Violins. Oh, gods, violins...

[rushthatspeaks]

Ever had one of those days where the universe is out to get you? I am not having one of those days. My cats are out to get me. It has nothing to do with the greater universe at all.

See, the cats have a tendency to pick up and carry away small things that interest them, especially if those things are shiny, or weird-shaped, or otherwise entertaining. Some time ago, they began taking the glasses of both Ruth and myself off the bedside shelf and doing, well, something-or-other with them. Fortunately, there are two humans in the apartment, and the noise of one cat carrying a very awkward pair of glasses has always awakened at least one of us in time to save the other pair and locate the stolen ones for the temporarily blind. Occasionally, we conceal our glasses ammong other things on the bedside shelf, so that the cats can't take them. It's worked pretty well so far.

Until today.

Ruth left very early in the morning, and won't be back until pretty late. She's in upstate New York, so she's not really reachable.

My glasses aren't where I left them.

Since the damn things are glass, and consequently nearly transparent, I can't see them against most surfaces. I am completely unable to locate them. I am legally blind without them. I am typing this in a position where it would be equally as reasonable to type with my nose as to type with my fingers, but I just had to rant.

Because today, I get to go to Penn Station to pick up some friends. Without my glasses. Because I can't find my fucking glasses because of my fucking cats. I get to spend several hours blind in the busiest parts of New York City, and hope that if I put myself in a reasonable place, my friends will see me (and can then come back here and look for my glasses). This is not a prospect which causes me to leap into the air with excited glee and wonderment. This, to put it bluntly, is fucking well terrifying. I mean, how the hell am I going to find out where to get off the goddamn subway? I apologize for the swearing, but it so suits my mood.

I have to get out of this apartment, or I'm not going to let the dear sweet fuzzy darlings live. I will update later to describe what I am sure will be the fascinatingly eventful happenings of the rest of the day.

AAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!

Comments

[eredien]

Here's hoping you found them. The friends, and your glasses. I shudder to think of what NYC would be like with lost B's and I's running about.

[(Anonymous)]

i also hope you find them and remind you that you usually like cats, when they are not being demonic. *small smile*

and eredien, would anyone besides us notice? *said with a smile*

-the IW

[homasse.livejournal.com]

God, I hope everything goes well for you.

Now, for the root of the problem? What are you going to do to ensure this doesn't happen again? If you're legally blind without your glasses, you have *got* to break the cats of this habit. A few things you can try are:

A) Do you have a glasses case? If not, get one that's big, brightly-colored, bulky, so at least you ccan find it.

B) There is stuff you can buy that is designed to make kids stop sucking their tongue or biting their nails, because it tastes right and truly heinous. As unappealing as it sounds, get some of this stuff, and put it on your glasses frames. That way, when they pick them up in their mouthes, they'll put it right back down. If you don't want to put it on your actually glasses, what you can do is trick the cats by putting your glasses in the bathroom at night for a while, and leaving sunglasses or something like that, that have been booby-trapped with the heinous tasting stuff, on the nightstand instead. After a few weeks, they'll start leaving the booby-trapped glasses alone, and you can leave your real ones on the night stand again.

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

I did get people okay while blind, and people did help me find my glasses. Thanks, minna-san, for being concerned. I'm going to be away from the cats for a while, but I think that when I get back to NYC I'll get a big bulky glasses case-- I don't want to put stuff on my glasses that might smell bad, and there isn't anywhere in the apartment the cats can't get to besides the top of the refrigerator, so I can't try the trick j-chan suggested with sunglasses, although thanks. (There's no way I can find the top of the refrigerator first thing every morning...)
Lila