I keep falling

On Thursday I missed another monthly meeting of my writers' group because I tripped up a curb at Smithfield Library. This was much worse than last June. An ambulance took me to the hospital. I had 5 stitches in my left eyebrow, a CT scan and blood work that said I am anemic. I was feeling okay enough to go ahead with my book launch.

Unfortunately, I fell in the house Friday night and nearly could not get myself up. These were two hard falls in two days. My Medical Guardian necklace didn't detect either incident. Yet the necklace gives false reports all the time.

I wrenched my back so badly that I sat in a recliner all last night. Couldn't sleep at all. I can't do much of anything until the back spasms disappear. I have a meeting scheduled for Monday that I may have to back out of.

Tulip's Getting Worse

Now the cat food table no longer has the plastic spikes on it nor finishing nails to hold them down. When Tulip started to eat the Contact paper on it, I pulled it all off. What remains is spotty, rough wood. Now she's trying to pull at the white mat to upset the water bowl sitting on top of it. 

My plans are to put more contact paper on the tabletop. I think I may have to nail the mat down so the water bowl doesn't get upended. Tulip still tries to munch off the trim on the table.

Where's her dish of kibble now? On the floor, to the right of the table. See the patch of blue?You might call this Tulip's moveable feast.

#Tulipmoveablefeast

#cat_hijinks

#Tuliptrouble

Water Works

Today I took a video of Tulip soaking her food table by standing in and pawing at her water bowl. Used two kitchen towels to sop up the mini-flood.

Right now, Tulip must be exhausted from her swimming; she is asleep near a kitchen window.

#tulip&water

#waterlovingcat

#tuliploveswater

Monday, March 2 -- I'm Annoyed...

...with Tulip. So what else is new? 

This morning, right after I filled her food bowl, she promptly pushed the full dish off the table. Kibble everywhere. One piece got lodged in the heating grate.

And, of course, she is daring me to spray her with the water bottle by trying to eat the plastic edges attached to the table. I may have to put a taller barrier on it. Or start putting her dish on the floor. That's no guarantee that she'll leave the dish alone. She pushes it everywhere.

The way Tulip picks up her dish to carry it around is cute, effective and maddening. She also flips the plastic mat beneath the dish, dumping that down as well.

I put nails along the edges of the table and hooked some of the plastic spikes over them. Tulip immediately pulled out two of the finishing nails and put her nose under the spikes. Make that three nails now. She knows to lift the spikes up. By tomorrow, I may have to replace the edges with wood. Or leave it as a jobbie for my contractor to do.

Another thought: I could replace her dishes to "regular" plastic bowls (not the slow feeders she's using now). I should bring the metal bowls and cat frame to my favorite thrift store. I have no doubt that Tulip would flip those bowls over in record time.

When I think about it, I should also donate the coffee pot I never use. Coffee is on my Do Not Consume list, along with gluten products.

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Tuesday, March 3rd. 

After I took the picture seen above, I affixed a Velcro strap to the top right corner. Oh boy! Tulip just loves picking at it. 

Three more nails were dislodged this morning. This situation needs a better solution.

A Layman's Diagnosis

Today I got a layman's diagnosis for Tulip.

Diagnosis:  She is bored.

Proposed Solution: 

                                              Get another cat for her to play with.

To quote the late Nancy Reagan, I will...

"JUST SAY N🚫!"