Phew!

[unfeathered]

Well, it's taken me all evening, but I have made my list of everything I need to do, including the timetable for Christmas Day cooking.

(Well, everything I can think of as yet - there's bound to be a lot more added!)

It's amazing how good it feels to have everything planned out. When I actually do things is of course absolutely flexible, as long as I have them done by a certain point - and as long as I get to cross them off my list!

*sighs* I think I can relax now. Hopefully enough to actually sleep tonight!

P.S. Cat update: Minstrel's eye is a lot better, but still a bit swollen and the vet was able to see this time that there's a lesion in the roof of his mouth, presumably from another cat's claw. There's a big ginger cat who's been prowling around so it's probably him. And it might well be this that's irritated his eye, from the bottom/rear.

Anyway, I've got to take him back again on Friday - thank goodness they do evenings, so I've got a 6.50 appointment, which should mean I have time to cook and eat dinner first, if I leave work just a little bit early!

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You've just moved house - a new adult cat in the area is bound to attract some unwanted attention. Hadn't thought of that before. Glad he's getting better, though!

And yay for you and your lists!

[unfeathered]

Yeah, I wish I'd thought about it too. And it's difficult because Minstrel is very unconfrontational. His brother Merlin was always the one who came home with scratches and bites from seeing off the competition, but since he died (2 years ago) Minstrel sort of has to do it himself. He doesn't really go outside a lot, which makes it easier, but presumably seeing this big ginger cat regularly camped outside his catdoor has inspired him to feel he has to do something.

Poor thing. :-(