Anyone want to earn $40?

10 minutes ago: Consumption of coffee and breakfast underway, and I noticed that Humboldt (the cat) had some dander. We had been talking about giving the cat a bath and the dander citing somehow triggered the "this is a good idea" switch in my still sleeping brain.

9 minutes ago: I go into the first floor bathroom, rinse out the tub, move the miscellaneous items (magazines) out of the way, quickly fill the tub with an inch (IF that) of luke-warm-warmish water and call for Humboldt.

7 minutes ago: Humboldt happily comes into said bathroom and meows in a "I'm so happy to see you way", I pick him up and place him into the tub...

6 minutes and 50 seconds ago: Humboldt realizes what he is sitting in, his eyes bulge and simultaneously all limbs and paws are pointing in opposite yet upwards directions - as he bolts from the tub water gets EVERYWHERE; me, the toilet, the books stacked on the sink, the outside of the tub, the floor, the neat decorative-looking towels from Mrs. Webb hanging idly on the towel rack, and the door.

6 minutes and 45 seconds ago: Humboldt with his limbs and tail all wet is looking at me with the saddest look his face can produce accompanied with the "I'm wailing because I'm sad/scared/about to puke/going to the vet/going somewhere I don't know/in my carrier for unknown reasons" meow. I am wiping the bathroom up and telling him it is going to be OK.

5 minutes ago: Still wiping up the bathroom, Humboldt has toned down the wailing and has begun Operation Lick-Myself-All-Over-Because-I-am-Wet-For-Unknown-Reasons.

4 minutes ago: I decide it is OK to open the door and the bathroom is partially dry (good enough). Surprised that the door is open, Humboldt actually moves closer to the tub than the door before realizing it is safe to go outside. Chris comes in from the garage and asked what just happened... yeah.

3 minutes ago up to now: Humboldt is still licking profusely; however, he has allowed me to pet him.

If anyone wants to wash and dry my cat you'll earn yourself a quick (haha) $40! :)

Already a trip to the V-E-T, Husky Football, and TRIVIA!

Humboldt has already been to the V-E-T. We noticed that had a little dried blood on the edge of his eye; upon closer inspection he had scratched himself right underneath his right eye, right by the area of his nose; therefore, Chris had the adventure of taking the cat to the V-E-T earlier this week. Humboldt was tricked into his carrier by some treats (we'll see if that works next time) and then sadly mewed all the way to Woodinville. As we adopted Humboldt from Oasis for Animals, our first trip was complimentary! However, we now get to place eye medicine on Humboldt three times a day...

As I type this entry, Humboldt is happily sleeping next to me on the sofa. However, if I place my hand anywhere near his eyes he flinches. Poor kitty! I was lucky enough tonight to get the goo in place during his sleep - and again am I ever going to be able to get that done? Hahaha, I am laughing at the sheer thought of that simple success being repeated. Another thing we found out from his trip to the V-E-T - I had definitely under-estimated his weight, I thought he was only 9 lbs. well turns out he is around 12.5 to 13 lbs! Lucky cat now gets fed three times a day because of that new data.

I promise not to make all entries about Humboldt and his adventures; admittedly though it is hard to think of other fun things to provide updates on as Humboldt has really taken to our house and lives and we enjoy him very much.

Husky Football. OMG did you see the game? HOLY COW! Our secondary still kind of makes me think "what???", but we actually had numerous strings of FIRST DOWNS and our short-pass offense was tight!!!!! I had not enjoyed a game so much until this past Saturday. Kids around campus are wearing Bark for Sark t-shirts - hilarious. The real test for the Dawgs will definitely be this coming Saturday versus Idaho because we are expected to win...like Las-Vegas-expectations to win. I don't know if I want to sit through the pageantry that is Husky Band Day, but I will FOR SURE be watching the game. Maybe I can convince Joe to come over for some hot dogs, sausages, and other miscellaneous meat products and we can watch the game from the comfort of my house...with Humboldt running around in circles as he is not used to me screaming at the TV "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" and "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"!!!!!!!!!!!

And yes...Thursday Night Trivia at Jillian's is back. Now that is hawt.

I present Humboldt Percival the III

Isn't he pretty? Chris took this picture over the weekend; Humboldt's mouth whiskers are white, but his eyebrow whiskers are black...makes him look more serious than he really behaves at times. Although recently we have discovered this cat freaks out at the sound of someone tapping a spoon against the side of a can. Oh and he will eat butter if we let him so we have had to get out the butter crock.

I could talk about the heat...

...but why? Everyone else is - I would say that a majority of the posts I read on Facebook have been about melting, or home-made air conditioning, or the yearning for an air conditioner. Apparently yesterday was the hottest day recorded in Seattle since weather records have been kept for our fine city -- since 1891. It officially reached 103 at SeaTac. It was 106 at our house!

What has happened in my world. We are gearing up to go on a vacation the second week of August - celebrating our first year anniversary up in Canada. We are going to stay in Richmond, then take a BC Ferry over to Nanaimo and spend a couple days there, then drive a little south on Vancouver Island and stay in a small bed and breakfast type of place. Come home on a Saturday and then hopefully get to see Heather while she is in town for a while.

We decided to get a cat! Almost 8 years since I have moved out on my own I am finally getting a kitty! The non-profit shelter that we are adopting the cat from (http://www.oasisforanimals.org/) has agreed to hold the cat for us until after our vacation. The cat's current name is Percy, but I think I want to call him Humboldt, after a type of penguin. Below is a photo of the cat, I am WAY excited!

I was talking to Andrew the other night about the cat and I said that we had thought about naming it Andrew in Andrew's honor - I am not sure how he took that... :) Andrew assured me though that he would still come and visit me even though I have a cat - he would just make a lot of crock-pot-cat jokes.

Work has been a little busy, a lot of changes are going on. If you know of anyone who has the qualifications to be a CIO for an IT department at possibly one of the world's most influencial non-profits, then let me know! (haha)

We saw Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. NOT IMPRESSED. As I told Joe, it was like when we saw Spiderman at Oak Tree Cinemas - longest movie ever. Admittedly it was by far the most hilarious of all of the HP flicks, although not by much. I will probably end up owning it as part of the HP collection only to say "I have them all".

And something else I wish I could blog about, but have you ever worked with someone who just doesn't get what is happening around them? Someone who thinks they are -- excuse my language - the shit - they think they are all that and a bucket of chips with sauce on the side and they treat everyone else around them as though everyone else is in a caste BELOW him or herself? I currently work with some individuals like that - who appear to not understand that they are not respected, but they THINK they are respected - and therefore, treat everyone else in an unkind fashion. So without mentioning further details or names, that is my work rant of the month.

Whew, I feel better now.