poor boy!
The worst part of this new behaviour from my mippies
is: They no longer come inside during the day, so I can’t get away to get some
groceries. I just need some fruit, nothing much else.
Five to eight, Ziva is at the door … she sees me
holding back Lady and Mewthos, and won’t come in. Five past eight, she’s at the
door again. This time only Mewthos is there, so I can grab her and drag her in!
Phew!
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