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That was true for Kirk and me as we just returned from a five night trip to visit family members in the New Orleans area. We were tired and even went to sleep early Monday night.
What we didn't know was that our pets had other plans in store for us. Or perhaps they snuck out of the house late to enjoy some Mardi Gras festivities (since today is Fat Tuesday). I am not sure but I don't like the end results of our first night back home in Florida....
Yes, it's that time again. Time for me to tell yet another story of how I have the most neurotic, most disgusting animals on earth.
Please fasten your seatbelts and put down any food items you may be munching on, especially if they are brown, yellow and orange in color.
Our dog Bono was restless all night long. He kept running into the window blinds (which make a lot of noise). We placed him in his crate to sleep. He continued moving around and moaning. As I looked at the clock each time, I grew more and more aggravated.... 10:30 p.m. 1:24 a.m. 3:17 a.m. Finally after the 3a.m. fits, Kirk removed him from our bedroom and placed him in the living room inside his crate.
Meanwhile our cat Sam puked shortly after 3:30 a.m. Hairball? Too much food? Not sure. But those of you who are cat-owners know what I'm talking about. That coughing that seems to never end. Following that is the actual spit and yellow-orange mucus that always (without fails) lands on the carpet.
Fun times, let me tell you!
Sometime after 4:00 a.m., Bono began to bark from the living room. Kirk gets up to check on him. He returns with more sighs and groans.
Kirk: "I think Bono shit on himself."
Me: "Oh great."
So, what did we do? We did what any sleep-deprived couple would do. We crawled into bed in hopes to get in another hour of beauty rest.
No such luck though as Sammy cat threw up. Again. By this time it was 5:10 a.m. So we both dragged our tired butts out of bed to deal with the crazy pets.
Were they retaliating from us leaving them behind and not taking them with us to New Orleans? I don't know. But what a way to start our day! Kirk tackled the cat puke and I gave Bono a sanitary bath all before 5:30 a.m.
Needless to say, I'm not in another hurry to leave them behind for another vacation again. Squirting a shower head at full-force into my Sheltie's bunghole before I've even had morning coffee or tea is not my idea of a good time.
In fact, do any of you know someone looking for a cat or a dog as a pet? Oh come on, these are isolated incidents!
Look how adorable they can be (at times):
If you're interested in these pets, please post a comment below or send me an email, littlebit.mandy@gmail.com. I'll ship them to you, along with a month's supply of pet food for FREE.
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Anyway, before we returned home to Pensacola, our family did have a great time visiting relatives for several days. I'll share more details and pictures in a post coming soon.
Right now, I'm just really tired. I hope that tonight will be filled with sleep, not pet shenanigans. I look forward to catching up with you more later this week.
7 comments:
LOL! Oh no! I do know what you mean....when we got home after Christmas and were exhausted, just as we were getting into bed I noticed one of our dogs urinated all over the bed! WTH?!?
I hope you get some sleep and some rest!
This is why I don't have pets(or kids, they poop too right?). Hopefully you get some sleep, if not just put the animals in the garage. They'll be fine 'til morning.
Poor you! I feel the pain. I've been woken up to that as well and bathing at wee hours of the morning isn't fun.
Tonight, give them both some benadryl and maybe they'll sleep soundly all night long.
hmmm...maybe it is the pet food..puke and shit from an animal are worse than from a kid...just saying.
That's one of the reasons that my husband doesn't want to add a dog to my gang. He figures that we have enough to clean up all day!
My kids would love a dog!
Yep. Still not ever getting another pet. Maybe you could have a giveaway on your blog? (kidding)
Maybe you could look into a pet sitter for when your gone. One of the guys that works for Stuart owns a cat and dog and has a lady come and feed and check up on them everyday when he is out of town for work or visiting his mom in Opelousas, LA.
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