blortch, yardwork, computer guy
When Thunder(cat) got home from the vet – missing a tooth and acting groggy – I tried to go easy on him food-wise. He was hungry, though, since he hadn’t eaten since the night before and Jim brought over some canned cat food so I could stay home and watch the feline.
Thunder(cat) went after that wet seafood in his bowl like it was nip. Or so I imagine – this is a nip-free house.
He ate about half of a small can and then – while I was unfortunately watching – threw most of it back up right into the bowl. The sound it made was:
“blortch” Or perhaps more like:
“bloorrtch”
It was so gross I actually laughed out loud. Which may not have been the right reaction, though Thunder(cat) didn’t seem to care. I cleaned up the bowl and took the food away for a while. He finished it up the next day and after some astonishing and revolting poop, he’s back on dry food and pretty much back to normal. Though I think the bonding time we had while he was drugged up has had a lasting impact – he’s much more tolerant of me in general.
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I’ve been out doing yardwork whenever the weather is even remotely nice. I’m mostly just doing some clean-up and enjoying the sunshine. I’ve got some vague plans for the yard, but nothing really serious.
While I was out there mowing the front yard, my neighbor from across the street came over. I hadn’t met him yet and we talked briefly about the new mailman getting deliveries wrong and the yard work we were doing. He asked what I did and when I said I was a computer guy, his whole face lit up.
And my heart sank.
But, because I’m a nice guy, I agreed to save his favorites and format his computer, and re-install windows from a back-up. I worked on that one evening this week and while it wasn’t complicated it did take for-freaking-ever to re-install. 3 hours or so. Which is forever, incidentally. I had him come back over and we did some clean-up on all the crap the backup had re-installed. We talked a little bit about computers and his 3 ex-wives and then I sent him on his way to check his internet. I didn’t hear back from him, so I’m guessing that went okay as well.
I don’t think we’re bros at this point – a little too weird in a non-amusing way – but at least I know another one of my neighbors.