A Skunk and Kittens

 

It was not a very eventful week until we got to the end of it. Early Friday morning Cosmo was barking furiously. A few minutes later, an incredibly strong skunk smell came into the house. Since Cosmo's barking had awaken me, I knew that he had gotten sprayed. The next morning, Angie found him really stinky. Ugh!

Also Friday morning, Deb called to tell me that a newborn kitten was next to our front steps. When I got home, there were three of them. It looked like they were all dead, but when I moved one, it started to meow. All three were still alive. The mother cat had abandoned them. I wanted to see if we could rescue them, but it requires constant care for the animals--24 hours a day for two or more weeks. There is no way we can provide that. I hoped that the mother would return to get them, but Saturday morning they were still alive but just barely. I had to do the humane thing and dispose of them.

We winterized our yard. The trampoline was taken down and the sprinklers shut off. At least this year I did not do it while it was freezing!

Birthdays and Ukulele

 

The week did not have anything special other than Mom's birthday (Lorie's too). We were bad, we did not call Mom on her birthday. I did, though, post something to Facebook for her birthday.

We took Lilli's trombone back to the store since she is no longer in band. She is now taking art. Angie, though, wanted a ukulele so we got her one. She has been using one for choir. She has already learned a few songs on it.

Labor Day, BYU Football, and Back to School/Work

 

The week started out with Labor Day. With a storm blowing in, I took down the canopy so it would not blow away. Around taking it down, Deb and I played games. We also found out that Lilli's COVID test was negative so we can resume our "new" normal.

Labor Day evening, BYU played Navy in Annapolis, Maryland. No fans were allowed in the stadium so it was really hard for me to get into the game. However, the players really played well. BYU dominated the game from the start winning easily 55-3. BYU had a bye week, but, unfortunately, a small breakout of COVID on the team has forced the postponement of BYU's next game against Army.

Tuesday was back to work/school for everyone (almost everyone--Deb did not have to return until Wednesday. On Friday, we had the nineteenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, DC. Those that will vote for the first time in this upcoming election were not born or infants when the attacks occurred. To them it is history while it is a memory for me.

At Home--Not Camping

 

The week started out as usual. The girls went to school. Deb went to teach. I went to my job. We were getting ready for a long weekend with Labor Day coming up. We had planned to go camping with the Browers up Webb Canyon. It had been some time since we went and were looking forward to it. I got off work on Thursday and Friday. I planned on using Thursday to get ready and then be in the canyon that evening. The girls were going to come with us after they got home from school.

All of that changed when Lilli complained of a sore throat. Even though it was not red and she had no fever we sent her to school. When she got to school, she told them about her sore throat and they asked us to come and get her. Deb took her to Health West to get checked for COVID-19. Since she had taken the test, we were told to quarantine until we got the test results back. Test results take about three days so going camping or doing anything this weekend was out of the question.

Since we could not go camping, I set up our canopy in the backyard next to our outdoor fireplace. However, it got really hot so we spent most of the time inside playing games and watching movies. We did make a fire on Saturday and cooked pudgy pies.

Tomorrow is Labor Day. I doubt we will get the results back then. It will probably be Tuesday when we get the results. Hopefully, it will be negative.