TGIF - Vacation begins!

Back to the gym tonight after a lousy nap. I'd shut Lucas out of the bedroom because yesterday he interrupted my nap with his meowing to get out onto the terrace. (He'd never done that before.) Today, even with ear plugs, I could hear him meowing outside the door (whether to get inside the bedroom or out onto the terrace, I don't know). In any case, I felt bad for him since he likes joining me up on the bed for a nap. But eventually he shut up and I got a little rest. (I also had a sweet bus ride home, with nobody poking me in the side.) [See yesterday's post.]

After the nap, Lucas stood by the sliding door, meowing to get out. It just so happens that last night I'd fished an old water pistol out of a drawer and prepared it for deployment in hopes of teaching Lucas a lesson about meowing at the sliding-glass door. Well, lesson learned! (Though it may have to be repeated. We'll see.) We'd bought the water gun expressly for some cat discipline, though I can't remember what the problem was.

Used it on Boozy tonight, also, when he started up with his inexplicable loud bellowing after his dinner. (Worked.) I'll keep the water gun handy from now on.

(I loved the show "My Cat from Hell" but there were only a handful of episodes. Would love to see more. The host is a savvy cat psychologist/musician. I could possibly learn a few things, even as cat-savvy as I am.)

Taking next week off from work as vacation and don't plan on going to the gym either. Monday is Labor Day, a free day off anyway.

Watched a new "Four Weddings" tonight. A South Florida show. Pretty good. My favorite wedding was at the place in Boynton Beach with the Spanish courtyard where the ceremony took place. Classic So. Fla. architecture. Beautiful decorations. The bride did all the planning herself. But the other brides complained of a too-brief ceremony and waiting too long for dinner to be served (course by course) - too much dead time. (Two hours, one bride said - time better spent dancing). That killed it. She came in last. They said the food was good, however, although the passed-around hors d'oeuvres were skimpy. Still, it was a beautiful venue. The wedding on the golf course, with the horse-drawn carriage, came in first. The backyard wedding, with the hour-long downpour, came in second. The hotel wedding at the beach - the most expensive, at $65,000 - third (way too windy). Thank God for one of the brides she had her pashmina...

Now I'm watching "Rat Busters NYC." Has its moments.

By the way, the cat door panel for the slider is supposed to arrive next Tuesday.