Wednesday Wishes

This is Wednesday leaning out of her cat tree. She may look like just your average gray tabby cat, but she has many skills. Most of these skills, she uses for The Good. Okay, 'most' might be a slight exaggeration. Wednesday is a good little kitty, though, at heart. She loves her family, loves her sisters, loves annoying those sisters and she also loves to grant wishes. Every Wednesday morning, I will rub the side of the cat house and summon our magic cat!

My Wednesday Wishes for the week:

1) An Organized Pantry - I've always been overly cautious growing up in earthquake country. As I get older, I realize the need to be prepared. When San Diego had that massive power outage that stretched into Orange County, over to Arizona and down to Baja California, I went a bit overboard. I decided that I wasn't stocked up ENOUGH. I admit that writing an apocalyptic novel as well as reading Life As We Knew It haven't helped matters. It doesn't take much money to stock up those cupboards, though. And it's practical because we're vegetarians so I use beans in a lot of dishes. All the food will be used whether a disaster hits or not. But it's a mess right now. It was already well stocked. After that final trip to the grocery store, beans, vegetables and fruits ended up three levels high. There's no rhyme or reason to it. It took me a good fifteen minutes to get a can of corn out for my Summer Succotash last night. I need to get in there and organize it, but who has the time? I want to open it tonight and just have it be beautifully organized. Or at least get another GroupOn offer for a "special" on organizing so I can pay someone a small sum to do it.


2) I have a new obsession - the Big Gulp. Soooo bad for me. I like the Diet Dr. Pepper with just a shot of Vanilla and Cherry in it. It's like energy in a cup. I know that it's bad for me. I can almost feel myself getting cancer with every sip. But I can't stop. Gone is the Green Tea obsession, replaced with this much less healthy obsession. I have to drive five miles to get it, though. It's hard to justify the waste of gas. If I had my own Big Gulp machine, though...or just a neverending Big Gulp cup that refilled exactly when I wanted it to. I promise I'd be good and only have one three days a week.


3) My mom - She's getting older, but she's not THAT old. However, she's got arthritis in her lower back. In typical mom fashion, she refuses to let it slow her down so she's continuing her daily walks and trips to the gym. By the evening, she is in so much pain that she can't move. I know the arthritis isn't going to go away. That's not even a wish our magical Wednesday can grant. But perhaps she can give Mom a little help with slowing down and listening to her body rather than fighting against it. I don't like seeing her in pain. I can't imagine how frustrating it is after living an active life to be limited by your own body. I just want her to be able to take it easy so she's not in so much pain that her pain medication won't even take the edge off. She's refusing the Vicodin the doctor prescribed because it makes her feel funny and gives her a headache the next morning. Over the counters aren't really dulling the pain at this point because she's being TOO ACTIVE. So, Wednesday, get her to slow down a bit. She's earned it!

What about you - what are your wishes for Wednesday our magical cat?