AAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!

[rushthatspeaks]

I have finally figured out how to cook with kittens underfoot, eat with kittens underfoot, read with kittens underfoot, bathe with kittens underfoot, go out without traumatizing the kittens, carry on a private life with kittens underfoot, and sleep with kittens in the closet. I now have definitive proof that Somebody has a sadistic sense of humor.

I turn out to be allergic to cats.

Itchy eyes, itchy cat scratches, itchy nose, continual sneezing, drippy nose, and evil sore throat, all of which get miles worse if I even go near the darling boys, let alone actually touch them.

This is really unfair. I have always wanted cats. I am a cat, for crying out loud, and I find myself nothing to sneeze at. I really, really love our kitties.

I am of course therefore going to take massive quantities of antihistamines and get on with my life. A kitten is an obligation as well as a delight, and my personal discomfort would not be a reason to get rid of the cats even if I otherwise wanted to, which I really, really don't. Still, I had to rant just this once about the prospect of the upcoming years of not being able to breathe, and this has been it.

Thank you, whoever you are Up There. You can stop giggling now.

Angst-O-Meter: *achoo!*

Comments

[eredien]

That stinks a lot...*hugs and kleenex*

Sounds more like itching than stinking...

[thespooniest.livejournal.com]

...but regardless, it really is a bad situation. As Sei's Irony Radiation Index jumps up another couple notches...

I really am sorry to hear it though.

cat-choo.

[weirdquark]

I wonder if I am in fact, allergic to cats. I don't think I am as I have had little to no trouble with any I visited, but my mom is allergic to cats. I also haven't lived with cats in the house since I was about 5. My memories of whether or not my asthma was worse when they were there are therefore rather non-existant.
Not that I think this is much of a problem either way since it seems that the people I will be living with for the forseable future are allergic to cats . . . and so it matters not if I am allergic or not.

I move that when we have our house we have both cats and a cat-free zone so those who have allergies can visit but not have as many allergic reactions.

and we always knew Somebody had a sadistic sense of humor. Just ask Jewel

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

I do wonder what we can all do about getting a house together. I mean, the cats Ruth and I have now are two months old, and barring accident we can expect them to live another fifteen years if not longer. Sei is very allergic to cats, and I don't know if simply confining the cats in one part of a very large house would make her able to live with them or not. On the other hand, allergies seem a really silly barrier to otherwise perfect living arrangements. Does anyone have any ideas?
Lila

living arrangements

[gaudior.livejournal.com]

How about the idea we've tossed around of getting, not a large house, but a small hotel? Which would mean that everyone would have a small suite for them, their pets, and their immediate descendents, but that we'd have some places in common, like a big library, TV/entertainment room, gaming area, two kitchens, great big dining hall, art room, etc?

I mean, I love everyone involved, but I do also think it's important for everyone in a house (including and especially kids) to have at least one room, however small, which is just THEIRS. Situations like the ones we're living in now, with two or three or four people living on top of each other in single rooms are, I think, fine for this stage in our life, when we're all studenty-just-starting-money-lacking people, but later on and long-term, individual space will, I think, be a good thing. For reasons not just of pets, but of noise, taste in decorating, sleeping habits, etc, etc, etc. I think we COULD all compromise in order to live in a small space, but I don't think we need to. Moneywise, I don't think a hotel would be so much more impossible than a house, and it certainly seems worth looking into.

Neh?

--R

Re: living arrangements

[weirdquark]

At some point we will have figured out when we want to do all this and will talk to people who make their living selling such things and figure out if we want a hotel, an obscenely large house, several large houses, etc. Most of the places that have near enough bedrooms (most I've found is twelve or so) are in fact bed and breakfast deals. Although I have found ten bedroom houses that claim to be single family. I suppose if you have five kids and want a few extra guest rooms and offices and such, this is reasonable.
But for us -- well, I suppose we can look into the building our own. It would give us an idea of what we were looking for. It might also make us unsatisfied with what's out there already, but we're all pretty reasonable.
Finding a place with enough bedrooms for over a dozen kids is hard...can't they double up at first and get their very own bedroom for the teenage years