We have chairs to stand on! Volume II, et al
10:10 AM, Thursday, 20 December, 2007
Last night The Cat was hissing through the window* at the neighbour's cat as it crept through the monsteria and caught ANOTHER MOUSE!!! Yehia got a little bit upset and wanted to rescue the mouse, and I was forced to give him A Look.
I have been practicing Giving Looks lately, because I am officially becoming a grinch, as I feel that festivity is overrated. For the last few days we have had Salvation Army fundraisers in the square outside our office, playing Christmas Carols on their trumpets and their trombones for several hours at a time, and my ears are bleeding. There are also lots of tourists blocking the streets, whose ankles I am very close to stamping down upon.
Although I don't have any neices or nephews (inclusive), I have decided that the only way to get through the festive season (it's also Eid at the moment, people, and well-wishes must be made!) is to act the part of "crazy mad old auntie" by drinking copious amounts of Pimms, waving my umberella at people and wearing inappropriate purple.
I'm off to buy a blue rinse.
*What's with cats and hissing? What exactly is it meant to do? It's not particularly scary or intimidating unless they have arse breath, which our cat now doesn't have since having its teeth removed.
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We have chairs to stand on!
5:00 PM, Monday, 10 December, 2007
Despite having a cat, we seem to have rodents.
Yehia told me a few days ago that there were "tree rats" in the monsteria in our couryard. I, of course, did not believe him. Why would I?
Until The Cat ran through our very civilised and grownup Sunday family lunch with a giant mouse in its mouth. Thank goodness these particular family members aren't too freaked out by a toothless cat holding a mouse. Albeit large (the mouse). Thank goodness said family members can assist the two of us to remove said mouse.
Just now I looked out the window and saw with my very eyes a rodent strolling up the monsteria. I think it's another large mouse.
How does one get rid of large mice living in a giant monsteria in the garden? Should one make friends and live in peace and harmony with rodents?
- Eeeek! -
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RawwaHet rasi!
8:19 PM, Thursday, 6 December, 2007
Tuesday evening I was sitting on the couch, cramming for my imminent Arabic lesson. I couldn't figure out what one letter was, what with the whole different script thing, and asked Yehia for help.
Whilst I can swear like a trooper, narrate food and describe camels, donkeys and monkeys very well Yehia is enthusiastic for me to widen my Arabic vocabulary, and likes to help. On Tuesday evening I just couldn't figure this one letter out. Yehia couldn't figure out how I couldn't figure this letter out. As I leaned forward to pick up my dictionary, Yehia flung out his arm out wide to write the word in the air and I was knocked off the couch.
My darling, normally non-clumsy husband got me an icepack for the emerging bump on my head. I didn't make it to my Arabic lesson.
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