While it doesn't approach the disaster of my parents actual honeymoon in 1973 (blown tire knocks bus off road on Spanish coast, lots of scars and broken bones followed), my grace period in Nashville is over - because there's very little grace to go around.
So far, that new salary has only illustrated the great divide between Columbus and Nashville cost of living. Hand-to-mouth is still the way of life. Wasn't supposed to go down that way.
As before, I aim for modest goals. All I want to save for is a sectional couch, because it looks like the WUC (World's Ugliest Couch), its slipcover and my lounge chair will be evicted to the curb because of the infestation.
Like everything else parasitic, fleas are exceedingly tough to kill. A simple drowning in warm soapy works best. Plus, there's added perverse pleasure of watching their legs thrash uselessly before the water consumes them and they drift to the cup's bottom.
I look at the change in Percy's behavior since we arrived ... even before the fleas, lethargy from the heat overtook him. The fiery kitten who refused give me a moment alone on Arbor Village Drive now splits his time between the bedroom hardwood and the bathroom tile. Oh yeah, and even with the Frontline stuff, it's nothing but scratching and gnawing once he's there.
When pounces at my arms, I let him bite, claw and puncture till it bores him. It's the least I can do so long as the Frontline fails to kick in.
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FLEAS! They are surely one main ingredient in hell. HELL.
At least you have a cat for them to eat -- otherwise, YOU would be their blood meal. Yes, I just said blood. meal.
I will not have a nervous breakdown thinking about fleas.
I will not have a nervous breakdown thinking about fleas.
I will not have a nervous breakdown thinking about fleas.
did you know that 'honeymoon' originated from month (or 'moon') after the wedding when the bride and groom were given an ample supply of mead (fermented honey and water) because it was believed to guarantee conception?
they thought that honey made chicks fertile, but it mostly made them wasted and easy.
anyway, i hope the mead and supply of wasted chicks never run dry down there in nashville. but i don't wish conception on you. fleas are bad for the baby.
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