just incase any of you folks are wondering the fate of my dear kitty...I've found her...she sits in the same spot she must have been last night (no wonder we couldn't find her) about 50 feet high in a tree! it was about 9pm when I first called her and now 11am and she hasn't budged...she doesn't seem to be hurt however it doesn't seem as if she plans on moving any time soon...she's scared! and I don't blame her.
have called the animal hospital to see if they had any suggestions who to call for help...animal control is not open today and their other cleche' suggestion of the fire department led to a dead end (they only do that in cartoons) so I've put out a few calls to tree services to possibly find a proffessional tree climber to offer some assistance so far no return calls.
our only other alternative seems to be to wait til h gets home somewhere around 3pm as he does have a little experience climbing trees for work...fil however doesn't think h can do it...I just think fil doesn't want his son climbing the tree and even said he himself would pay someone else to do it.
and who says my life isn't exciting.
we are supposed to be heading away for a mini vaca this evening after h cuts the lawn...don't know if that will still happen with the kitty still up the tree...If she's not down before then I'll suggest h take the kids and I'll meet them there as soon as I can...no point in having them miss their vacation and h wouldn't just stay home if we didn't go anyway..he'd just take it as "found time" and go to work...yup he would...we were supposed to stay til fri but dd has a doc apt on fri so I suggested we come home thurs evening so as not to have to rescheudule and cause comotion with the upcoming begining of school...h then promptly planned to work on friday instead of enjoying the rest of the week with his family.
thanks for the inquiry sage. She's still holding up in the tree...still seems in good health but her cries are louder (as in get me the hell down NOW!!) I finally got in touch with a tree company and they've got one of their climbers on the way...he should be here any minute. As for h, don't whack me oh come now sage. I don't intentionally whack anyone I simply tell the truth. but what if you had asked for help or for him to stick around with you? I've already called him to see when he'd be home to help with the kitty, and he was short, aggrivated and somewhat annoyed Said he had more stuff to do at the office. When I let him know that I'd be having someone come to climb the tree he was even more perturbed...guess he wanted us to wait til he got home from work in another three hours or so for him to play rescue...sorry I can't wait that long to get her down if I don't have to (she has after all been up there all night and it's now afternoon)...the little money it will cost to not send h climbing the tree (thus saving fil a panic attack) will be worth it not to mention having kitty safe on the ground sooner.
lovey, let me ask you a question, have you ever seen a cat skeleton in tree. She will come down when she is ready. So have neighbor check every day when she is ready to go back to the house.
By the way what were your plans for who was to feed her while you were gone.
Quote: lovey, let me ask you a question, have you ever seen a cat skeleton in tree. She will come down when she is ready. yes, I'm well aware of that little catch phrase as I've often heard my father who is a fireman use it when remarking on the cliche' notion that firefighters rescue cats from tree's. So have neighbor check every day when she is ready to go back to the house. can't imagine enjoying my vacation while the cat is up in a tree. and since the kids now know she's up there (kinda hard to not explain why they don't see the cat but hear her meowing from the woods) it'd be hard to just wait it out.
By the way what were your plans for who was to feed her while you were gone.
fil has been living with us since the spring (or perhaps longer, he btw is just as anxios as I am to get the cat down sooner than later) he will still stay at our house and will therefore feed and give the cat some attention...she'll need it after this ordeal.
Plus she's not just any old ordinary cat...she's a siamese..pure bread...who doesn't belong outside in the first place.
It just sounds nice to have something else to focus on instead of the ups and downs of married life. The ups and downs of cat life. We just adopted a cat and he has certainly kept the girls occupied for the last two days. I thought as long as H was out of the house, it would be a perfect time to adopt a pet. It'll teach him to go away, too much can happen while he's gone. Hope you still have a good vaca. Me
Each experience in life has formed me, become part of me, made me stronger.
the tree guys arived and got the cat down without much hassle...she's now peacfully resting on sons top bunk.
now we still have to wait for h to get home..mow the lawn...get his stuff together (or rather check over what I went through the bother of putting together for him) loading up the truck and we're off...that should only be about 4 more hours.
well we're back from vacation in the middle of nowhere. kids had a great time and well I didn't have such a bad time either but I'm glad to be home.
we shared some fun activities with the kids and I suppose that's what a family vacation is for.
h spent just about every night falling asleep on the couch watching baseball or the news.
car rides were spent in silence with the exception of one brief conversation about how people aquire second homes.
all I can say is I'm NOT looking forward to our next vacation planned for sometime in october as it will be just h and I and I don't really care to be away from the kids for boredom with h.
h is who he is...this IS the man I met long ago and I just never realized that I don't particularly care for this type of guy.
He will always choose work over play (he took and made phone calls for work each evening...one afternoon the kids and I tired of waiting for him to get off the phone went off to the pool ourselves)
He will always choose sports over the conversation and/or company of others (no limited to his w and kids...he'll even ignore guests to watch)
He will always prefer to watch news over a sitcom or movie
He will never be a wonderer or conversationalist
He will never dream or share his dreams
He will always prefer to be alone rather than in the company of friends.
I know many that still bother to read my threads find me to be very negative...I'm sorry that's what comes across...that is just what my m is.
I on the other hand am not negative at all...I love life and love people. Heck I started both a book club and a moms night out club for that reason. I will not sit and rot away in silence on a couch simply because I married a workaholic.
honestly I don't feel bad for myself I feel bad for my h...what is his life? he gives all of himself to things that will never offer any real reward...what is work? oh sure it pays the bills but it is robbing him of any life..the customers that he gives up his life for will not be there for him when he's old..will the teams he chooses to ignore real people to watch ever be there for him? I doubt it.
I've heard it said before "no man is an island" seems to me that this man is sure trying hard to be one! I think if h were lost on a deserted island he'd not create a "wilson" as tom hanks did in castaway...he'd instead draw out game plays in the sand and create some sort of way to grow and cut a lawn there. He'd be happy in his solitude...perhaps that's where I should leave him.
Hi LL - Lady, you are one strong person. I honestly don't know if I could hang in there in the face of such overwhelming indifference from H
I'm not sure I'd consider your posts negative, perhaps more like accepting reality, and heading in the direction of preparing yourself for some change. I'd encourage you to ruminate here, your posts are becoming clearer, more directional. You seem to be sorting through the undergrowth to clear the way sufficiently to see where forward is. I like the fact that you are not putting yourself under any time pressure, just sifting through things.
