Just how the heck does one work at home with a cat??? I thought that I would have peace and quiet while my daughter was at school, that I wouldn't be distracted, that I could get lots of work done. Uh uh. It just ain't happening. First of all Dusty keeps laying on the desk right on top of the papers I am trying to work off of. Or he will walk in front of the screen and occasionally step on the keyboard. I don't think the mortgage company wants to see "dfkjag;oiae ,jtbg" as a description of the neighborhood on the appraisal.

As I type fatboy is lounging right on top of the floor plan that I am trying to gather info from. Granted I can see the master bedroom and media room sticking out from under his chin, the house IS 5000 square feet so fatty can't cover the whole thing up. But how can I count the bathrooms????

Earlier he jumped up on the desk and when I yelled "NO" he took off like a spring and everything under his hind legs went flying across the room. I had to redo the plat map because it had claw marks in it. My hubby noticed the other day that one of the reports had cat hair stapled into it. What can I do to keep him away? Small cage, little kitty straight jacket, bowl of scorpions??? I have no door on my office because my office is where the dining room is suppose to be.

And of course the fact that I am writing this right now shows that I am not working either. It's too easy to check the newsgroups, email, read the news and even sneak onto Yahoo! for a round or two of Word Racer. I have no discipline! Ahhhhhhh! Oh, oh Dusty has shifted position. Let's see, 1..2..3..4...5...6 "SIX", who in the name of The Porcelain Bowl needs SIX bathrooms in a ONE story house?? They must be the most devote worshippers of The Bowl that's for sure. Guess when you pay $1.4 million dollars for a house you want to get your "bowls" worth. And I thought the 42' x 30' great room was a tad much, silly me. Well Dusty has now gotten up, probably to go sit on the stove-top, claw the carpet or make a tuna casserole, so I better get back to work before he comes back!

Copyright © Tambra Jo Gwozdz
September 8, 2001