Trappings

8-24-15

I hate it when I sleep on my neck wrong.

Dax didn’t get to do soccer on Saturday. Sadly, he was the only one who signed up for the goaltender clinic so they ended up canceling the class. Of course the other bummer was that we didn’t find out until after we were down at Hull. It worked out ok if only because of multiple things being done down at the school. I met up with our registrar who brought me money for registration. We had to check the cat trap (more on that in a bit) and we helped get things set up for the coaches training.

So on Friday, while Ken was getting out the canopy for the last day of camp, he noted a tiny kitten running around near the bin. He and Bobby then ran home to get the cat trap. It didn’t take much to catch the little one, who looked to be around 4 or 5 weeks old, if not younger. They came up to get me for an early lunch so I could see said kitten before taking it to Carson Animal Shelter. She was tiny and adorable which means she would adopt quickly or be snatched up by the evil rescue groups. Either way, she had a good chance at life.

The trap was re-set with the hopes there were not more kittens, but assumption there might be. Instead of a kitten, it was mama! Yay! Ken ended up taking her Saturday morning down to the shelter to get spayed and ear tipped. She was released back where we got her so that she was back “home” and no more babies. We set the trap one last time and ended up with a different mama in the form of a possum with multiple babies hanging from her belly. We released her up by Sur La Brea since the park was probably better than the school. All in all, a pretty successful animal weekend!

Now if we can only get homes for Spazzy and Moody.

Our UK coach ended up staying through last night. Ken is taking him to the airport, actually, as I write this. I am glad we hosted him, even though he was so soft spoken and I still worry we were boring. It was interesting and hell, we even got some financial credit towards Dax’s camp fees which was kinda cool.

I managed to go through the toys this weekend, too. The boys helped and we got the shelf into the corner of the room perfectly, which made me super giddy. We got rid of probably one large box’s worth of stuff. The rest of the toys fit just fine into the shelf and it looks fantastic. Today when I get home I will move the end table and tiny dresser back up to the guest room. The two old desks need to go, and I am honestly considering moving them into either the catio or the side of the house where I can cover them up while I wait for my coworker to come get them. I need to move one more item out of there and then the downstairs is crazy ready for school. YAY!!

The boys are going to Universal Studios today with Gramma and Poppy. I am a little jealous if only because I love seeing them get excited. I also would like to go some time in the near future in general. That being said, it looks to be quite warm today so I will just be excited for my boys and parents getting some fun time together today. It means when I get home I won’t have to worry about them or anyone staying at our house and I can get things in order, which always makes me super crazy happy. Woo!

It looks to be a little less hectic of a week. Dax has his first practice on Thursday, and it happens to be at Hull which means I will be at the school from 5 to 7:30. I hope to use at least 45 minutes to walk. I know there is a parent meeting with Dax’s coach, so that will be at like 6.

I have to use some time this week to put together the fundraiser paperwork. I didn’t know I had to do this until Saturday. I don’t think it will take too long, but I need it done for this Saturday which is the team parent meeting. I have to talk at that, too, which isn’t happy making. I will be fine, but man if there isn’t a big chunk of anxiety forming in the pit of my stomach.

Wednesday night we are going to the Comic Bug since Chris’s artwork is on display there. It is very cool that he gets a night to have people out to see the cool super hero drawings. I love all of them. I don’t know if they are on sale. I suppose we will find out when we get there.

The great news is that it looks as though most of the weekend aside from Saturday morning is free. I have reports this week which also helps make my week go by quickly. All in all, I see good things in the near future. Woo!