Monday, September 22, 2008

the cat came back (just not the next day)

So, it was a crazy busy weekend in the Slacker house. John left on Thursday night to go to Knoxville for the Tennessee v. Florida game. E and I had dentist appointments on Friday morning. The cleaning ladies let Frank out of the house on Friday as well, causing him to be lost and me to be nominated as The World's Worst Catsitter. I spent a good portion of the day taking walks around my neighborhood and posting lost cat signs without much success.

On Saturday, our living room furniture was (finally) delivered and I went to a wedding in Richmond which was tons of fun. There's a veritable baby boom among my friends at the wedding...two other ladies are pregnant (one with TWINS!) and due right around the same time as Kiki. (For those of you not in the know, my sis and I both went to UVA and were in the same sorority, so Kiki is friends with this crowd but couldn't make the wedding because my parents are visiting. It sound like we are losers who do everything together, I know...but we really are relatively normal.)

On Sunday, I got back from the wedding and spent the rest of the day hanging out with the girls. E and I spent A's nap time making pizza dough and playing board games. We also went for a walk looking for Frank and playing outside in the gorgeous weather. I got the girls to bed a little later than normal (what can I say? I wasn't feeling 100% on account of the wine wedding). I came downstairs and guess who was peeking in my front window? Frank! He was hungry and tired but no worse for wear. John returned home from Knoxville about 10 and the three of us (me, John and Frank) headed up for a little shut eye.

I'll be spending a good portion of this week recovering from this weekend and gearing up for A's birthday on Thursday! We're not going to party, but there might be an Ice Capades trip if we can get our act together. We also have to figure out the snack we're bringing to class on Thursday and buy her presents.

'Cause that's how we roll in the Slacker house.


7 comments:

Anonymous said...

We hire a cleaning service to come about once a month and can I just ask, do you feel an incredibly weird sense of guilt if you're home while they clean? I mean, it's not like I'm napping or watching the Price is Right while they scrub my toilets, but still...

Slacker Mama said...

I *totally* feel guilty. I really hate being here when they are. In general, they come on days I'm not working at home so I can avoid them. The main lady was sick on Thursday, hence the Friday cleaning day.

Anonymous said...

Mom and Dad were soooo happy to hear that Frank was safe! You are great to take care of him!

Welcome back, Frank!

Kara

Somewhere Between Pinot and Pacifiers said...

I am glad the kitty came back! Sounds like a great weekend.

Anonymous said...

I dont have house cleaners MOSTLY for the money (Im cheap. Id rather buy new shoes :)) but alot that weirdness as well.

I swear were I home Id NOT be able to resist the guilt and would prolly force THEM on the couch to watch tv while I cleaned around them.

Miz. (SO GLAD THE CAT IS SAFE! cant believe our dog hasnt run off...yet)

Steel Magnolia said...

Hey, where did you end up getting your living room furniture? Glad Frank came back!

Slacker Mama said...

We ended up getting it from Club Furniture. I'm really happy with it...I think it looks fantastic. The only problem was it took about a month longer than I had anticipated.

Now we just need to get tables for the room (coffee, side, console) and a TV...and we'll be good to go!