Drugged Cats!

I had been having issues with Pip expressing his extreme displeasure with sharing the house with another cat and a dog by targeting Hank's clothes for some "special attentions". In response to this, the vet had me put him on ati-depressants. In addition to this, we purchased a little doodad that plugs into the wall like an air freshener and dispenses good cat pheromones. We have had it plugged in for a few days now and both cats are sitting like lumps on the char next to the outlet where it is plugged in, moving only to eat and go to the bathroom. OMG it is weird. It is un-natural. But they are not going to the bathroom on Hanks clothes... Pip isn't even sleeping on the bed anymore - this is obviously not a permanent solution. Or I need another one for the bedroom too.

A LOT of food

Mom and I made a ton of food today. I convinced her into trying the cook ahead thing with me, and we decided to concentrate on dishes that could be made with ground beef, and to a lesser extent tomato sauce. We made a whole bunch of spaghetti sauce (with meat and onion and garlic and various herbs - my fav.), lasagna, swedish meatballs, tamale pie, meat loaf, stuffed peppers, and stuffed cabbage rolls. Oh, and some leftover rice, since that freezes pretty well. Hopefully now I can be a forgetful artist but not eat too much fast food. Or spend too much money on sandwiches and sushi which is the other thing that often happens. We kept to lean ground beef and low-fat choices so it should all be relatively safe. Next time we do this we will concentrate on thai food, but this was quick and everything was easy to find cheap on short notice. Now I will have *something* around the house when I stumble in from my studio starving. And this way dad can just take something out of the freezer to eat. I really do like cooking, the problem is sometimes I get so into whatever I am doing that I forget about eating until I start feeling sick, and then I tend to just eat whatever is convenient, which hasn't helped with loosing weight.

I also went to the bouldering gym today and signed a year contract. I bouldered until my hands ached, which sadly wasn't that long. Now I just need to keep it up! Amazing how I managed to gain 10 lbs working at a gym. Now I need to drop it with interest. :-P