“Look at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Let us literally live from moment to moment.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Last night at around 9,Dolly decided that she had had enough for one day.
Quietly she made her way to my makeshift mattress and proceeded to claim it as hers.
Not wanting to disturb her, when it came time for me to go to bed, I found myself relegated to our recliner.Not ideal but for one night no big thing.
Around midnight , I finally drifted off only to be awakened about an hour later.
The cats (yes.....another new blessing!) had honed in on a field mouse which had made its way into the baseboard near Luna's cage (Luna is our African Grey).
As they crashed into the wall,trying to catch the mouse,the bird started screaming ,causing Dolly to scramble to her feet as best as she could.
This was the beginning of about 4 hours of chaos. Dolly couldn't get comfortable and only wanted to be in the bedroom,the one room which is completely off limits to her for the next 6 weeks.
The cats, continued to be frustrated in their quest to capture the mouse. This did not however stop them from terrorizing Phillip,the canary or Moonshine and fig ,the guinea pigs.
Needless to say.last night could not be classified as a good night's sleep.
Susan came out at around 4 and tried to get Dolly to pee to no avail.
Eventually,everything calmed down and sometime after 5 I was able to once again fall asleep,until Phillip started clambering when one of the cats decided to perch himself on top of the birdcage. That was at about 6:20 which abruptly ended my sleep and marked the start of my Wednesday.
I have a funny feeling that this is going to be a very long 6 weeks!
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