Chaos!

Wow. It's May! I haven't updated this in a while, and my title should say it all! This house has been nothing but chaos in weeks, I could write for hours. I will keep it short, though!

I'm sure I mentioned in one of my previous entries that Tristan's kitty Tabby was pregnant, right? One night when I was up the street at a dear friend's house, I got a call from Mom that Tabby had gone into labour. I was shocked, I wasn't expecting it for another week or so, and I asked her to call me if Tabby started pushing. I got a call almost immediately after we hung up, so Montana and I ran down the street to our home. The two-minute trip was much too long, however, and we missed baby # 1. The labour continued at such a pace, and within less than two hours we had five baby kittens: Three white ones born March 12, and two tabbies born March 13, all around midnight. Those babies just turned eight weeks old and one tabby has left us already. The time went much too fast, and I am not ready to say goodbye! The kittens were born with ringworm, which apparently had lain dormant in Tabby, and I have had to bathe them a dozen times in the last couple weeks, along with the other animals, so since the birth of these heart stealing little terrors, both Mommy and Daddy have been fixed.

About a month ago, my brother's ex girlfriend, Ink, got herself in more trouble. During the night, her previous boyfriend showed up and the two of them got in a fistfight. They each have a different story, of course, but Ink was pretty beat up. DW picked up Lil Kub in the morning to get him out of that mess, and called a social worker. She advised DW to keep Kub indefinitely, and told him she would talk to Ink herself, and get her some help for her drug addiction. I took DW to the courthouse to file for custody, and offered to help him out with taking care of Kub while DW is at school. Everything has turned into such a mess since then, the social worker has different stories each time DW talks to her--if he can even get a hold of her--and he is playing head games with Ink. I won't get into everything, there is too much, but I have started taking acid medication again to help with stress.

Yesterday was Mother's Day, which was a bright spot! Montana made me a lovely picture that says "#1 Mom" on it, I'm going to frame it. She also gave me bath stuff, a book by my favorite author, and some other little goodies. Tristan gave me a gorgeous and girly Canucks hat! Between the three of us, we gave my mom a beautiful hanging plant, some bath stuff, and assorted Canucks things. It was a nice day.

Speaking of the Canucks--they are heading into the third round of playoffs this weekend! They beat out Chicago and Nashville (the latter happened tonight), and the next round is to win the Western Conference. The winner of that (ahem, the Canucks) will go on to battle the winner of the Easter Conference for the Stanley Cup. Go Canucks Go!

I am still on my trying to conceive journey, which hasn't taken me much further but I'm sure will this month--I am very hopeful this cycle.

Work has been hectic lately, which has added to my stress. One of the girls was laid off, and I have been asked to do her work on top of my own. To do so, I need to be trained by someone I can't stand, a control freak who doesn't want to to the job but also doesn't want to relinquish the power.

We finally got a new car in March! It is a beautiful blue Cavalier, and we love it. It was in mint condition, the best car shape-wise we've ever had....until two weeks ago. While I was shopping, somebody backed into the car and busted the headlight and fender. I have to go through claims to have it fixed.

My darling friend Rose had a wonderful April as well, her baby girl KD was born! She recently moved back to town, and I am hoping to see her and meet the little angel this week, I am very excited.

A week ago the world received some startling news: Osama Bin Laden had been found and assassinated! This was a shock after a decade of searching for him, a very shocking relief for many of us. The politics of the kill has caused rifts among some of my online friends, which is disheartening, but overall it is very good news for North America. 9~11 is not something I will ever forget, and I explained what it was to Montana once we heard of Bin Laden's death. She had no idea what it was, and I don't think she grasped the intensity of it, which is a blessing. The next few months will be a bit worrisome, and I hope there is no retaliation.

So, as you can see, it has been a hectic few weeks! For the bulk of spring this house has been filled with 8 cats, 1 dog, 3 kids, 2 adults (sometimes 3!), and a tank full of fish and frogs. I am exhausted!