I called Little Hitler the other day. Not just to chat, I had something to say. But before getting to the reason for my call I had to play the niceties game. You know, where you do a bit of small talk and chit chat and catch up on what’s been going on in the lives of the people you’re calling.
The first thing I noticed when Little Hitler answered the phone was that there was no background noise. Now, that may not be something you take note of in many houses, but in my sister’s house, where there are six children, you notice these things.
“It’s awfully quiet there,” I said. “What happened to your brood?”
“The babies are napping, the boys have school and the girls are upstairs playing in their bedroom,” she replied.
“Lucky you! A few minutes of peace. Did I interrupt an impending nap?”
“Nope, I’m mopping my floor.”
“Ah…sounds like fun.”
“You know what my daughter did? Or should I say didn’t do?”
“Well, of course I’m interested to hear every little thing that one of my nieces did!” (I lie a lot to Little Hitler.)
“She was supposed to clean out the cat litter. But she didn’t.”
“Charming.” (Boring.)
“So I mopped my floor yesterday and thought it was awfully sticky after it dried, and it didn’t really smell good…those chemicals in the floor cleaner, that is.”
“No, they don’t smell good.” What did this have to do with the kid and the cat litter? When did we switch tracks? Had I fallen asleep and missed it?
“So since it didn’t smell good, and since it still felt sticky in some spots, I thought I’d mop it again today. But it just didn’t smell right. I mean, it really stinks. So I went downstairs to my rag box for fresh rags and do you know what? That darned kid of mine hadn’t cleaned the litter box, so the cat had peed in my rags! He’s been peeing in there the past three days, and every rag right down to the bottom smells like cat pee! I’ve been mopping my floor in cat pee!”
Stunned silence at my end.
“By the way, why’d you call?”
“Um…I don’t really recall…”
Cat pee? I may not be the best housekeeper on the planet, but I’ve never mopped my floor with cat pee. Never.
Um, okay, that would have totally derailed my train of thought, too. UGH! *shudder*
One thing I like about not having any pets right now, is that we don’t have any pets right now.
Darling
Beautiful pics over there in the Flickr lineup.
That is the WORST!
I hate cat pee – it is my nemesis.
My cat things that anything left on the laundry room floor is fair game. (he started doing this when we had our psycho cat and even though the pscyho cat has been gone for 9 months, my cat still does it.) Fortunately – that is the only place he’ll pee besides the litter box.
My husband cleans the litter box now (until Summer). So – if this starts happening, I can blame him.
eewe. eeewe, o.k. I’m saying it again…eeeewe.
I am NOT a darned kid!I just….kinda..well…Forgot!(did Little Hitler really say that?)