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Monday, December 29, 2003: Attack Cat
This morning we decided to go see The Return of the King in the afternoon, so I made a few calls to try and find a babysitter. Morgan is working today, and I didn't get a hold of my friend Janet, but I got in touch with my friend Kathryn, and she said she'd be able to babysit if we went to the 4:00 show. So that we did, and enjoyed the movie very much. That Peter Jackson is a clever man. I'm going to be lazy and just say, "what he said". It was around 8:00 when we got home, so we'd been gone about four and a half hours. We got home to find Kathryn barricaded in the back bedroom with the door closed, sobbing. Delphine cried almost the entire evening, and Mimi went mad and started attacking them both. Mimi hates it when Delphine cries; I guess I never thought what would happen if Delphine kept on crying and crying, and Mimi was faced with a stranger, which she's not keen on a the best of times. Apparently she attacks, like Cujo. So of course I felt like a piece of shit for leaving Kathryn with Delphine when I know she's going through separation anxiety. I should have guessed that she would cry all evening, although I surely didn't see the Mimi thing coming. Good grief. I had to dose Kathryn with ibuprofen, pizza, Christmas pudding and tea before I felt like I could send her out in the world again. |