Phew. Cleaned the bathroom. Got all the kitty bowls and litter boxes back out and washed them. Figured out a way to block off the door to the den. Squashed just a little more trash in the trash bin, and in a few minutes I am hauling it to the curb. Swept and vacuumed everything. Made a list of things we have to get at the store tonight for the happiness and survival of everyone. Now all that’s left to do is to wait for the cat bed and cat bed covers, cat blankets, and cat toys to finish up in the dryer, and for me to attempt to make myself look and feel human. What I’d really like to do is take a nap, because I am plain old worn out. But … it’s only two and a half hours until we go get the kittens, and I’m afraid once I fall asleep, I won’t be able to properly re-engage my brain cells.

I don’t know what to do about a large box for kitty keeping. I got the TV box out, but damn … it’s really huge. The only other large box I have is tall enough, but it’s not really wide enough for a small litter box, food/water and kittens. I guess we’ll all have to just make do. I’m hoping we won’t have to use the box to keep them out of trouble for too long, and for the most part, unless I am doing something that keeps me from keeping a close eye and ear on them, they won’t be in it. We may end up just using the bathroom for kitty keeping. We’ll just have to see what happens. They may be perfect angels from the get-go and won’t need to be locked up often. Or … they could be total hellions who get into everything. There could even be one of each.

I’m pretty darn excited. I’m not showing it due to also feeling pretty darn crappy, but I really am excited. I’m hoping taking a shower, doing my hair and putting on some nice clean clothes will perk me up a bit. But first, I have to cut the flaps off the TV box and nail those nice thick pieces of cardboard over the AC closet access. Then I am declaring the house as kitten-proof as it is ever going to get, which I must say is really quite kitten-proof. Hell, I’d even let a human toddler roam around in here mostly unattended, and for my house, that’s really saying something.

It goes without saying you can expect at least a few kitten photos later tonight.