This will be funny ... ... ... ... Someday

No photos, but how about a timeline? All times are in Mountain Time.

Monday
1:00pm - first few attempts to drug cats at mom and dad's house. All fail. We even used Dad's ear irregator to deliver a water and xanax mixture. The vet was called, but was in surgery and did not call back until 3pm.

2:00pm - Gave up on cat meds, started packing the car.

3:00pm - Stephan drives away from Barrington. We decided to travel with un-sedated cats. This decision haunts the rest of the trip.

3:30pm - Anna turns to check on the cats, watches as the black cat urinates on the face, chest and front paws of the white cat, soaking him, and turning him yellow. Stopped at Wal-mart for waterless pet shampoo, odor eliminating spray, hand sanitizer, and caffeine as a result of a cat urine incident. Emptied the car of everything fabric and breathing, deoderized/shampoo'd everything, re-packed with cat access to litter box.

3:50pm - Anna takes back everything bad she's ever said about Wal-mart.

4:00pm - pull over on the side of the road to slam the hood of the car shut.

4:15pm - pull over to once again deoderize/shampoo everything and everyone after second incident of cat urine.

5:00pm - pull over to slam the hood of the car shut.

6:00pm - rest stop to feed/water/exercise dogs and cats.

9:00pm - McDonald's double cheese burgers for everyone!

11:00pm - Anna takes over driving.

Tuesday
5:00am - Cleo the black cat starts to fuss. We pull over at a rest stop just East of Bismarck, ND. Cleo has urinated, deficated and puked inside her crate. She's covered in all of it. Totally ignoring the warning signs, I take her into the women's bathroom and, while holding her in one arm, clean the box using nothing but toilet paper and some water. Seems paper towels are too messy for this rest stop. We shampoo her, inspect her nails (which have broken from scratching the sides of her box), and try to comfort her in the front seat.

5:15am - Stephan realizes that 'Business' 94 is actually 'rural middle-of-nowhere side street unpaved road' 94. Over 5 miles of snow-covered, unpaved 'highway' later, we're back onto I94.


5:30am - It starts snowing in Bismarck. We hear on the radio that we're under a snow advisory, expecting 2"-6" in the next few hours. Stephan is driving.

6:00am - stop to slam the hood shut.

7:00am - Stephan stops for a hotdog. What should have been a 3 hour drive has turned into a nightmare. He's driving 30-40 miles per hour behind any large vehicle he can find to help clear the snow in front of the car.

9:00am - We exit off of I94 in Montana, just a mere 40 miles North of Baker, in Wiboux. The snow continues a bit, but quickly eases up and is replaced with a dense fog that follows us to Baker. Again, a drive that should take 30 minutes takes over 60.

10:00am - We arrive in Baker, merely 19 hours after leaving Barrington.



Me: Stephan, should I add anything to this post?
Him: Make sure to tell people that all doubt about my love for you is finally put to rest. Tell them I'm the best and most patient partner in the history of partners, and that I'm amazing.