It’s been almost another 3 weeks and I only have a few things to write about. Finals are over which means Ross is now officially a 3L (third year law student)! To help celebrate the end of another year, we took a mini vacation to Carlsbad. It’s a city about an hour south of us before you hit San Diego. A co-worker of mine has a timeshare down there. And his week of ownership just so happened to be the same week we were looking to get away! So I took a day off from work and we hit the road after Ross’ last final. We stayed in a cute little resort with a gorgeous view of the ocean. We relaxed by the pool and enjoyed some shopping at the nearby outlets. Even though we were only gone for about 3 days, it was needed and very nice!
After our short trip, Ross had a week to himself where he didn’t have to focus on school or work/externship stuff…which means he was able to catch up on some video game playing. This past Mon he started his summer externship with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. Since they have been EXTREMELY busy his first few days, I don’t have much details of what this summer is going to look like for him. But as soon as I get some, I will make sure to include them in my next post.
As for this next item, I’ll let you make the call as to whether it’s exciting or not…but on Sunday we started the attempt to potty train our two cats. That’s right….we are training them to use the porcelain bowl just like people. I’m tired of cleaning two litter boxes every week and buying litter every other month. Ross is tired of our office having a not-so-pleasant odor (especially in the summer) and not being able to use that room when people come to visit. So after much research, we are making the attempt. The first step was to move the litter box next to the toilet and train ourselves to keep the lid up, seat down on the toilet. This task has been hard for me because I grew up in a house where the toilet lid was ALWAYS closed! Anyways, back to the process. We currently have two automatic litter boxes in our office. To start this process we emptied one automatic one and placed a regular litter box next to the toilet. Being the smart cats they are, they had no problem using the new litter box. So the plan is to remove the other automatic one so they are left with just the one regular one next to the potty. After that, we will slowly start raising the height of the litter box a little at a time until the bottom of the box is the same level as the toilet bowl. After they master using the box at this new height, we place a metal bowl filled with litter into the toilet and hope they continue using it. Here is where the tricky part comes into play. We have to make sure when they use the “litter bowl” set in the toilet they have all four paws on the toilet seat….not in the bowl (if that makes sense). Basically they need to learn to balance on the seat and not stand in the bowl…because once that metal bowl is gone they will be falling in the water, or using a corner of the house as their “litter box”. So, if they can balance on the toilet seat with all four paws, the next step is to slowly reduce the amt of litter in the bowl until there is none left. You then replace the litter with water so they get used going in water instead of sand. After they master that, you remove the bowl and in theory, the felines should be potty trained! Ideally this should take quite a few weeks so are hoping to have them trained by the middle of summer. Wish us luck and I’ll keep you posted on the status.
