Neena’s train of thought on Wednesday night at 9:35pm:
It’s so cute watching the puppy sleep. She is adorable. Hard to believe she is almost a year old.
I wonder where the cats are. Oh, one’s behind me. Guess I should clean the litter boxes before I go to bed. Steve probably cleaned them this morning before he took out the trash. Wonder if there’s any coffee left in the pot. I’ll heat it up. Better not. It would probably keep me awake.
What time is it? Not even 10pm. Naw, it’s too late for coffee. Do we have any decaf? Nevermind.
Maybe I’ll have some juice. There’s the other cat. I wonder if the puppy will wake up and chase her. Nope, she’s still sleeping. Puppies are so cute when they sleep. Cats are too. That Youtube thing on Facebook was darling. I should show it to Steve. So cute seeing a kitty sleeping on the dashboard of a car just driving down the freeway. The kitty looked so relaxed. I wonder if either of our cats would do that. Relaxed? What’s that? Lord, I need to relax. Hey, I should think about coloring in that book that Kathy gave me for Christmas. Coloring might be a good way to relax. Where did I put it? I hope it’s with the colored pencils. I think I put them in my sock drawer. I’ll look for it later, or tomorrow. Maybe I’ll have milk. Oh, for the love of Mike, I should go get a glass of something. Love of Mike— Who says that? Who the hell is Mike anyway, and why do we care about his love? That’s funny.
Reminds me of the time I heard some comic say, “If Jimmy cracked corn and no one cared, why’d they write a song about it?” That’s funny too. Reminds me of my Aunt Lorraine. She had a music box that played “Jimmy Crack Corn.” I sure miss her. I wonder if Mom remembers that music box. Probably not. Oh, crap. I almost forgot. Mom has an appointment with her hearing-aid people tomorrow. Am I taking her or is Steve? I think she told me she was getting a shuttle ride. Yeah, that’s it. Well, I’m not going to call her this late. I’ll check with Steve and see if he remembers. With tomorrow being deadline day, I hope Mom doesn’t think she’d be bothering us if she needed us to take her somewhere. I bet she likes taking the shuttle. It helps her keep so fabulously independent. While I’m up, I might as well get something to drink. I wonder if there’s any coffee left. Oh jeez, forget the coffee. I already went through that whole thing.
Okay, I’m really going into the kitchen now. I’ll check to see if the litter boxes need to be cleaned and see if Steve wants something to drink too. Oh, it’s 10:00. The news is on. I wonder if they’ll mention anything about the Long Beach election. Channel 5 would probably have the best local news. Aw, the heck with it. When Steve comes to bed I’ll ask him to check the litter boxes and bring me something to drink. I want to go watch the news. I better tippy-toe out of here. I don’t want to wake up the puppy. She’s so cute. I wonder where the cats went!. ad nauseum.
P.S. I read this to Steve, and when he stopped laughing he asked me, with a straight face, “So, is there any coffee left?” I think he was serious.
