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My pets are out to get me … and so is my espresso machine
By Gina Spadafori
July 9, 2008
By 7:30 a.m. today I had had such an awful morning that there was nothing to do but laugh:
1) Hairball. Step in it 12 seconds after waking up.
2) Internet connection down. Comcast has no idea, troubleshooter will call back later (but of course I will be at work).
3) McKenzie the youngest retriever licks clean bra minutes after finding cat poop in the yard. Had to pull dirty bra out of laundry to wear instead.
4) Espresso machine doesn’t feel like working. Apparently the Guild of Italian Espresso Machines is on strike.
5) Eddie the parrot is in One Of Those Moods, tries to bite me as I give him fresh food and water. Fresh mashed yams and veggie mix, with a seed garnish. You’re welcome, beak-boy.
6) I go to let out the hens. Woody, the next youngest retriever, bounces into a hanging deck chair, sending it flying. Wooden bar comes back and slams me in the face, right below left eye. I see stars. It appears I’m going to have a small shiner.
I would normally say that there’s nothing that can happen but that the day will get better, but … it’s supposed to be a smokey 112 here today, so it would appear I have entered one of the circles of hell.
Real posts coming after caffeination …
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In McK’s defense - she prolly woulda licked the dirty bra if she could have gotten to it. In fact, I’m sure she would have preferred the dirty one.
Buy a lottery ticket!
Comment by slt — July 9, 2008 @ 9:21 am
Nothing wakes me up faster than the dulcet tones of Bryan the Cat singing the Hairball Song. It goes a little something like this:
“Mmm- mur- mur- mur- heh- heh- hurh- hur- hur- mgdhffdjgty- HACK!”
Hope you get some caffiene soon :^)
Comment by Sarah K Andrew — July 9, 2008 @ 9:55 am
I need some too since I cannot spell today :^P
Comment by Sarah K Andrew — July 9, 2008 @ 9:56 am
Re: shiner
Tell everybody that they shoulda seen the other guy. He was still down on all fours when you left him.
Be glad you didn’t need medical attention. Ever try to convince an overly-solicitous MD that your broken nose came from a collision with an exuberant dog’s granite skull? The look of pity and contempt, the card with the battered women’s shelter number, the knowing eyes of the nurses … Yeah, ladies, don’t worry about it. Any guy who hits me, I got the only dog in town who could find his corpse …
Comment by H. Houlahan — July 9, 2008 @ 10:08 am
>Any guy who hits me, I got the only dog in town who could find his corpse …
So that coffee I got? I just spit it all over the screen laughing.
Comment by Gina Spadafori — July 9, 2008 @ 10:18 am
That was my reaction to “The Hairball Song”!
Comment by The OTHER Pat — July 9, 2008 @ 10:21 am
So what is wrong with the flatcoats that they didnt’ EAT the hairball before you had a chance to step in it?
Comment by Katie — July 9, 2008 @ 10:35 am
Too busy looking for cat poop?
Comment by Gina Spadafori — July 9, 2008 @ 10:42 am
Update: Went home to set up the mister for the hens. (It’s going to be 112 here today.)Couldn’t get it to work, got to fussing around with the nozzle to unclog it.
Of course, the nozzle snaps off and I get the water blast, full force right in the kisser.
Honestly, at this point I’m afraid to drive.
Comment by Gina Spadafori — July 9, 2008 @ 1:35 pm
yikes sounds like a day i wouldn’t want to have. I get fed up if the suns not shining ie like to day grey and raining all day. If i had to cope with what you did i think i would have gone back to bed.
Pets don’t you love em! Yep can’t help it :)
Comment by Kate — July 9, 2008 @ 2:01 pm
You guys are too funny! Gina, I’m sorry you had a bad morning. Things can only go upward from here!
Comment by Sharon H — July 9, 2008 @ 5:03 pm
Gina,
There was an item on BBC News online about a 19 year old Norwich, England woman who found a young bat curled up in her bra…..after she had been wearing it for several hours at work. Think about that for a bit, and maybe your day won’t seem quite so awful.
Comment by Anne T. — July 9, 2008 @ 5:50 pm
Yuck !
Comment by Leslie k — July 9, 2008 @ 7:16 pm
What’s even funnier and what I forgot to mention, is that the young woman thought it was her cell phone. Why on earth would someone have their phone in their bra? Never mind. I don’t wish to go there. Here’s the link.
http://tinyurl.com/55hdbf
See Gina? At least you don’t have a bat in your bra or and I hope aren’t cursed with 34 FFs which sound large, uncomfortable and hard to find fittings for, except if you are a bat.
Comment by Anne T. — July 9, 2008 @ 8:34 pm
Wow Gina!
When I have these kinds of days, I want to get home fast. But then, that’s where yours started!
Maybe in your case it would have been good to get out of your home fast.
Consider that the cat was trying to warn you early on with the hairball…
Comment by Marcy — July 9, 2008 @ 11:14 pm