Cats and Dogs.

It was raining cats and dogs out there this morning. Loud enough to wake us up, with thunder that made poor little Zoey turn worried eyes toward our skylight. She eventually left the bed and went to hide. 
     Our cats are kind of annoying in the nighttime, always changing their mind about the most comfortable place to lie, whether to sit on our pillows or on my arm or on the dresser or between our feet. I know they're nocturnal creatures and it's not natural for them to just curl up with us for eight hours and not shift. But man, sometimes they are jerks. I blame Zoey's restlessness during and after the storm for my late sleeping today.
     Pooka has been good, but it's probably because she's hurting. Poor thing got a cut on her toe, and she's been limping around, then sitting with her left paw dangling off the ground, when she isn't cuddling up to us with pathetic eyes. It doesn't look too bad right now, just a bit swollen, but we have to try to find some kind of kitty ointment today so that it won't get infected. We had a tube of ointment we'd bought from the vet for an obscene price a few years ago, but we recently cleared out our kitty corner and threw out the old stuff. Pooka hadn't gotten any abrasions in a long time and we didn't think we'd need it. Argh.
     Serendipity brought a Doctors Foster and Smith catalog to our mailbox yesterday. They have a cheap ointment for dogs and cats that we'll order if we don't find it anywhere nearby. But I'm annoyed by this catalog! FOUR pages of cat stuff and 143 pages of dog products. Come on! I love dogs, but this is ridiculous. 
     Liberty Humane Society just posted on their Facebook page that five puppies were dumped at the shelter today. They are unbearably cute. I squealed at the photo for several minutes and tried to figure out a way we could take a puppy in, even for just a few days. I don't think I want to clean up after a puppy all weekend, but I was just saying not 24 hours ago that I'd love to borrow a puppy for a few days. They're so funny and squirmy. Puppy whines are almost as cute as kitten mews. 
     But ... I have a lot of work to do today. Writing, paper grading, lesson prepping, rug vacuuming, litter scooping, dance movie watching. Maybe some exercising and beer drinking, too. No time for puppies. Boo.