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This morning was... less than fun. See I try to keep in mind that the neighbour's cat... well it's not the cat's fault. it's the owners', but sometimes it's very hard not the blame the poor animal when during one morning my dog nearly gets jumped... it's very, very dark and I can't see much of anything, so anticipating such things is a bit difficult, then I hear a whole awful noice from the backyard and when I finally get enough clothes and shoes on me to be able to go outside (I was changing at the time and otherwise I wouldn't care, but nakedness is not of the good when running around in the yard and shoes are a must when there might be nasty things like rusty nails to step on in the dark)... well yes, by then the other cat runs away and Romeo is just sort of lying there and not moving, he's sort of ok, but imagine the amount of panic. I carry Romeo inside and, well he seems mostly ok, although threre's something wrong with one of his paws and he seems very subdued in general. Also when I'm about to leave for work I realise my usually stupidly brave and curious Greger is shaking and hiding under some random stuff in the yard (I've no idea when he got out, but I suppose there were a few opportunities this morning) and he almost doesn't let me pick him up. Didn't seem to be anything wrong with him he was just sccared, so I stuck him inside and then left. Very difficult to keep that, "it's not the cat's fault" in my mind. Fact is I feel sorry for the animal. It's a non sterilzed male cat, of course it's going to roam around and everyone hates the cat because it's always around someone's yard and the owners don't do anything about it. The thing is though that it's a very nice and friendly cat, which is part of the reason it's always hanging about I think, but of course it won't like other animals and quite naturally most of the time it's scared out of its mind (I've gotten scratched a few times as well). I really do feel bad for it and I'd like to do something, but... well... what the heck can I do... I've tried to think about the options realistically and none of them are really good. Also there's another cat I feel very bad about, he used to be ours back when we lived in Såka with the whole family so I think he's some ten plus years old, but then he sort of went away and neighbours say you can still see him around every once in awhile looking mostly very not good (I haven't seen him yet) and kind of afraid of people.
Also in the suckiness of this week, last night I called dad the conversations sounded something like this:
Me: Uh, hi... I've a sort of practical problem.
Dad: Ok, sure. What is it?
Me: My door is stuck.
Dad: On your car?
Me: No, on my house. The front door of my house is locked, it will not open. There is no opening of the door.
Dad: So how are you going to get in.
Me: Well see I was inside... and you know the back door that's been stuck for like a year. Well see I had this hammer and... well anyways now I'm outside walking the dog, it needed to get out.
Yeah... so that's about what happened. Of course the conversation went on for a bit, but... well point is I can't get my front door open and for a moment I was thinking about how I'm going to inform people that I'm stuck inside my home and can't get out. Because the back door is stuck, has been for awhile, the side door I suspect is locked and a key... well... beside that's probably stuck too and the balcony door... well I can open that one no problem, but I'd need a pair of ladders to get down from the balcony. Also I have the kind of windows you cannot open. But a bit of violence and a hammer solved the door opening problem, which leaves the little problem of I can't shut the back door properly. Well I could... maybe if I really tried, but not from outside and I'm not sure I could get it open again... at least not without a friggin' crowbar.
But it's mostly shut so the cats shouldn't maybe be able to get out. Dog is locked in anyway in another room as per usual, but sadly it's letting more cold air in than usually, which quite possibly will have a rather negative effect on my elektricity bill, because the house warming will need to be slightly more... uh... warming.
And I just managed to pay for the fixing of the lock on that door. And argued my elektricity bill down by pointing out that the estimation is way off from my actual usage.
But I am not stuck inside my house. Sort of sad that, at least something good could have come out of this.
Also in the suckiness of this week, last night I called dad the conversations sounded something like this:
Me: Uh, hi... I've a sort of practical problem.
Dad: Ok, sure. What is it?
Me: My door is stuck.
Dad: On your car?
Me: No, on my house. The front door of my house is locked, it will not open. There is no opening of the door.
Dad: So how are you going to get in.
Me: Well see I was inside... and you know the back door that's been stuck for like a year. Well see I had this hammer and... well anyways now I'm outside walking the dog, it needed to get out.
Yeah... so that's about what happened. Of course the conversation went on for a bit, but... well point is I can't get my front door open and for a moment I was thinking about how I'm going to inform people that I'm stuck inside my home and can't get out. Because the back door is stuck, has been for awhile, the side door I suspect is locked and a key... well... beside that's probably stuck too and the balcony door... well I can open that one no problem, but I'd need a pair of ladders to get down from the balcony. Also I have the kind of windows you cannot open. But a bit of violence and a hammer solved the door opening problem, which leaves the little problem of I can't shut the back door properly. Well I could... maybe if I really tried, but not from outside and I'm not sure I could get it open again... at least not without a friggin' crowbar.
But it's mostly shut so the cats shouldn't maybe be able to get out. Dog is locked in anyway in another room as per usual, but sadly it's letting more cold air in than usually, which quite possibly will have a rather negative effect on my elektricity bill, because the house warming will need to be slightly more... uh... warming.
And I just managed to pay for the fixing of the lock on that door. And argued my elektricity bill down by pointing out that the estimation is way off from my actual usage.
But I am not stuck inside my house. Sort of sad that, at least something good could have come out of this.