The cat only drinks fresh water
Can we all breathe a collective sigh of relief? Can we all raise your fists in victory, whilst the song, “Eye of the Tiger” plays? Can we all donate R200 to my ever growing shoe collection? No? Well, it was worth a try.
So … I’ve been a little stressed at work, tying up loose ends of big ass project.
The initial idea of the project was that I was simply supposed to swoop in with my tights and cape and provide a colleague with guidance. Guidance soon morphed into “you fucked up so badly that I need to redo everything AND still meet the deadline”. The result is that I’ve been so stressed that I’ve been mainlining coffee and scarfing down so much chocolate I’d make Willy Wonka proud.
And whilst my fingers moved swiftly and confidently over the keyboard, the unavoidable thought that I was wasting my life stuck behind the glare of a PC, struck me. I wish I could say that this was simply a momentary thought; that I simply shook my head and went on my merry way, but I simply couldn’t help thinking of all the things I could be doing. I thought about how I should be standing barefoot on the banks of a river, the blades of grass prickling the soles of my feet. I thought about sunshine, laughter, friends, hammocks, books and road trips. I thought about all the things that made life THAT much sweeter.
Anyway, I’ve just completed THIS project (just handed the last of the reclassified datasets to the web developer) and thought I’d share something funny with you guys.
Saturday night
Barry: Sid, your cat’s sitting in the bathtub.
Me: Oh yeah, you’re supposed to open the tap for the cat. The cat only drinks FRESH water. She won’t drink water that’s been in a bowl for a few days.
And then Barry gives me this look like he simply can’t fathom the words coming from my mouth; as if I’d suddenly started speaking Klingon.
Funny how guidance can become so much more…
My dog has 2 water bowls, one in the kitchen that gets refilled several times a day and one in the garden that collects rain water. He prefers the rain water, if there is a choice.
Some people just don’t realise that animals have characters too.
Can you blame the cat? I wouldn’t drink water that’s been sitting around in a bowl for days, either.
That is probably better than bath water (my dogs) and foamy-soap (one of the three).
My cat refuses to drink out of his water bowl. Period. Fresh water or not. He will only drink out of drinking glasses. The ones meant for humans. If I gave him his very own drinking glass he probably wouldn’t use it. Oh and he’ll drink the dirty dishwater or the water left over in the sink after I’ve washed my hands or the water left in the shower after I’ve showered.