Peace and Harmony

I really DO want world peace is a great line in Miss Congeniality.  When my kiddos were younger I'd "like" to say they were perfect angels and got along and there wasn't any squabbling but that would not be honest (and this blog is an honest blog! Cross my heart.).  I remember several times I wanted peace in the house and so each child got sent to a different compass rose area-  YOU, over there!  YOU over there and don't even think about looking at your other sibling!!!  All I wanted was world peace in my little strawberry patch- actually I just wanted quiet.  If they could have fought quietly, in maybe sign language, I could have let them continue their combat.  But when you are all under the age of 10- silent wars only happen in books...not real life!  One tends to crave silence in a house of 6 where 4 of them are all under the age of 8!!!!  Now I am older and wiser and the hearing isn't what it used to be ("whadya say?" "huh?") so if they are squabbling, I don't hear it! LOL  We have arrived at world peace in my world.

Until.....da da da da....

We came home from a wonderful weekend trip.  The dogs can't stay "home alone."  They went to boarding school.  The cats, on the other hand, can survive alone for the weekend.  Except Kitzilla really needed to go to the vet for a lube job.  (Remember a few posts back about "that time of the month?")  So Ollie stayed Home Alone.  We left several bowls of water, numerous containers of cat food in various areas and he had a weekend of world peace (i.e.- no Garbage Gut to bother him).  What more could a cat want, I ask ya?!!??  We arrived home after midnight on Sunday to find cat food thrown out of the container and all over the house.  That cat was sending a message.  But dumb cat owners that we are thought "Ah ha ha ha, look at what silly Ollie did!"

Did I mention "world peace?"  Ollie is madder than heck at all of us.  Kitzilla just had surgery and is still licking her wounds all the while getting growled at and hissed at by Home Alone Kitty!  You'd think Ollie thought we had all gone on vacation and left him behind (well, I guess we did in a way!).  Ollie hisses and growls and bats at (with ears laid back- I mean he is M-A-D) at everyone.  I need a cat whisperer.

So the moral of the story:  Once the kids are grown and have moved out and you achieve that perfect "your world peace," don't get animals...or at least don't go on vacation and leave one of them home alone while the others are boarded at the vet!!!!  I've learned my lesson.

I really DO want world peace again!