Hopefully Joe saw the wisdom in making more coffee?

Bonny, I'm glad you have had some good client sessions and I hope those continue and help offset the not so good stuff.

so I get the kid's pain, but the parents ought have a longer view.

True. When I talked with A's mom, one of the things I said was that we needed to wait for them to get over their initial reaction before getting too upset at the snubs.

Hopefully Joe saw the wisdom in making more coffee?

He went to work very early. So I made more.

I apparently have rats again. I can't express how depressing this is.

Ugh, Ginger. I'm sorry. Is there anyone you can call to help you get rid of them?

We've been dealing with fleas for MONTHS and it is really draining. (They're almost entirely gone, and have been for a week or two, since we finally spent All The Money at the vet for yet another treatment, which seems to be working. But I saw a couple loners crawling around on the cats just last night. ARGH.) So I get the frustration with pests -- when you're already dealing with so much else, it just feels impossible to do anything about it, and it makes your home feel like it's no longer your haven, but just another problem.

Windsparrow, your coworker was definitely out of line. Good on you for trying to forgive her, but it's OK to be annoyed with her for a while too!

bonny, your former friend continues to boggle. I certainly hope you have no intention of promising her any more help in the future. I don't know what to say about the neighbor's cat, but you'd be well within your rights to explain to FF that you just can't do it.

{{{{Sean}}}} Just 'cause. I hope you can get some rest today.

Fleas are awful. When we got them at my parent's house, it was crazy. 6 flea bombs, 2 shaved cats, 4 flea dips, and a lot of Frontline finally got rid of them all.

WS - your co-worker was definitely out of line, like Kate said.

I wish there were a practical way to send all the bad vibes from frustrations with coworkers, from "friends" of various stripes, and from disappointments in general to the fleas, making them wish heartily to be elsewhere so they stop plaguing Kate, or another another 'ffista.

Thanks, Andi. The fleas are just about gone, though (*crosses fingers*); I only mentioned them by way of empathizing with Ginger. I'm doing OK, so I hereby pass on the good vibes to those who need it more. Begone, rats and anxieties and stupid ex-bosses and jerky former friends!

Kate, what you are treating the house with, it deals with eggs too, right? Or are you planning another application after the fleas are gone to get the next generation?

Begone, rats and anxieties and stupid ex-bosses and jerky former friends!

Seconded! Also, insomnia.

We've sprayed the baseboards in the house as well as the yard (I don't know what was used but I'm pretty sure it treats both eggs and live fleas); we're constantly vacuuming and laundering; and the cats have been treated with Revolution, which does kill the eggs, as well as the Capstar pills whenever we see a live one.

I think our initial mistake was using Frontline, which apparently is losing its effectiveness, at least where we live, and then giving up on the topical treatment when that didn't work. Now that we're doing another topical treatment, it seems to be working pretty well.