Friday 2/16, I drove straight to the Humane Society after work and Kay-See called to ask what I was doing and I told her and she said “I knew it!” I got down there and one of the girls told me to gather the paperwork for each of the cats I liked so I did that then went over each one with the girl that reminds me of Chrystol. The older lady started bringing them in one by one and first up was Cleo, who liked to play and was a bit aloof and all white. Then Bijou who was very overweight but a black which I was leaning toward, and lastly Meowser who was also black and also somewhat aloof. I decided impulsively to just go with Meowser without visiting with Daisy or Mon Cher. I felt guilty for not choosing three of the other ones but decided they all had traits I didn’t know if I was prepared to deal with…so I went with the “easy” choice: Meowser. My paperwork was started and I chatted with some of the girls, picked out some of the supplies I would need for the night and completed the adoption. Everyone was excited that a black one was going home. Originally I wanted a tortoiseshell colored cat or an orange one but then I realized that color is really irrelevant and it’s not about a generic preference, it’s about adopting an animal that needs a home and will be most compatible with me and my lifestyle (multiple same sex life partners). I called Kay-See on my way home to give her the news and firm up plans for the evening and she could hear Jacques meowing and asked if she could come meet him, I said of course and that Chrystol had called to see what I was doing too so I would invite her over for a girls movie night or something. When I got home I let him out in the bathroom to keep him contained then set up the litter box so he wouldn’t pee all over the place. I tried to tidy up a little bit then decided to let him out to explore a little. I started making a salad for dinner and he jumped up on the counter (as his paperwork stated he was likely to do) so I promptly removed him and continued making my salad. He continued to jump up many times but I took care of it and ended up shutting him back in the bathroom. Pretty soon Kay-See showed up so I let him out and she asked if she could be his godmother and I said of course. We went into the living room to hang out and play with the cat. Chrystol ended up calling and cancelling but it was ok because we had tater gems baking away in the oven which easily distracted us. We soon got the movie going (Wedding Crashers) and eventually broke out the caramel pralines and cream yogurt something ice cream, needless to say it was delicious. Auntie Kay-See had to remove Jacques from the couch countless times and said that if he were her cat she would let him, so I told him that when he goes to visit Auntie Kay-See that she will let him up on her leather couch and she was soon singing a different tune. It was really fun and she seems to adore her godcat so that’s fantastic. After the movie she took off and I put Jacques in the bathroom for the night so that he wouldn’t chew on plants, pee on the carpet, scratch the couch or jump on the counters. I felt guilty but that’s what the lady at the HS said to do so I figured it was for his own good. And my sanity. I was asleep by about 11:30.

Thursday 2/15, It was family night as I talked to my dad, mom, other mom and Kassie all in the span of an hour and a half. First up was Mom who warned me against adopting a cat, but I reminded her that there have been amazing technological advances since the 70’s, zing! Then I talked to Dad who was pretty excited about me adopting a pet, which totally shocked me, then Mom called a minute after Dad because she was driving her Valentine’s Day present with Aubrie down the Pacific Coast Hwy and thought I would appreciate it, and lastly Kassie who told me about a little cat her and S took in and that she’ll be picking up her Great Dane rescue puppy sometime next week. Made plans with Susan to call after 10, the official ending time of OC, which I must say was an excellent episode and almost had me in tears. Shut it. I got ready and took off to meet Susan then sat in my car while I listened to her scream sweet nothings into my ear (“Ugh, I’m going to fucking kill you!” and “Where the fuck are you?”). We walked over and ran into Beau in Travers’ place so I said “You’re not Travers! You’re Beau!” and he was shocked I remembered him, then I said, boy do you even remember me? He’s like yeah, and Andy? and I’m like “Oh yeah…Andy...” sigh. We didn’t dally much longer and soon found out that Dick was already there, unfortunately. I knew Michael wouldn’t be there because he had a trip down south, but we were both hoping for some of the other boys to show up, especially Kyle. I saw the hottest guy go into the bathroom and vowed to figure out his bottom line by the end of the night. We went upstairs where we quickly spotted my old bf that dances all over the place and makes a minimum of 4 costume changes while he prances around the club. I love him, but am also simultaneously terrified he will try to dance with me, so we keep our distance and watch him dance with other people. We made our way down to the floor and tried to avoid Dick’s hopeful glances, and started getting down to the string of awesome songs Von Trapp was playing. I was dancing ridiculously and cracking Susan up then Teal showed up and the first thing he said was “I totally know who your sister is…I can’t believe you two are from the same gene pool!” The three of us danced forever and were having so much fun, especially when Susan’s beer started to foam a little so Teal was like, “Here, don’t worry” and bumps the bottom of Susan’s beer on the top of his and beer goes EVERYWHERE and we all started laughing hysterically. When Von Trapp played a bad song Teal went off to get a drink. I saw Kyle earlier so we knew he was around somewhere and were anxiously awaiting a little Kyle time. We decided to do a lap and found him wearing a very cute half argyle /half solid sweater vest with tie and short sleeved button up shirt. Hot. We talked about how much fun we had in the old days and he asked about Kassie and was laughing because he burned her with his cigarette and she smoked him out that one time. Then he said he loves my myspace pictures and that I look like “a fuckin supermodel” lately. That made me happy and both Susan and I were flattered when he told us we really class up the place. Soon we were on our way back to the dance floor then ran into Kyle again and danced with him for a couple songs. We noticed Teal’s bf showed up then Susan started neighing and dubbed herself a “haunted horse” which we laughed at forever. We saw Teal and bf dancing on the other side of the floor so we went over to join them but we might have been crashing something because there was a little awkwardness and standoffishness on Teal’s part. Anyway, when I decided to leave Susan walked me to the coat check then to the door, I said bye to the boys and ran to my car.

Wednesday 2/14, Happy Valentine’s Day! Ha, hardly. I went to the Humane Society after work but had to sit in traffic forever, seriously, then looked at all the cats, made a list of 5 and talked with the girl working the front counter. It absolutely breaks my heart to see how many animals are in there, vying for attention or crouched in these tiny cages, while people out there are still spending hundreds and thousands of dollars on purebred animals. It made me want to cry a few times…but I didn’t…it’s seriously depressing though. I’m going to go back, I just don’t know if it will be tomorrow or Friday, or maybe the weekend. We’ll see. When I got home I made a salad then reheated my delicious zucchini dish and ate a ton of it. Talked to Susan for quite a while, then Mom for a few minutes, then Kay-See. I eventually made it upstairs to shower and relax.