Last Night

Last Wednesday, I had the exterminators spray the house and yard because I had seen a few HUGE roaches. Those critters I do not want to see here. Yuck! 

Last night I saw a roach in the living room who was so big, you could put a saddle on it. As I leapt out of my chair, I stepped on Tulip's Cat Dancer toy.

My foot slipped and I fell HARD on my knees and hands. That piece of wire had been a bane to my existence since I bought it. 

After I took a mental assessment on various parts of my body, I was nearly in tears. And the damned Medical Guardian didn't go off AGAIN. This is the fourth or fifth fall in the last year and it never goes off when I need it to. My back and neck were jarred by the fall too. At least all I'll get from this fall are bruised knees and hands. I tried to take a picture of the damages, but the angle of my hands didn't work in getting a photo to work. It was difficult to snap a picture of my right hand. No broken bones. No ambulance needed.

The roach didn't get too far away. Its inert body was found in the hallway. Don't know if Tulip played a part in its demise. At any rate, the bug is long gone.

Sitting in the house today, I had an ice pack over my knees and a heating pad on my neck and shoulder blades. Yeah, sometimes I go hot and cold.

P.S. When my Medical Guardian subscription is ready to renew, I will downgrade the service to remove the fall sensor in my package. I am sick of all the false alarms - tonight MG called because I had the necklace in my right shorts pocket. Guess I was sitting on the button.

#seniorfall

#Tulip+cockroaches

Serendipity

Gloria is a Selma friend who introduced me to Colene last Thursday. We are the same age. She came to NC from Philly to escape her abusive relationship. She had a friend in the area. 

Colene left Pennsylvania with just the clothes on her back. Gloria wanted us to meet so I could use her source for apartments; rent.com. But it got better than that.

When Colene told me her rent in the group home cost $1,700 a month for share a room, I was in shock. "I've got an extra room you can have for a lot less than that," I blurted out.

Immediately, I thought "My family is going to freak out." 

Why did I make such a hasty decision?

1. My search for a senior apartment was going nowhere.
2. My son did not want me to live alone.
3. I could solve Colene's problem and she could be the answer to mine.

So we wouldn't be total strangers, we went to the movies on Sunday. "The House at the End of Oak Street" was a hoot. After leaving the theatre, we went to the new shopping center, then to Walmart. I have every hope that this will work well for both of us.

Two things that made me feel great about Colene is that she loves cats and Scrabble. This arrangement will start in September.

#futureroommate

Dumb Me

I left an open tub of cottage cheese before retreating to the recliner. When I turned around, Tulip was finding it lip-smacking good. I had to scrape off the top quarter inch.

Tulip tends to walk under my feet. Because of that, how I walk inside the house has changed. I start to take a step or two. When I hear the bell on Tulip's collar jingle, I stop in my tracks to let her run past me. Otherwise, she'd be sure to trip me. Then I can finish my journey, walking from Point A to Point B.

#TulipchangedhowIwalk

#Tulipthecat

Tulip's Eyes

Tulip’s eyes change according to

The degree of mischievousness

Or level of contentment,

Fighting gravity when overtaken by sleepiness.

Yellow irises (and no; they’re not jaundiced)!

Are split right down the middle by obsidian irises.

And when she feels naughty, her face narrows

Into a moue - a grimace.

Totally devoted to her owner -

Or - does SHE own me?

Tulip provides a divine serenity

Despite mutual bones of contention.

She’s made it well known

That she will jump up to land upon

Whatever, wherever she pleases;

All obstacles are permanently ignored.

Why do I put up with her misbehaving ways,

Excusing the worst kind of shenanigans?

She's an entertaining companion who

Loves ME, despite my humanity.

Some things just ARE

The way they are meant to be.

Tulip loves her owner. (Ahem). That’s me.

We’re both worth it. Don’t you agree?

Photo by Pexels

#Tulip_Eyes

#Trouble_Tulip

#CatMischief

Duh!

I had made copies of Linda's submission for Critique at the end of the month. For what must be the third time, I misplaced the paperwork and my yellow composition book.

Unfortunately, I hadn't looked under a black bath towel that I draped to keep nosey Miss Tulip from eating it. I don't know why I forgot to look for the items in the office.

I feel so STUPID!

I'll put everything in a tote bag so I'll be ready to go. The homework assignment ran to two pages. I felt sheepish about not having it today.

I feel like the classmate whose dog ate the homework assignment.

#innocenttulip

#tulipthecat

#thetroublewithtulip