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Last night/ this morning
Jul. 30th, 2008 10:43 amLast night:
I feel like I should have sympathy for Babe, as he is coughing mightily, and he is tired and he is feeling miserable, but I don't. I do feel sympathy for Geoff who needs his sleep and is getting yelled at by a cranky kid in payment for his efforts of soothing instead.
Babe has been a royal pain in the keister the last couple of days.
Now I just have to figure out a way to survive the rest of the summer (and any other summers we spend here). I guess window a/c is the way to go. Bleh.
Now I should get myself to bed. 2 hours time difference should not be so difficult to overcome.\
ETA: (as a reminder to myself) I should note that Babe did restore my sympathy in him when, five minutes after he'd sent me away (and I'd gone to bed), he started crying for me. Geoff was still sitting with him at that point. I went in, sat down next to Geoff and said, "You know I love you, don't you?"
Babe replied with a very quiet and hesitant "Mm-hm."
"No matter how annoyed I am with you, or how angry I get, I will love you for always and forever."
No verbal response, but he calmed down significantly and finally relaxed enough to go back to sleep, holding onto my finger.
This morning:
Good things - The alcohol worked in eliminating the smell of the pee-soaked cushions. This is especially good because Babe piddled in bed this morning. Another good related to this is that rubbing alcohol works just as well and is a) cheaper, b) more widely available and c) can be bought on Sundays.
Good thing - The neighborhood children are out, and Babe is out with them. This means that the likelihood of me killing Babe has gone down significantly. I am still tremendously peopled out.
Good thing - internet access in the middle of the night to look up kitchen ideas.
Bad thing - My computer hates LJ. I need to post this now and get off of LJ before it crashes yet again.
I feel like I should have sympathy for Babe, as he is coughing mightily, and he is tired and he is feeling miserable, but I don't. I do feel sympathy for Geoff who needs his sleep and is getting yelled at by a cranky kid in payment for his efforts of soothing instead.
Babe has been a royal pain in the keister the last couple of days.
Now I just have to figure out a way to survive the rest of the summer (and any other summers we spend here). I guess window a/c is the way to go. Bleh.
Now I should get myself to bed. 2 hours time difference should not be so difficult to overcome.\
ETA: (as a reminder to myself) I should note that Babe did restore my sympathy in him when, five minutes after he'd sent me away (and I'd gone to bed), he started crying for me. Geoff was still sitting with him at that point. I went in, sat down next to Geoff and said, "You know I love you, don't you?"
Babe replied with a very quiet and hesitant "Mm-hm."
"No matter how annoyed I am with you, or how angry I get, I will love you for always and forever."
No verbal response, but he calmed down significantly and finally relaxed enough to go back to sleep, holding onto my finger.
This morning:
Good things - The alcohol worked in eliminating the smell of the pee-soaked cushions. This is especially good because Babe piddled in bed this morning. Another good related to this is that rubbing alcohol works just as well and is a) cheaper, b) more widely available and c) can be bought on Sundays.
Good thing - The neighborhood children are out, and Babe is out with them. This means that the likelihood of me killing Babe has gone down significantly. I am still tremendously peopled out.
Good thing - internet access in the middle of the night to look up kitchen ideas.
Bad thing - My computer hates LJ. I need to post this now and get off of LJ before it crashes yet again.
