Dec 04 2007
Third Time’s the Charm?
Well, the purple mattress wasn’t so extraordinaire after all, except in its ability to let me down, both literally and figuratively. I’d pump it up, and after about an hour, I’d find myself in uncomfortable proximity to the floor, the very thing I was trying so hard to avoid.
Yet another trip to Target (I had never been there before the indoor camping episode, and in the past two weeks, it’s become my home away from home) and $200 later, I was on air mattress number three. The pump thing is built in, so it’s less likely (I hope) to leak. On the other hand, it was as attractive to June as the other two.
Yet another load of laundry and a minor crise de nerfs later, I decided on a two-pronged approach to the June Problem. I went to a fancy pet supply store and got Feliway spray and HomeoPet Anxiety Relief. Unlike the air mattresses, these worked like a charm. I used them for three days and the problem seems to have passed. And the air mattress has been holding up its end of the bargain, too.
So far, so good.
In other news, I have a horrible cold and am writing from the (dis)comfort of my air mattress with a Gilmore Girls repeat on my mother’s 25 year old TV and a dose of DayQuil doing absolutely nothing to alleviate the cold symptoms. I haven’t had a cold for so long that I’m taking this one personally and whinily.
Of course, as soon as I’m stricken with illness, the driver of the truck with my legendary things and stuff in it calls and says he might be here tomorrow afternoon. He was in Salt Lake City this morning and thinks he can get here tomorrow afternoon if he doesn’t encounter a possible storm in the Donner Pass. Let’s hope he has a better time of it than the eponymous Party. After three weeks without furniture, I’m beginning to believe I will never have any again.
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