the kitten.. heh.. kinda rhymes when you say it like that.
We went by the shelter Fri. afternoon to acquire a kitty for C. Yes I know... real men and rednecks have dawgs... but she's my little girl and I am SO wrapped around her little finger. We narrowed it down to 2 and had some time to play with them and decide. One of them, I'm sure, would eventually get on my last nerve. Skittish as hell and TOTALLY insanely rambunctious. The other, not quite so much. Playful. But very loving. She came up to you wanting to be petted constantly. And she was quick to jump on the other. She just didn't look like a deranged black and white dustball with teeth and claws like the other. So, and much to my surprise, C chose the slightly calmer of the two. She has two white paws hence the name "Mittens". Unfortunately, the shelter has very strict rules about shots, spay/neutering etc. We were not allowed to bring her home until after she has them all. She's scheduled for this Fri. So.. C has to wait. Mrs and C went to visit Sat morning and took this picture:

Aight... so I've said it before. It never seems to take. But here goes again. I'm SO over Sandy. I know I know... probably not really but I am really trying hard this time not to play her game. Conversations over the last couple of weeks have turned... kinda serious. Mostly... to me... I.e. "Just so you know.. I'm allergic to latex. Sheepskin.. I'm just sayin". Now, if it were anyone other than Sandy, and correct me if I'm wrong, I'd be thinking this was a sign.. a pretty blatant one at that. Mon of last week we made a fast trip to the range to do some testing on her equipment (for shooting you pervs!). Then Tues, she called me and said "Please tell me you're coming to have a drink with me". Hadn't planned on it. But ok. So I made an excuse and met her out. We had drinks.. dinner. As we were leaving she said "Do you like my perfume?" and lifted her neck. Who am I to argue? I leaned down and breathed letting my whiskers tickle the nape of her neck. She screeched "EEp" and jumped followed by "That tickles!". Now at this point, I would think that would be it. But she lifted her chin again. I did leave though. Later in the week, we were eating lunch. That night came up and she said "I just wanted to get laid". Now, I know she says shit like this when were in public where I can't really do anything about it. I know she does it to push my buttons... Consider them pushed. So Thurs night I had a meeting. Sandy had previously offered us a cat carrier she had she no longer uses. As we thought we were picking up the cat on Fri, I called to see if the offer was still good. She said "Sure. Come on over and get it". So I drove to her house. She met me at the door wearing tight little jeans. We had a long hug. We lingered just for a sec. I could smell the alcohol on her breath. She had been out to dinner with a "friend" (not sure on the status.. I know what SHE said but I'm learning how full of shit she is).
We have a big match coming up this weekend and had a smaller one this past weekend. Long story short, she is having to completely redo her setup for making ammo. We had already been to the range once to check things out. I left her some of my gear so she could go on her own. She hasn't. As soon as we finished hugging she said "I'm having trouble again". It hit me just a little bit wrong. She's had my stuff so she could get ready for many days. She waits until I'm there to "have trouble". I'm thinking "You mean do it for you". We go to the garage. I can't make her machine screw up. In the meantime, she dumped an entire load of parts all over me and the floor (the alcohol at play here). She gets down on her hands and knees where, I can see a FABULOUS whale tail peeking from her jeans. I bend down to help her.
Month ago when we decided to do this match, she called me and said "You're going to be pissed. The bf is coming". Like I care. They're together. We arent'. Whatev. Since then, she changed her tune. Making it out like she doesn't fit in his life and he can't take the time to come over for that match. So I start busting her balls about it. "You are so full of shit. You KNOW he's showing up. I don't know why you have to BS me" and on and on. She swears he isn't coming. So I throw out a bet. When he shows up, she has to let me dye her pubic hairs pink. We're on all fours picking up the stuff she just dropped every where. She looks at me and says "Go ahead and buy the pink dye". It completely hit me wrong. The ratcheting up of the shit talk. The BSing me about the BF. We all know how much I can't STAND lying. Tell me he's coming. Tell me you're madly in love. Whatever. Just don't BS me. It was the same with Taylor. So I shut up. I did what I could to make sure her machine was working. Watched her run it a few times. Corrected what I saw as the potential problem in her technique. I didn't hardly say 2 words outside of the business at hand.
DURING which... she said several times "I'm just afraid I'm going to screw this up"... or "So and so told me THIS was the way to do this". I have tried and tried to get her to take ownership of her stuff. YOU are doing this. Not me. Not so and so. Do it however YOU think you should. But if you say "I'm afraid" one more time I'm not going to help you. So she said it a lot. And argued with me about the way I was doing something. I finally said "Ok" and stepped away without finishing my statement. She said "I'm just saying what so and so" I cut her off and said "I got it." and stayed away. Once she was satisfied she could finish on her own I left.
We did ride together up to the match. She made several comments about being naked or having sex with me. I didn't say anything. Finally she asked "Are you mad at me?" "No"... "Did I get you in trouble?"... "No"... "Sure?"... "Believe me... no".. Off and on she kept after me and each time I just changed the subject. And that was the way it went. Until we got back to her place. She begged me to have a drink with her. I did. Nothing happened. She tried to start the shit talk. I changed the subject. Finally I left.
I SO want to tell her "Listen. Here's the deal. When we joke about stuff... maybe it's not such a joke to me". But nothing good can come of it. So I am still carefully trying to avoid "the game" as it were with her.
THEN... Chester started IMing me. He told me he wanted me to sponsor him to join our gun club. I have serious reservations because most of the people who know me strongly dislike him. To the point where I think they might vote him out. I don't want my reputation to be tarnished by him. But... it's a fine line with him. I was planning to go to the meeting anyway. So I told him "The next meeting is tomorrow night at XX location". He asked "What time?". I couldn't remember. So I said "I dunno. Look it up on-line. I'm going to have to myself". He said "Well let me know what time". Chester annoys me a lot because, when it comes to stuff like this, if you don't hold his hand and walk him into the meeting, he won't do it. I have ZERO patience for that kind of crap. In my head I'm thinking "If you want to be a member so bad, take some fucking initiative and BE a fucking member." I left it at, I'll be there. See you there or not. Went to the meeting. He was a no show.
So between him and Sandy I was pretty fed up with needy type people on Fri. and thus my pissy post.
Onto the really good part of the weekend though... I shot.. I conquered... I won for the first time ever. OVERALL and not just my division. That means combined with all other types of guns including the super high tech ones. I did it with my "pussy" gun. But I'll take it as there were others who could've stepped up. One guy should've beaten me but his gun royally fucked up and it gave me the opening to win. I can't brag too much because the 2nd place shooter a) is a friend of mine and b) took 2nd with a "mans" gun. With my "mans" gun (you could shoot 2), I sucked horribly. I.e. I should've actually won by a greater margin with the pussy gun if I were any kind of real shooter. BUT... I'm taking the win and enjoying it.
This coming weekend we all travel to Atlanta for a big match. As I already said, Sandy is meeting the BF. So.. that's that. BK is back in town today. She texted me and said "I miss you and I'm looking forward to hanging with you on Wed". I'm reading it as "I'm really looking forward to free drinks".. but I'm pretty cynical at this point based on other experiences.