An Earnest Attempt to Cheer Myself Up March 18, 2005
We got not so great news today. Dixie will not be able to come home this weekend. Her radiation level was 800 today, and I was told that it would not fall fast enough for her to be able to be released this weekend. Apparently the level falls quickly in the first couple of days, but once it reaches 800-900 it starts dropping more slowly. So this means that the earliest we can have our kitty home is Monday.
I’ve been doing ok, but when I found out that she won’t be home this weekend I was not a happy camper. I was really counting on having her home. I hate that she’s going to have to spend even more time locked in a little cage with only strangers in sight. I’ve been told that she’s doing well, but it’s still hard.
I decided I needed to try to cheer myself up, so I headed to the Galleria for some retail therapy. It started out pretty well. I had a lovely pick me up at Banana Republic when I tried on a size 0 dress, and it was still a tad too big. I love that stores seem to be making their sizes bigger every year. What a lovely self esteem boost. I wish it had actually fit, though, because it was quite cute and quite on sale.
I continued to have a relatively non bad time until I was heading out. I had to walk out through Neiman Marcus to get to my car. I’m not a fan of that store or others like it. It just feels too pretentious to me in there. Anyway, I was walking down the aisle, and guess what I had to walk past? Two 10 ft. models with 8 ft. legs. (Ok, maybe they weren’t that tall, but it sure felt like it.) They were strutting down the aisle saying, “We’re showing Praaaaada today.” I mean I had to walk right next to them to get out of there. My 5′3″ jeans and t-shirt wearing self did not feel fabulous walking next to some bona fide models. Anyway, I got out of there rather quick like.
I did manage to distract myself for a little while. I’m doing my best not to get too down in the dumps about the fact that my kitty is stuck in kitty jail for another weekend. It’s hard, though. For once, I want the weekend to fly by.
- Posted in : various other ramblings
- Author : amanda
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Okay, I’m afraid I must hate you now. A SIZE 0 IS TOO FREAKING BIG?!?
Oh, don’t hate me. I have lots of qualities that no one would envy. I could right a book. Plus, I’m not always a size 0. Sometimes a 2 or XS. ;)
oh, i hate when i do that. wrong blogger log in.
See, there’s one. I can’t freakin spell. WRITE a book. Not RIGHT a book. See? I told ya.
Size. Zero. Sorry, I know I should tell you how sorry I am about the fact that you are stuck without Dixie for the weekend and I truly am. But now I seem to be seething with jealousy.
Just giving you are hard time, sweetie, you know I love you! I imagine being so tiny must actually make it kind of tough to find clothes. We would be a hoot shopping at BR together - we could walk in and ask for the biggest and the smallest they had of everything! And they do have some cute stuff right now, eh? I got two shirts there recently. And I have to say that I do love me some Prada too.
Can’t sympathesize with the Bananna Republic experience, Amanda! I think I was last a size zero, if ever, when I was about five. And maybe not even then. But I can understand how it feels to walk next to the models; a friend and I went into Barney’s once. It felt like another planet where everyone was small and very, very thin. A little demoralizing. And yes, they had Prada there too.
I hope that Dixie recovers quickly over the weekend and comes home to your arms on Monday.
You wear (smaller than) a size zero and were still intimidated by some models?! Yikes, who wants to be 10 feet tall anyway?!
Sorry about the kitty. Hope the weekend passes quickly and that you get her home on Monday. Possibly with super powers. Or just healthy would be good.
I haven’t been a size 0 since I was 4 months old.
You kill me! LOL
A size 0 was to big?! Oh. My. God.
Nothing personal, but I must hate you now.
So sorry about Dixie.
I didn’t even know they MADE size 0.
Sorry about the kitty. When ours was in the hospital for 4 days over Thanksgiving it was really hard. Will they let you visit her?
Okay. First:
I’m so sorry about your kitty. You know I went through some horrible stuff with my kitty, and kitty stories make me cry. I hope kitty gets better.
Second:
A SIZE ZERO IS TOO BIG????????
Third:
Galloping Cats, I am v. v. tall. And I am nowhere near a size 0.
*Sigh.* Will now crawl back into freak hole.
Oops, last post from moi
Tall F
reakish Karen at Naked Ovary.
Well, there’s a O in my dress size these days but there seems to be another number with it…Yes, now I hate you.
I’m very sorry about Dixie, though.
Jenn- We can’t visit her at all, because she’s radioactive. :(
I’m sorry they won’t let you visit. When Hans was sick we could only go in for 5 minutes at a time, and most of that was just petting him through the bars of the kitty jail. Hopefully she’ll be home soon.