Just as usual, its Caterday…
This weekend is an interesting weekend, to say the least.
First of all, my sister is over for the weekend, as usual with most weekends. Especially because its a three day weekend with my wife having work off on Monday, it makes it a good time to just sit back, relax, and enjoy ourselves. So we loaded up and we’ve got some grilling for tomorrow night planned and then some spaghetti tonight too. We really cook up a storm when we can. But the second thing is the biggest reason why its an interesting weekend.
Yesterday was really a quiet sort of day around the apartment. Even with two cats, it was quiet, just because the cats weren’t at home. That’s right, we had taken them in to the vets in the morning and had laser declawing done yesterday morning. For anyone who might stumble across this entry from a random search and find me talking about this and think that I’m a cruel and inhumane pet owner and irresponsible and illogical and everything hurt and bad and wrong for electing to perform this operation, I’m sorry. I understand both sides of the declawing argument, and its the owners choice. Always a difficult one, and because we already made it, waste your time and energy attacking someone else before they make their decision because we can’t wave a magic wand and give them their claws back.
But as I see it, my wife and I made the decision to be pet owners, and we made this decision too. We figure that if we’re feeding them, loving them, giving them amazing indoor lives for as long as they’re on this planet, the least we can do is front declaw them. And for them, it’ll be better in the long run.
This morning, we picked them up. Wooster is a frightened little buddy and mostly just cuddling on the couch and following us around. Fairly normal behavior for him. Cassie? Hiding under a chair in the dining room, not really running much, just sitting there. They’re a bit traumatized because of everything. If I were in their paws, I’d feel the same way… I mean, first to lose a long time friend (even if by adoption), then to go to the vets, then to have the operation and all, and now to come home? It’s a lot to go through so fast. They’ll calm down, and I’ll update as they do and they get back to normal. Heck, my head is spinning after only this long back in school this semester. Just nuts.
All of this is just one thing after another. But that’s just how things are in life, you know?
We always look forward to some “ending” some “conclusion” or some “result.” The truth of the matter, its what you do along the way and not how that all ends, but how you learn along the way.
And just like blogging, I’m learning what I’m writing about along the way…
As always, more later…
