Wow, I can't believe it's been over a week since I've posted. Actually it feels much longer than that. Before I get to all that, let me tell you that this Sunday (the 12th) I'll be on the Fox New Channel (TV) on America's Voices. This is the segment that I've done before and if you have absolutely no life at all and would like to catch up, just go to youtube and search on my name. The hubby was kind enough to post all the past hits there.
Anyway this is NOT your local Fox affiliate. So if you're like my uncle and kept waiting for me to magically appear in the middle of his baseball game - you're on the wrong channel. You need cable or satellite to view the Fox News Channel. It's the same channel that carries the O'Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, Greta van Sustern, etc.
The hit will be at approximately 4:20pm, eastern time and lasts anywhere from 4 - 7 minutes.
CONSTRUCTION
The house is crawling with contractors today. The HVAC guy was here yesterday as well to try to get the last of the holes in the floors and the hoses in. After today, he should be mostly done. The GC (Gil) is fixing some outdoor woodwork before the winter. There is a big piece of old wood that used to be covered with aluminum siding that blew off sometime this summer, so they're replacing the rotted wood with Azek to prevent any more damage.
One of the many inspectors was here earlier this week and he failed us. Seems that somewhere between the old inspectors (who were fired en masse) and the new bunch, any record of our prior inspections "disappeared". So I have no idea what's going to happen now and frankly it's not my problem. I have too much on my plate to worry about that as well.
Going in to the City next week with Susan (our kick-butt designer) to get a bid on the floors and then they should start insulating and get this thing back on track. We're trying to get as much done before Jan. 20th, because once Obama is sworn in, our money is going to be flying out of wallets and in to Washington's, so we're going to be broke.
SOPHIE
Poor Sophie is an old gal and it's really starting to show. Doug left for a seminar in Chicago last Tuesday (30th). He was gone until Saturday and it was the longest 4 1/2 days of my life. The poor thing wouldn't eat and I had to feed her baby food every hour and a half via a syringe. We're also giving her a subcutaneous IV every day, so all this fell on me. Being woken up every 90 mins, round-the-clock for 3 days in a row almost killed me. I have never been so sleep deprived in my life and the poor girl was soooooo sick. At one point, she was too weak to get up and use the litterbox and would just pee all over herself. It was so sad!!
Luckily my neighbor Cathy got me pet diapers and pee pads which came in very handy, although the diapers almost weighed more than Sophie and she couldn't walk with them on. I was so afraid that she wasn't going to make it until Doug got home, that he changed his flight and missed the last day of the conference and came home Sat. morning instead of midnight Sat. night.
He laid down with her and she curled up next to him and slept for about 3 hours. After that, she was like a new cat!! She began eating & drinking on her own and has even become a little interactive with us. She's slowly getting stronger and doing some walking on her own. I don't know if it's possible - but I think she missed him!
So since she can no longer jump up on and off of our bed, the 3 of us are sleeping on an air mattress on the floor and we are up every time she eats, uses the litterbox, drinks, vomits, etc. Needless to say, the sleep deprivation problem isn't getting any better. It's gotten to the point where I can barely focus. I don't know how long we can keep this up.
Of course she has good days and bad days and the last couple of days have brought on some kind of stomach upset to add to mommy's duties. I took a picture of her in the diaper, I'll try to get Doug to download it and post it here.
